I am most definitely not a morning person by any stretch of the word, but these past few days I have really struggled to get out of bed! As summer winds down into autumn, it's now darker in the early hours when my alarm goes off and my boyfriend's early morning starts aren't helping either!
Here's the lowdown: my alarm rings at 6:45, I snooze it twice and then I scroll through instagram to wake myself up. This is the only way I can ease myself into the morning, but I'm pretty sure it's contributing to those sluggish 11am slumps at my desk. This isn't helped by the fact that my boyfriend's alarm goes off at 6am, and unlike he who can not only spring straight out of bed, but somehow also fall asleep in 5 seconds flat, I lay awake getting gradually more and more annoyed at his fumbling in the dark, before forcing myself back to sleep at what is probably 6:35. Not productive, hey?
The solution: I want to know what you do! Are you an alarm snoozer, do you have a way to ease into the morning without mindlessly scrolling through your phone? The main issue for me is that I leave the house at 7:30, but I really only need 15/20 minutes to get ready and I eat my breakfast once I get to work or else I'm ravenous by 9:30, so I would just kind of be hanging around if I got up any earlier. Over the next couple of weeks I'm planning to try out a few different methods - 1 snooze, no phone reading, get up and make breakfast; no snoozes, get up and go for a run; no snooze, a bit of light phone reading and a 10 minute yoga video. Getting complicated yet?
I'd love to know what works for you so leave me a comment below!
Hahaha, I also have the bleary-eyed Instagram scroll first thing in the morning to wake me up! I find that changing my alarm tones regularly helps a fair amount with getting me out of bed, as then I don't have a chance to get used to the alert (and sleep through it!) I'm a chronic alarm snoozer otherwise. My boyfriend's also annoyingly good at getting out of bed when he has to, but equally irritating in that when he doesn't need to get up (and I do) he totally refuses to get up. Yoga video sounds a good way to wake up in the morning! I saw a good one on YouTube that seems to have been designed for those of us who have just rolled out of bed.
ReplyDeleteTamsin / A Certain Adventure xx
I'll have to look up a morning-targeted workout!
DeleteIt does get harder at this time of year doesn't it. I alternate my days with getting up earlier to work out and lying in. If you are going to get up early have a plan for what you want to do - work out, writing etc, otherwise there is no point in getting up early. Put your alarm across the room too helps.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of an early morning and then a slightly less early one the next day - good thinking!
DeleteI'm thinking of downloading one of those sleep tracker apps too
Guilty of instagram scrolling in the morning..
ReplyDeleteI usually sleep early so I can wake up rested in the morning but sometimes even that doesn't help. I would say just to get up, ignore instagram, and splash your face with cold water and start the day!