You don’t have to be a morning person to wake up early to study.
Many students have trouble waking up early in the morning. In fact, a lot of people find themselves staying awake late into the night and then trying unsuccessfully to wake up to study for their exam or coursework.
The good news is that I’ve got three proven hacks to make sure you get an early start to your day.
By the end of this blog post, you’ll know how to wake up early to study in the morning, feeling more refreshed and ready for anything.
Why Is It Good To Wake Up Early?
It’s a good idea to wake up early because it sets you up for a higher success rate.
If you get to bed early, your body has more time to work on rejuvenating your sleep cycle and repairing any damage that may have occurred during the day.
It also gives you enough time in the morning before work or university starts to be productive and create a better workflow.
Waking up early can also help you stay on top of your day-to-day life, as well as give you an opportunity to study for an exam or complete coursework before it’s due.
So today I will share my three proven ways to wake up early in the morning and start your day off right.
Is It Normal To Want To Stay In Bed?
Some days you just have to get up no matter what. I know it can be difficult, but it’s more important to wake up early so that you can accomplish things in your day and feel accomplished afterwards.
But not everybody is an early riser. Many people struggle with getting out of bed because they feel exhausted or lazy. If this sounds like you, then this might be a good time to take stock of what is contributing to your lack of motivation.
There are many reasons for feeling tired in the morning such as not enough sleep or forgetting about eating breakfast. You may have fallen into bad habits that you need to break like staying up late and sleeping too long during the day–even though the sun is up.
Why Do I Ignore My Alarm Clock?
Does this sound familiar?
You set your alarm clock for a.m., and you’re so tired that when it goes off, all you want to do is hit the snooze button. But then, after hitting snooze several times, you find yourself frustrated because now it’s even later than before.
I’ve known plenty of students we’ve done this for extra hour in bed, without realising.
The desire to sleep is strong. Some people have a hard time waking up in the morning because they feel like they’re getting enough sleep, or they are up late at night because of work.
There are a few reasons why you may be ignoring your alarm clock in the morning:
-It’s too annoying to hear it go off and wake you up
-You feel like you have no time for breakfast before heading out the door for class, or you’re running late for your work shift
-It’s difficult to get up in a new place where there is no routine. You may not have woken up at this time before, so it feels strange when someone else has imposed their schedule on you.
No matter what you’re going through right now, I have three proven hacks that may work for you.
Is It Better To Study At Night?
No. Studying at night is not a good idea. First of all, you’re tired. Secondly, your mind is not fresh and alert to take in new information. It should be bedtime!
-Doing course work after studying during the day can be difficult because it’s hard to stay focused on what you are doing if you don’t have a good sleep routine
-While many people find they do their best cramming at night, it’s not a good idea to get into that habit
-This is because sleep deprivation will have negative consequences on your memory and attention span the next day.
Wake Up Early Hack #1
One proven hack is to establish a set time for when you want to wake up. This will help your mind and body prepare before hand.
It’s important to put your phone or alarm clock in an empty drawer on the other side of the room. This will do two things; first it will make it easier to resist the urge to check your phone when you should be sleeping.
It also means you have to physically get up out of bed to turn off the alarm sound.
When it activates in the morning, you’re going to not only hear the sound of your alarm clock, you’ll also hear the amplification of that.
The acoustics within the walls are going to make it sound louder and there’s going to be a vibration as well against the wood. So this is going to make it about three or four times more irritating than it normally would.
You’re going to want to turn off right away. Now, the only way you’re going to be able to turn it off is to get out of bed.
It is not easy to do. You’re not going to wake up feeling great about this. You’re going to stomp across to the other side of the room, pull the drawer door open and you will probably want to go and throwing the phone out the window. But what are you going to do? There is you’re going to have something that you’ve preplanned.
Wake Up Early Hack #2
So in order to to then take the next step, you’ll need to plan ahead the night before. As you put your phone or your alarm clock down into the drawer, you’re going to have a sheet of paper.
On this sheet of paper you’re going to have two halves. One half says “go back to bed – nothing changes”, and “go to the bathroom – change things”.
If you choose to go back to then then it’s the same old, same old and nothing changes. The cycle just perpetuates.
But on the other hand, if you decide to go to the bathroom then you might change thing. Maybe even change your life, get things done, improve your mood, get better grades, and get up in the morning to start a study session and do the things you need to.
This is really important because you’re going to need you don’t need that cold, sharp acknowledgement as to why you’re doing this. Your brain will be telling you to get back to bed.
To get back to bed where it’s nice and it’s warm and you can sleep more. You need something that’s going to tell you what your motivation for this is and ‘change’ is your motivation for breaking this cycle.
So hopefully by the end of hack two, you decided to go to the bathroom. What happens here is we begin the next process. We step it up a notch.
Now you move into fully waking up.
Wake Up Early Hack #3
You’re going to step into the shower or fill the sink with water and you’re going to wash.
The water falling on your body from the shower is really good for waking up to the sympathetic nervous system, which helps us to feel more alive and more alert. It doesn’t matter if it’s a cold shower or warm.
And again, you’re going to have done something the night before as well. You should have done some preparation for this. You’re going to have all your clothes you’ll be wearing for the day already for you in the bathroom.
Everything you need is in the bathroom.
Then you’re going to get dressed and you’re going to leave, to go somewhere else away from that bed, preferably into the kitchen and have a healthy breakfast, get some caffeine, exercise or go for a walk and go to the library, do something that takes you away from that environment.
Conclusion
Having a routine is the key to building a good sleep habit that gets you up in the early morning. Decide on your sleep schedule and stick to it, even if it means going to bed earlier than what you’re used too.
Hopefully you will now have a great sleep schedule, a good morning routine, and become a more successful person. Now take the next step with a productive morning routine.