Anyone succeeded in becoming a morning person?
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Kestevan
Last of the Summer Winos
Years of working "odd" hours converted me...... into what, I'm not exactly sure 
Nowadays I find I can survive happily on 4 hours of sleep, although I prefer 6. I tend to stay up till 1.00 ish on a work night, and at weekends I often see 3 or 4 am. Then it's up with the kids at 7am.
Nowadays I find I can survive happily on 4 hours of sleep, although I prefer 6. I tend to stay up till 1.00 ish on a work night, and at weekends I often see 3 or 4 am. Then it's up with the kids at 7am.
Ghost Donkey
Guest
Before I had school/nursery to worry about a morning training ride or commute used to set me up for the day. I've worked a variety of shift patterns in the past so this wasn't possible a lot of the time but on days it was I was always in much better shape for work r getting thisngs done quicker at home after some training.
Now I'm knackered and ready for a break when I get to work after getting three girls ready in the morning and taking them to school and nursery before work.
Now I'm knackered and ready for a break when I get to work after getting three girls ready in the morning and taking them to school and nursery before work.
Twenty Inch
Guru
ChrisKH said:
We did until she got a job that requires early commuting. That sorted her out. She's ready for bed by 10pm now
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MajorMantra
Well-Known Member
Hmmm, lots of posts but not many suggestions... 
Matthew
Matthew
I was a morning person, then last year could sleep in, now at the moment, i only get 2 lie ins a week, and I'm up at about 8:30 on those days. So it appears im turning into a morning person, but Sunday mornings, when im up at 7:10, sometimes i am not all there for about half an hour.
potsy
Rambler
When you've done 15 years of rotating shift pattern 6-2am,then 2-10pm as I have,you can't get into a routine as such so have to accomodate as best you can,hopefully this is coming to an end soon looks like I will be on the dayshift shortly a much more conventional 8-4.30 (commue home in rush hour
) my advice would be to get to bed earlier or as you say MTFU
) my advice would be to get to bed earlier or as you say MTFUI really think you're naturally inclined to one or the other. My natural inclination is to sleep in, start work stupidly late and then burn the midnight oil to catch up. This has some downsides, notably a sense of having wasted half the morning, (or even all of it), leading to feelings of self-opprobrium.
Getting a job which starts really early is the obvious solution, in my case waking at 3am for a 4am start. I finish at noon, meaning I have all afternoon to waste as lunch merges seamlessly into afternoon tea and then dinner. I think I may just be a chronic procrastinator.
Sleepwise, I try to get to bed around 8pm, (oops, look at the time now), but often lie in bed awake until 9:30 or later. I just don't feel tired enough at that time of the evening, though I could easily fall asleep when I get home just before 1pm. Somehow, I scrape together enough willpower to deny myself an afternoon nap.
Hope this is helpful, or if not, at least amusing in a grim sort of way.
Getting a job which starts really early is the obvious solution, in my case waking at 3am for a 4am start. I finish at noon, meaning I have all afternoon to waste as lunch merges seamlessly into afternoon tea and then dinner. I think I may just be a chronic procrastinator.
Sleepwise, I try to get to bed around 8pm, (oops, look at the time now), but often lie in bed awake until 9:30 or later. I just don't feel tired enough at that time of the evening, though I could easily fall asleep when I get home just before 1pm. Somehow, I scrape together enough willpower to deny myself an afternoon nap.
Hope this is helpful, or if not, at least amusing in a grim sort of way.
It's doable. Set your alarm for the same time every day (including weekends) and get up with NO SNOOZE BUTTONING every day. Eventually you get used to it and naturally wake up a few minutes before the alarm. If you go to bed at a reasonable hour during the week you can get away with later nights at the weekend and still wake up early. It's alot easier to get out of the habit than get into it mind!
purplepolly
New Member
Joe said:
Get a daylight alarm - one with a light that comes on gradually - not much use in summer, but great in winter. It's a much more natural way to wake up in the mornings.
Conversely, in the evenings, have low levels of lighting and preferably no telly for at least the last half hour before bedtime.
