If you’re a night owl, you probably think you could never be an early bird. Well, there are a few tricks that can turn you into a morning person:
First – do it in stages, not at once. Go to bed a 15 minutes earlier each night to reset your internal clock little by little.
When you do wake up, open the curtains – the light tells your body to be alert and active.
Keep a consistent schedule – don’t sleep in or deviate too much on the weekends.
Don’t hit snooze – make it a rule, as soon as the alarm goes off, you get up.
Finally, there’s the RISE method, where each letter stands for something different – R is for refrain from hitting snooze; I is increase physical activity in general, so you go to sleep earlier; S is shower; and E is expose yourself to light as soon as possible.
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