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How to Get Out of Bed on Time, Everytime
70% Of The Time, It Works everytime...
By Adam Sinicki
I've
been into this upgrading my body and mind malarkey for a while and
it's going very nicely thank you. I'm currently the strongest,
wealthiest, happiest and most productive I've ever been – nice. But
I am only human, and I still have a long way to go until I am ZE
ULTIMATE HUMAN. I have my flaws, and in fact I'm riddled with them.
But otherwise where would the challenge be?
One
such flaw until recently was my inability to get out of bed on time
in the morning. Waking up wasn't really the problem – I did hear
the alarm, the problem
was
getting out of bed
after
I
heard the alarm. I'd start with high hopes and admirable aims – I'd
say 'Today! On this day of days! I shall get out of bed no later than
7.30am!'. Then I'd set the alarm, and then I'd go to sleep happily.
Four hours would pass (I am a night owl) and then the alarm would go
off. I'd sit up, growl something that can't be repeated on this site
(okay it's 'fuckfrogs') and then put it on 'snooze'. Actually what
would happen repeatedly is that I would pick up at my phone (which
doubles as an alarm) and then stair at it really confused as I tried
to work out what 'snooze' meant – it's such a weird word that in my
morning confusion I would often be genuinely bamboozled as to what it
meant. That would then lead me to sometimes press 'dismiss' by
accident and fall asleep for a further five hours until 12.30pm. Or
longer. Alternatively I would successfully hit snooze and would
genuinely sleep in 10 minute bursts all the way through until 12.30.
Which isn't even refreshing – it's just stupid. I work from home so
I can get away with doing that, and in fact I have long considered it
a perk of working for myself. But then was this really how I wanted
to spend my days? Sat in PJ's until 4pm having not done my teeth yet?
How is that successful or self-improvementy? It's just smelly. And on
top of this I was wasting huge hours of productivity. Not cool. So
something had to be done man!
The
Beginning
I
have to give credit to a man named Steve Pavlina who has a blog a bit
similar to this one (but different). He's been around a long time and
though he has some shit out there he also has some very good stuff
which is quite inspiring (and thanks to Rodrigues on the forum for
pointing me in the direction of his blog). To be fair I also have a
lot of shite stuff but lets let that slide for a moment... One of
these quite inspiring articles was one on how to get out of bed
straight away when your alarm goes off. At the time I was probably in
my pyjamas and covered in a thin film of sweat, so that title spoke
to me and I had a look.
Steve
Pavlina's Solution to the Bed Problem
This
was the solution Steve proposed – and that was to practice getting
up when the alarm goes off during the day.
So in other words, training
yourself
to get up so
that when you heard your alarm in the morning it would be a knee-jerk
reaction that was bread into you. He recommended doing reps of going
to bed in your clothes, pretending to sleep and then waking up when
an alarm went off ten seconds later – and waking up right
away.
Anyway
I tried this approximately once and I got bored. And felt like a
nincompoop. You know when you can just tell something isn't going to
work? That's how I felt. Not for me I'm afraid. However it did set me
on the right path and that's what good self help blogs should do –
so thank Steve matey!
My
Solution to the Bed Problem
So
I thought about how I should go about tackling this problem in a way
that worked for my unique brain and I analysed the actual problem a
little. It seemed that what went through my head when I tried to get
up was 'I don't want to get up – I clearly haven't had enough sleep
because I feel sick and that means that if I get up now I will damage
my body. Also I can achieve everything I'm going to achieve today in
2 hours so who cares if I sleep a little longer? And also... Zzzzz'.
The
problem was that I was talking
myself
out of getting
up. This exposes my psychology degree routes a little – I was
looking at this problem from a CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy)
point of view. The key was to change the thought patterns so that
when I woke up I would think only the right things that would
motivate me out of bed.
And
thus I began to have a long hard think about why I wanted to get out
of bed and what could actually convince me that it was a good idea.
For instance I realised that in fact staying in bed longer wouldn't
be
good for me. What it
would do
is
to push my bodyclock back further, and if I slept more than necessary
then it would make me groggier than even if I hadn't gotten enough
sleep.
I could attest to
this. Further I realised that if I stayed in bed too long I'd be
sweaty longer and take my supplements at the wrong time. SO. MANY.
REASONS.
Furthermore
yes I can finish my client's work mightily quickly these days but do
I want that to be my life? No – I want to work on this site, I want
to clean my goddamn kitchen, I want to wash my filthy clothes, I want
to learn PHP and C++ and electronics, I want to complete my secret
project the Exocortex.
And to achieve this I need to be up!
