waking up early

John F. Kerry · 08-23-2009, 12:39 AM

waking up early is one of the hardest things to do, seriously its like one of the very most difficult things to acomplish and probably the single biggest reason why i acomplish less that i should.

u think, damn im tired i just wanna go back to sleep

that is really a big case of mind over matter, but in the wrong way, or maybe its actually matter over mind.

in any case, anybody else have this problem? how do u deal with it?

hijabihippie · 08-23-2009, 08:14 AM

I find that if I go to sleep early, I wake up early.

Silverleaf · 08-23-2009, 08:56 AM

when you don't have a choice about what time you have to wake up, it's a task that seems a lot less insurmountable.

Canuck Wisdom · 08-23-2009, 10:10 AM

I enjoy waking up early, but I also very much enjoy my sleep. So I often wish I could go to bed earlier, and am disgusted waking up at 11, but its because of my job and lifestyle right now.

Soon I will be getting up at 5

The Rev · 08-23-2009, 10:31 AM

The fact that I'll get fired if I stay in bed is usually the best motivator for me to get up.

I read somewhere that getting up early, when you are young, is much more difficult due to higher melatonin levels. The whole inner clock works differently. It's easier to stay up later (and harder to fall asleep early) when you're younger, and the opposite is true when you are older. I think your task is herculean not because you lack the correct technique, but because you're fighting an uphill battle against biology.

The Rev

Being · 08-23-2009, 11:29 AM

I enjoy getting up early and getting a lot done. I tend to spend a sizeable portion of my morning researching and reading news on whatever topic fancies me currently. I find its a good way to stimulate the brain and get ready for the day.

the-who? · 08-23-2009, 06:04 PM

i hate mornings and regularly sleep until 12 or 1. I am one lazy bastard.

What I do is set my alarm 20 minutes before I have to get up, and just stay in bed half awake hitting the snooze. Gives you some time to come to terms with how fucking horrible working is, and how you inevitably have to get up. Then its cold water to the face, and a lot of coffee. That's the best advise I can give you from one morning hater to another.

Cerpin Taxt · 08-23-2009, 06:18 PM

Getting up at 630 for the summer has been something I`ve gotten used to, but it always has had an effect on my state of mind... Something about getting up on your own terms at a reasonable time that makes the day that much better.

9am mornings and I`d be perfect... it being my last week of work, such mornings are soon to come!

Damn... where did summer go?

Sugar420 · 08-23-2009, 11:47 PM

heres what i do: i drink a big glass of water before i go to bed and in the morning i wake up early and gotta pee really bad. so then once im up and on the potty its easier to resist the call of the sweet sweet bed

verklingen · 08-24-2009, 07:34 AM

it's been a long, hard road but i can now successfully push myself out of bed without much hassle. i used to fiend for the snooze button, now i often don't even need an alarm at all

**SageTree** · 08-24-2009, 08:08 AM

Yea I gotta say if it's not 330 in the morning when I wake up the first time I usually just get up. I find myself awake around 5 most mornings. You have to work with your natural rythms of sleep. Try to figure out when you are coming out of a cycle to near the top. I was told that you cycle in hour and a half incraments, so if you just figure tonite I will sleep from here till here and think it out to the nearest 1.5 hours you might find it easy to get up. Every two cycles in three hours so five cycles would be 7.5 hours. Try setting an alarm to that time of morning and see if you wake up earlier before the alarm and if you do just get up, sit on the edge of the bed and take some breaths.

Good luck man, because it's amazing to have dishes done, dinner chopped for the evening, have some coffee in your and a batch of bread rising before 7

Dr. ShinDig · 08-24-2009, 08:15 AM

coffee dudes

hijabihippie · 08-24-2009, 08:33 AM

Coffee is definitely one of Allah's best ideas, as far as I'm concerned.

Center · 08-25-2009, 12:22 AM

When you know what you want out of life and will not rest until you get it you can't wait to get up and go get some of it.

Geeno · 08-25-2009, 12:59 AM

My main problem with sleep is that I love to stay up late, I also love to wake up early. after this summer I'm happy to be alive whenever I'm awake really.

catastrophe · 08-25-2009, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by The Rev

The fact that I'll get fired if I stay in bed is usually the best motivator for me to get up.

I read somewhere that getting up early, when you are young, is much more difficult due to higher melatonin levels. The whole inner clock works differently. It's easier to stay up later (and harder to fall asleep early) when you're younger, and the opposite is true when you are older. I think your task is herculean not because you lack the correct technique, but because you're fighting an uphill battle against biology.

