to become an early riser, get up at the same time every morning
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/how-to-become-an-early-riser/
- let your body determine what time to go to sleep at night
- no negotiation, no second thoughts, just throw the covers off stretch, and get out of bed the first time the alarm goes off
- if you do this for one month straight, you will condition your brain to get up at this time every time, and it will never be a problem again
there are some pretty cool alarm clocks out there…
http://www.axbo.com/infactory/1_home_en/news_list.jsp.html
- my favorite are the ones that sense your sleeping cycles via a wrist strap, and wake you up when you're sleeping the lightest
- you set a drop dead wake up time, and an amount of time before this that the alarm can go off when it senses you're ready to wake up
to avoid procrastination, find motivation, set goals, break down big goals into achievable chunks
http://www.stevepavlina.com/articles/overcoming-procrastination.htm
- this is the same stuff that you read over and over
- but there's a reason for that
- because it's true! if you can master this simple idea, there's a lot of reward for it…