How to become an early bird and make your day more productive

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Boring Evenings serve as an insurance of Productive Morning

Are you one of those people who cannot wake up without getting irritated?  Does the thought of an alarm-clock evoke the terrible feelings? But, there are still people who are productive, happy and even work hard in the morning. Do you want to become one of them? In this article, our experienced writers help you find out how to get up cheerfully and be productive during the whole day! As a matter of fact, we used to have troubles with waking up as well. Lost transactions, always late for work and constant feelings of guilt.  When we have finally lost the hope of successful waking up in the morning, we have found my way to change it.

Wake up at 5 am all 7 days a week. Feel perfectly during the day and wake up easily. In the morning, it is easier to get involved in work, and use that time to write articles, do my morning exercises and arrange many other useful things. Darwin Essay Blog want to share my successful experience.

This is how my morning schedule looks like.

• Till 6 am I already have showered, shaved, dressed up and drunk a cup of coffee.
• For the next half an hour I usually write a plan for the things I have to do during the day.
• Then, I meditate for about 15-20 minutes.
• During the next 30 minutes, I do my morning exercises.
• Following those things, I do the research for my writing.
• After that, I spend my time promoting online.

I do this morning routine every morning, every Monday, Friday, weekday, whether it is rain, snow or whatever…

When I usually tell people about my mornings, I get such responses as:

• “You are just lucky to be one of those early birds. Your biological clock works for you”. Oh well, I am actually not that type.
• “ You must have taken some energizing Tibetan herbal tea’. I’m not taking any drugs, the only thing that gives me more energy in the morning is the cup of hot Starbucks latte.
• “If it has nothing to do with your genetics or taking drugs, it must be some kind of magic”. Of course, now I’m going to share my magic with YOU!

Myth about Owl&Lark types

We’ve been persuaded that the whole world is divided into an “owl person” and a “lark person”. In the ancient times, people weren’t larks or owls, they slept when they wanted and were guided by their instincts. Parents should teach their children to wake up in the morning and don’t go to bed late. By starting this routine from a childhood, we provide ourselves with the better, not-stressed-mornings in the future. However, the myth still exists. And, this stereotype prevents our easy transition to a morning person.

Remember, change the way you perceive the situation, find your motivation, and the ability to convince yourself that awakening in the morning is important and necessary.

Find the harmony

Imagine how nice it is to meditate in the morning, pray or exercise yoga. Just twenty minutes will give you harmony and peace with yourself. You will start the day with a good mood and will be able to give to the others the positive emotions. The extra hour in the morning will allow you to get to work easily, passing the “traffic jam” and negative emotions that we might experience in the morning.

Set a goal of the early mornings

You’re unlikely to wake up early unless you know for sure why you should do it. Think about what you will do in these extra 2-3 hours of time: work, sports, intellectual development, homework, etc. Try to include the things you constantly forget about or the ones you simply do not have enough time for, although they are very important.

Since you’ve come up with the goal, we would like to tell you about three main reasons which will definitely replace your annoying morning with a joyful and full of energy wakening up.

Reason #1:Relaxation is an engine of good sleep

Many people think that early waking up starts in the morning, but it’s not.

You need to adjust yourself from the evening. There are several ways to do this.

Stop using gadgets before bedtime. Too much of blue light (from smartphones, tablets, computers) before going to bed negatively affects the quality of your sleep. Therefore, switch off everything and focus on your complete relaxation within one-two hours before you fall asleep.

Prepare yourself for the next day. Instead of solving something in the morning, (when you lose the precious power of the will and the ability to make decisions), make all the necessary decisions in the evening.

Here’s what you should think about:

• What are your tomorrow’s priorities?
• What will you wear? (Especially for women: imagine how much of extra time you’ll get in the morning)
• What do you plan to eat?

Imagine your perfect morning.

Time runs fast. If you do not stop and do not analyze important things for you, you will miss a lot.

Therefore, ask yourself: “What was successful today?”, “What did I achieve?”, “Why am I grateful?”, “What did make me happy?”

And then imagine a picture of an ideal morning. It motivates you not to delay the alarm clock and wake up on time.

Read.

A tight schedule of our lives prevents us from finding time for reading. But when you switch off the gadgets, you’ll get 30 minutes for a book right away – for yourself or for professional development.

Reason #2: The quality of your sleep defines the process of awakening

Many people live without knowing what affects their sleep and how they can improve it. To have the best-quality sleep I advise you to pay attention to the followings:

• Discard stimulants. Do not drink coffee and alcohol, at least, for six hours before bedtime. It will spoil the dream. You can drink green tea or water.
• Avoid eating a lot before getting to bed. It gives bad effect to the digestive system and worsens sleeping hours.  It’s better to drink milk or eat nuts, so you won’t wake up hungry.
• Drink a glass of water. During 6-8 hours sleep, your body may need fluid. Before sleep and in the morning drink a warm glass of water (with lemon or mint).

• Do not train before bedtime. If you do sports less than three hours before bedtime, it’s difficult to fall asleep. So it’s better to carry out the exercises in the morning.
• Create the right conditions. Find a good-quality mattress and pillow. Sleep in a quiet and dark room (you can use a mask for sleep).And pay attention to the temperature of the air in the room – it is better to have a cool room.

• Go to sleep at the same time. At first, this will be difficult because your body will follow the old rhythms. So you should go to sleep when you feel tired.

• Optimize your dream. You have to find the perfect time for you to go to sleep, and find the perfect time to wake up.

Reason #3: Have a schedule of your morning

Find the most suitable alarm ring. The day should not begin with a melody that frightens or annoys you. Find a positive melody (but remember – there are chances that you won’t like this melody for a long time). Also, in the first few weeks, advise you to put the alarm clock at some distance from the bed so that you have to get up and switch it off.

A very effective way is turning the process into a game. Get a calendar and hang it on a wall, so it can always be within your eyeshot. Mark each day when you wake up at the right time. A few days later, a series of these days will not be interrupted.

Then, do the morning exercises.

What you do in the morning depends on your goals and system. But the universal rule is: Whatever you choose to do, concentrate on it for an hour.

Try to find three hours for habit in the morning (for training, reading, reviewing the training course, drawing).

Darwin Essay Blog hope you can make your mornings better now. However, we think you might think: “How many times can you skip early waking ups?” Well, be especially careful at first. Skipping of two or three days, and going back to work will be difficult. But if you stayed for days 30 and understood all the benefits of a habit, then even two or three missed days “will kill nobody”.