The Rev

This is exactly true, especially in my situation. I've been diagnosed with delayed sleep-phase syndrome and it proves itself worthy each night; I literally cannot fall asleep before 2:30 am, and then naturally wake around 10-11am, and that way I feel most rested, I guess because my circadian rhythm is off.
This has been solved almost entirely by 3-6mg Melatonin each night... the stuff really does work

Mydriasis · 08-25-2009, 10:40 AM

Melatonin kicks so much ass!

Makros_01 · 08-25-2009, 07:06 PM

I find just having the window open does it for me. As soon as the sun drenches my room with its sweet golden bath-(pauses for giggling)- I can't wait to get outside and have the morning coffee and joint. But if the window is closed or I'm at a woman's place (I found women want to blot the sun out more often) then I'll sleep well into the morning till the rom heats up. so, in summary..

sun in your face at 6am will get you up!

Nug_King · 08-25-2009, 08:31 PM

If I am sleeping outdoors, or with a big portion of my room open to outside air and noises I CAN NOT sleep in if I try. I will wake up at 6 AM and if I am lucky sleep again till 7. After that I feel the world pulling me outta bed.

As far as sleeping in my bedroom though...... I can sleep in until 3PM no sweat.

Waves · 08-25-2009, 11:03 PM

fuck a morning

08-23-2009, 12:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
John F. Kerry Weiner-stache Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,643 Thanks: 1,772 Thanked 454 Times in 328 Posts	waking up early waking up early is one of the hardest things to do, seriously its like one of the very most difficult things to acomplish and probably the single biggest reason why i acomplish less that i should. u think, damn im tired i just wanna go back to sleep that is really a big case of mind over matter, but in the wrong way, or maybe its actually matter over mind. in any case, anybody else have this problem? how do u deal with it?

08-23-2009, 08:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
Silverleaf Toker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: in the wild Posts: 497 Thanks: 202 Thanked 67 Times in 46 Posts	when you don't have a choice about what time you have to wake up, it's a task that seems a lot less insurmountable. __________________

08-23-2009, 10:31 AM	#5 (permalink)
The Rev Clear Light Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: In my head, somewhere. Posts: 17,674 Thanks: 4,716 Thanked 5,059 Times in 2,710 Posts	The fact that I'll get fired if I stay in bed is usually the best motivator for me to get up. I read somewhere that getting up early, when you are young, is much more difficult due to higher melatonin levels. The whole inner clock works differently. It's easier to stay up later (and harder to fall asleep early) when you're younger, and the opposite is true when you are older. I think your task is herculean not because you lack the correct technique, but because you're fighting an uphill battle against biology. The Rev __________________ "You're seriously flying close to the fag-sun, icarus." -Flamingnun

08-23-2009, 06:04 PM	#7 (permalink)
the-who? watching adultswim Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 934 Thanks: 15 Thanked 161 Times in 118 Posts	i hate mornings and regularly sleep until 12 or 1. I am one lazy bastard. What I do is set my alarm 20 minutes before I have to get up, and just stay in bed half awake hitting the snooze. Gives you some time to come to terms with how fucking horrible working is, and how you inevitably have to get up. Then its cold water to the face, and a lot of coffee. That's the best advise I can give you from one morning hater to another. __________________ Please, aint nobody fucking after her. I'm outta here soon as I fix the flux capacitor.

08-23-2009, 06:18 PM	#8 (permalink)
Cerpin Taxt Yahookan Zealot Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 7,222 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 840 Thanked 1,867 Times in 996 Posts	Getting up at 630 for the summer has been something I`ve gotten used to, but it always has had an effect on my state of mind... Something about getting up on your own terms at a reasonable time that makes the day that much better. 9am mornings and I`d be perfect... it being my last week of work, such mornings are soon to come! Damn... where did summer go? __________________ Step Back. Evaluate. Recognize. "The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately, it is not so much that you use your mind wrongly—you usually don't use it at all. It uses you." -Eckhart Tolle -If you try to destroy him to save them, they'll destroy you to save him-

08-23-2009, 08:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
hijabihippie YaHookan Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,587 Thanks: 1,153 Thanked 655 Times in 515 Posts	I find that if I go to sleep early, I wake up early.