Frasier
Crane
However
I did realise that I could also sweeten the deal which would add to
the nagging voice in the back of my head. Being in bed is very nice
right unconscious Adam? Well what about something nicer the
other side of
being
awake. The breakthrough came when my sis told me that Frasier was on
at 8.00am every day. What else do I like? Coffee. And spare time. So
I decided to set my Tea Maid (a machine) to make me a coffee every
morning at 7.55. So this meant I could get out of bed at 8.00am to be
greeted by coffee and Frasier – and the promise that I wouldn't
work until 9.00am. And that turned out to be pretty much tempting
enough.
More
Tips to Help You Get Out of Bed
Other
little tricks are to tell people you are going to do this. If you can
get them to support you that will help (guilt works for me – so get
someone to make you a nice breakfast (pay them if necessary) and then
leave it somewhere. Your desire to not let them down by letting it go
cold will likely motivate you into the real world.
The
other tip is don't be too
ambitious
and give
yourself a chance – I improved myself both
ends
so that I would go
to bed 2 hours earlier. That means 2am bed, and 8am wakeup. That's
the 6 hours that sources say you should get a night (the sources that
don't say it's 8 hours anyway... shut up). If you are not too
ambitious then you won't fail – and if you don't fail then you will
begin
to find it's an
automatic reaction. Every time the alarm goes off and you don't
get
up you enforce that
reaction. Every time you do
get
up it becomes
easier.
Lastly
what's also important is to make use of the time you afford yourself.
Make sure that you love
this
extra time in your
day and then you'll want to make sure that you always get it. I have
spent it so far by cleaning the entire house, getting more work done,
learning JavaScript and building some useful programmes with it (soon
to be implemented on the site!), making phone calls, buying new
clothes (I may even start ironing them) and washing the old ones and
having plenty more time to enjoy leisurely reading. I had a haircut
too. Oh and I have bought 10 more toys in this last week and
organised them on an awesome shelf in my room I now call the 'Pop
Culture Shelf' (since you ask: 7 Optimus Primes, 2 Soundwaves, 1
Spiderman, 1 Sonic, 1 Megatron, 1 Deadpool, 1 Bublebee and 1 Sam
Flynn from Tron). Oh and at a lose end the other day I decided to
feed the birds on my own – sounds lame, but in reality it was
AWESOME. Life is aces, so now I can't go back.
The
Lesson
However
while all this will help and it's not a straightforward 'trick' to
get you out of bed, the main take-home lesson is to make sure that
you feel
different
about getting up. Your body is telling you it's healthier to stay in
bed but it's not – it's much better for you in the long run if you
get up. This is how I improved my diet too – by thinking of a
craving like burn – if you crave cake and deny it that's a good
thing. That's progress. You've simply got to learn to interpret your
body's cues differently. And then, in fact, you can change any aspect
of your lifestyle you're not happy with.
Copyright 2012 The Biomatrix.Net
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How to Get Out of Bed on Time, Everytime70% Of The Time, It Works everytime...By Adam Sinicki
I've been into this upgrading my body and mind malarkey for a while and it's going very nicely thank you. I'm currently the strongest, wealthiest, happiest and most productive I've ever been – nice. But I am only human, and I still have a long way to go until I am ZE ULTIMATE HUMAN. I have my flaws, and in fact I'm riddled with them. But otherwise where would the challenge be? One such flaw until recently was my inability to get out of bed on time in the morning. Waking up wasn't really the problem – I did hear the alarm, the problem was getting out of bed after I heard the alarm. I'd start with high hopes and admirable aims – I'd say 'Today! On this day of days! I shall get out of bed no later than 7.30am!'. Then I'd set the alarm, and then I'd go to sleep happily. Four hours would pass (I am a night owl) and then the alarm would go off. I'd sit up, growl something that can't be repeated on this site (okay it's 'fuckfrogs') and then put it on 'snooze'. Actually what would happen repeatedly is that I would pick up at my phone (which doubles as an alarm) and then stair at it really confused as I tried to work out what 'snooze' meant – it's such a weird word that in my morning confusion I would often be genuinely bamboozled as to what it meant. That would then lead me to sometimes press 'dismiss' by accident and fall asleep for a further five hours until 12.30pm. Or longer. Alternatively I would successfully hit snooze and would genuinely sleep in 10 minute bursts all the way through until 12.30. Which isn't even refreshing – it's just stupid. I work from home so I can get away with doing that, and in fact I have long considered it a perk of working for myself. But then was this really how I wanted to spend my days? Sat in PJ's until 4pm having not done my teeth yet? How is that successful or self-improvementy? It's just smelly. And on top of this I was wasting huge hours of productivity. Not cool. So something had to be done man!
The Beginning
I have to give credit to a man named Steve Pavlina who has a blog a bit similar to this one (but different). He's been around a long time and though he has some shit out there he also has some very good stuff which is quite inspiring (and thanks to Rodrigues on the forum for pointing me in the direction of his blog). To be fair I also have a lot of shite stuff but lets let that slide for a moment... One of these quite inspiring articles was one on how to get out of bed straight away when your alarm goes off. At the time I was probably in my pyjamas and covered in a thin film of sweat, so that title spoke to me and I had a look.
