For a full-time writer at a productivity blog, Im pretty bad at mornings.
We got some great tips!
Popular tricks include a programmable coffeemaker, a repeating alarm, and getting out your clothes overnight.
Here are the best tips from the thread.
Sometimes its as simple as pizza for lunch or a new episode of a favorite show.
I become fully awake when turning on my alarm app to disable each and every one of the alarms.
Breakfast and dressed in first 30 minutes, then hair and makeup during the next 30 minutes.
30 minutes of play with the child etc.
Then a completely different alarm for 10 minutes before I have to leave the house.
=) It works for me.
All the LED flashlights are on the other side of the house.
If I dont get there in time, my alarm blares even louder in my speakers.
And Tamara Kane targets her alarm to a certain household demographic:
Meme music to wake my kids up.
Its the only thing that works.
Thats 30-45 mins of sleep I wasnt getting last year.
I am not a morning person and I hate being rushed.
It is the devil.
Switched to one of those wake up lights that slowly gets brighterthat works pretty well.
Doesnt matter if I have to get up at 0400, an artificial dawn at 0330 does wonders.
Then I begin my day in harmony.
I have one premixed on my nightstand made the night before.
Within a couple of minutes Im charged up and ready for the day.
Guido Hulscher has a pretty good one:
I hesitate to say it, but… morning sex.
Mark May Hem gets outside:
I get up 10 minutes earlier and walk outside no matter the weather.
My neighborhood is at its best when no one is up.
Youll of course remember last minute things that cost you time, but you wont be late.
Heather Moss has a singalong:
I listen to music that I enjoy singing along to.
Know the name of that cool light-activated alarm?