08-23-2009, 11:47 PM	#9 (permalink)
Sugar420 Old School Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 6,093 Thanks: 32 Thanked 132 Times in 706 Posts	heres what i do: i drink a big glass of water before i go to bed and in the morning i wake up early and gotta pee really bad. so then once im up and on the potty its easier to resist the call of the sweet sweet bed

08-24-2009, 07:34 AM	#10 (permalink)
verklingen Radical Dreamer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: texas Posts: 8,031 Thanks: 795 Thanked 1,470 Times in 940 Posts	it's been a long, hard road but i can now successfully push myself out of bed without much hassle. i used to fiend for the snooze button, now i often don't even need an alarm at all __________________ “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” rip matt

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SageTree ~Kalyāṇa-mitrā~ Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In Love Posts: 22,612 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 11,485 Thanked 5,709 Times in 4,024 Posts	Yea I gotta say if it's not 330 in the morning when I wake up the first time I usually just get up. I find myself awake around 5 most mornings. You have to work with your natural rythms of sleep. Try to figure out when you are coming out of a cycle to near the top. I was told that you cycle in hour and a half incraments, so if you just figure tonite I will sleep from here till here and think it out to the nearest 1.5 hours you might find it easy to get up. Every two cycles in three hours so five cycles would be 7.5 hours. Try setting an alarm to that time of morning and see if you wake up earlier before the alarm and if you do just get up, sit on the edge of the bed and take some breaths. Good luck man, because it's amazing to have dishes done, dinner chopped for the evening, have some coffee in your and a batch of bread rising before 7 __________________ YaHooka is.... Cannabis lovers from around the world pulling up a comfy chair, picking up a vaporizer, a bong, a brownie, a pipe, or a joint, getting high, stoned, buzzed or healthy. Uniting our minds in conversation...While Portraying a Positive Image of marijuana and marijuana users to the world. Treat your fellow YaHookans with kindness,respect and tolerance. "We're not here to judge what's good from bad, But to do the things that are right."

08-24-2009, 08:15 AM	#12 (permalink)
Dr. ShinDig seriously skewed Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 899 Thanks: 251 Thanked 232 Times in 168 Posts	coffee dudes __________________ Putting the High in "High Quality"

08-24-2009, 08:33 AM	#13 (permalink)
hijabihippie YaHookan Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,587 Thanks: 1,153 Thanked 655 Times in 515 Posts	Coffee is definitely one of Allah's best ideas, as far as I'm concerned.

08-25-2009, 12:22 AM	#14 (permalink)
Center YaHookan Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: on my way home Posts: 743 Thanks: 13 Thanked 103 Times in 72 Posts	When you know what you want out of life and will not rest until you get it you can't wait to get up and go get some of it. __________________ "As an organizer I start where the world is, as it is, not as I would like it to be. That we accept the world as it is does not in any sense weaken our desire to change it into what we believe it should be — it is necessary to begin where the world is if we are going to change it to what we think it should be." - Saul Alinsky

08-25-2009, 10:40 AM	#17 (permalink)
Mydriasis Do Not Resuscitate Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,317 Thanks: 840 Thanked 431 Times in 298 Posts	Melatonin kicks so much ass! __________________ ۞

08-25-2009, 07:06 PM	#18 (permalink)
Makros_01 Old School Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 639 Thanks: 17 Thanked 16 Times in 15 Posts	I find just having the window open does it for me. As soon as the sun drenches my room with its sweet golden bath-(pauses for giggling)- I can't wait to get outside and have the morning coffee and joint. But if the window is closed or I'm at a woman's place (I found women want to blot the sun out more often) then I'll sleep well into the morning till the rom heats up. so, in summary.. sun in your face at 6am will get you up! __________________ sometimes i'm drunk.

08-25-2009, 08:31 PM	#19 (permalink)
Nug_King RIP Wesley Willis Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Western Ct Posts: 327 Thanks: 25 Thanked 31 Times in 19 Posts	If I am sleeping outdoors, or with a big portion of my room open to outside air and noises I CAN NOT sleep in if I try. I will wake up at 6 AM and if I am lucky sleep again till 7. After that I feel the world pulling me outta bed. As far as sleeping in my bedroom though...... I can sleep in until 3PM no sweat. __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- NASA found out in the beginnings of the space program that pens would not work in space. SO NASA spent millions of dollars and a good year and a half developing a pen that does not need gravity to draw the ink down. The Russians just brought pencils...

08-25-2009, 11:03 PM	#20 (permalink)
Waves Duderino Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: chiburbs Posts: 15,475 Thanks: 991 Thanked 4,021 Times in 2,219 Posts	fuck a morning __________________ On this life that we call home The years go fast and the days go so slow

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