I used to be a morning person. When I was in high school, I would wake up at 530 am or earlier, blast Dashboard Confessional and spend 2 and a half hours getting ready. I didn't mind it at all, I mean, I had to look pretty in my school uniform and thick black eyeliner, right?
Now, I literally crawl out of bed (or Adam dragggssss me) one hour before I have to leave for work. I spend a good 20 minutes in bed before I get up, stretching and looking at my phone. Instagram is the best in the morning, I can't wait to catch up on what I missed. I'm a lazy piece in the am. Every one tells me once I have kids, it'll change, but man alive, mornings blow.
The only thing that saves me is when I hear the coffee machine start and the coffee brewing. Its as if someone put a line straight from the coffee machine to my vein. I envy people that pop out of bed fresh like a daisy ready to start their day. If it were up to me, days would start at 10am and end at 8pm. What can I say, I love my sleep and I love my bed.
Recently I started working out in the morning and it sucks. My alarm goes on at 510 am and it literally makes me want to throw the phone across the room. The only reason I get up and go is because if I don't cancel my class, they charge me $10. Ten bucks is a lot of morning guilt. I figured if this is my problem, it's probably someone elses too.
I've been asking around, asking friends, asking Adam how am I supposed to wake up early. How am I supposed to be awake enough to get dressed, fill my eyebrows in and get to class on time. It's not easy friends, but someone gotta do it.
1 . Set your alarm. Or if you are like me, set 10 alarms all within 2 minute increments of each other. Make sure the alarm is either loud annoying music or screeching beeps. Bonus points if the alarms wake your husband and then he wants to murder your phone. Snooze all 9 alarms until the tenth one and then begrudgingly get up. Try to do so without throwing your phone on the ground.
2. Set your clothes out the night before. Or, when you wake up at 515 am, you decide you don't want to wear those leggings, so you'll rummage around in the dark finding another pair that's better than the pair you picked out 12 hours ago.
3. Put your contacts in first because stubbing your toe sucks and glasses in pure barre do not work. Also, there is nothing like putting your fingers in your eye by the light of the moon.
4. Be quiet as to not wake others in your house. Or if you're like me, wake your husband and dogs up in the process. Be as loud as you can without trying. Accidenlty slam the drawers, stub your toe and curse and blow your nose. It helps when your bathroom doesn't have a door on it so the light streams through too.
5. Have a routine & stick to it. Wake up. Contacts. Eyebrows. Coffee. Drive to Pure Barre. Or, wake up, drop contact down the drain, forget one eyebrow and run around like a chicken with your head cut off. It helps if you misplace stuff.
6. Don't immediately look at your phone. If you're like me, checking Instagram at 5am is important business. This is when I start thinking about my Instagram caption for the day. And before I know it its 525 and you were supposed to leave 10 minutes ago.
7. Get bright light first thing. Or you are like me and you're waking up before the sun gets up. So that sucks. But try, it'll wake you up. Luckily Denver is getting brighter earlier. Lucky for be, not so lucky for Adam who is still trying to sleep in.
8. Reorganize your nighttime routine. Set out your clothes, contacts, pure barre socks, eyebrow pencil. Ya know, the important stuff. I don't care if it's just Pure Barre, I gotta have my brows on. For some reason, whenever I get up in the morning, I cannot seem to find where I put it in the am. It's like someone came in and moved it all while I was in REM sleep.
9. Keep your weekend sleep and your weekday sleep the same. This is literally impossible for me. I am sorry, but when Saturday morning comes around. getting up at 5am is the last thing I will ever do. Sorry tips I found on Pinterest, this one will not work for me.
10. No more nightcap. While I personally hate this rule, it's imperative to good sleep and bright mornings. Even with one glass of wine, I notice being a little more groggy than I am sans wine. But, whatever, a good shower makes me less groggy and then I can still have my wine.
How do you get up in the AM? What are you tips? Do you work out in the am or at night?
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Love these tips! I turned myself into a morning person after college and when I started working full-time. Then I got pregnant and started working from home, and it's kind of gone downhill from there.
ReplyDeleteI relate so much to this! I have never been a morning person, despite my best attempts. I have to set a dozen alarms. I used to use songs I like, but I realized that I started hating the songs because I associated them with waking up early! Now I have really annoying chimes haha
ReplyDeleteOMG I have never been a morning person! I just can't do it lol. I definitely need to work on following these tips. I'm also one of those people who checks Instagram first thing in the morning :)
ReplyDeleteYes! Routine helps so much. I have also started to set out breakfast stuff the night before because my husband is SUCH a breakfast guy. It really helps the day get going. :)
ReplyDeleteHaving a solid bedtime routine is a huge help. I'm actually trying to find an alarm clock I like so I can leave my phone downstairs even and not use it as an alarm any more.
ReplyDeleteI used to be just like you! For the past year I have been setting my alarm as early as 445 to get up and work out and it sucks but it makes it a lot better when I can just come home and not have to worry about working out. A year later and I still struggle some mornings! Keeping the routine is a must but I am with ya girl - weekends let me sleep in!
ReplyDeleteGreat tips! I try not to even look at my phone except to turn off my alarm until an hour after I wake up, it just hinders the morning. I am also a multiple alarm setter. Deciding what I'm going to wear the night before is huge.
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