Steve Pavlina's Solution to the Bed Problem
This was the solution Steve proposed – and that was to practice getting up when the alarm goes off during the day. So in other words, training yourself to get up so that when you heard your alarm in the morning it would be a knee-jerk reaction that was bread into you. He recommended doing reps of going to bed in your clothes, pretending to sleep and then waking up when an alarm went off ten seconds later – and waking up right away. Anyway I tried this approximately once and I got bored. And felt like a nincompoop. You know when you can just tell something isn't going to work? That's how I felt. Not for me I'm afraid. However it did set me on the right path and that's what good self help blogs should do – so thank Steve matey!
My Solution to the Bed Problem
So I thought about how I should go about tackling this problem in a way that worked for my unique brain and I analysed the actual problem a little. It seemed that what went through my head when I tried to get up was 'I don't want to get up – I clearly haven't had enough sleep because I feel sick and that means that if I get up now I will damage my body. Also I can achieve everything I'm going to achieve today in 2 hours so who cares if I sleep a little longer? And also... Zzzzz'. The problem was that I was talking myself out of getting up. This exposes my psychology degree routes a little – I was looking at this problem from a CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) point of view. The key was to change the thought patterns so that when I woke up I would think only the right things that would motivate me out of bed. And thus I began to have a long hard think about why I wanted to get out of bed and what could actually convince me that it was a good idea. For instance I realised that in fact staying in bed longer wouldn't be good for me. What it would do is to push my bodyclock back further, and if I slept more than necessary then it would make me groggier than even if I hadn't gotten enough sleep. I could attest to this. Further I realised that if I stayed in bed too long I'd be sweaty longer and take my supplements at the wrong time. SO. MANY. REASONS. Furthermore yes I can finish my client's work mightily quickly these days but do I want that to be my life? No – I want to work on this site, I want to clean my goddamn kitchen, I want to wash my filthy clothes, I want to learn PHP and C++ and electronics, I want to complete my secret project the Exocortex. And to achieve this I need to be up!
Frasier Crane
However I did realise that I could also sweeten the deal which would add to the nagging voice in the back of my head. Being in bed is very nice right unconscious Adam? Well what about something nicer the other side of being awake. The breakthrough came when my sis told me that Frasier was on at 8.00am every day. What else do I like? Coffee. And spare time. So I decided to set my Tea Maid (a machine) to make me a coffee every morning at 7.55. So this meant I could get out of bed at 8.00am to be greeted by coffee and Frasier – and the promise that I wouldn't work until 9.00am. And that turned out to be pretty much tempting enough.
More Tips to Help You Get Out of Bed
Other little tricks are to tell people you are going to do this. If you can get them to support you that will help (guilt works for me – so get someone to make you a nice breakfast (pay them if necessary) and then leave it somewhere. Your desire to not let them down by letting it go cold will likely motivate you into the real world. The other tip is don't be too ambitious and give yourself a chance – I improved myself both ends so that I would go to bed 2 hours earlier. That means 2am bed, and 8am wakeup. That's the 6 hours that sources say you should get a night (the sources that don't say it's 8 hours anyway... shut up). If you are not too ambitious then you won't fail – and if you don't fail then you will begin to find it's an automatic reaction. Every time the alarm goes off and you don't get up you enforce that reaction. Every time you do get up it becomes easier. Lastly what's also important is to make use of the time you afford yourself. Make sure that you love this extra time in your day and then you'll want to make sure that you always get it. I have spent it so far by cleaning the entire house, getting more work done, learning JavaScript and building some useful programmes with it (soon to be implemented on the site!), making phone calls, buying new clothes (I may even start ironing them) and washing the old ones and having plenty more time to enjoy leisurely reading. I had a haircut too. Oh and I have bought 10 more toys in this last week and organised them on an awesome shelf in my room I now call the 'Pop Culture Shelf' (since you ask: 7 Optimus Primes, 2 Soundwaves, 1 Spiderman, 1 Sonic, 1 Megatron, 1 Deadpool, 1 Bublebee and 1 Sam Flynn from Tron). Oh and at a lose end the other day I decided to feed the birds on my own – sounds lame, but in reality it was AWESOME. Life is aces, so now I can't go back.
The Lesson
However while all this will help and it's not a straightforward 'trick' to get you out of bed, the main take-home lesson is to make sure that you feel different about getting up. Your body is telling you it's healthier to stay in bed but it's not – it's much better for you in the long run if you get up. This is how I improved my diet too – by thinking of a craving like burn – if you crave cake and deny it that's a good thing. That's progress. You've simply got to learn to interpret your body's cues differently. And then, in fact, you can change any aspect of your lifestyle you're not happy with.
Copyright 2012 The Biomatrix.Net
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