For the last… Long time, I have been trying to establish the habit of getting up when my alarm goes off. And I think I have finally established it well.
It took a lot of effort but I’ve now been without a misstep for many months.
And now I’d like to formally move on to another related habit, and that is to wake up early every single day.
For now, I am going to set that time to 7:30am. This is the time at which I MUST be awake. Ideally I’d be pushing it earlier over time and as able, but we’ll start with this and see how it goes.
Another habit I’ve been considering is to physically get up and out of bed as soon as I wake up, and not return to it until I go to sleep. It’s possible that will turn out to be a prerequisite to this one, but I guess we’ll see.
The biggest challenge I’ll face is that sometimes I’ll stay out or up late, and then if I get up early I’ll be sleep deprived. I very much dislike being in that state and my productivity suffers.
So perhaps I’ll need to make changes to ensure I get to bed on time.
The other thing is that I know I’ll probably slip up on this from time to time, especially at first. And that’s okay. The important thing is that I pick it right back up again.
I’ll try to report back occasionally on my progress.
Interestingly, I don’t think I’ve slipped a single time. I’ve gotten up at 7:30, every single morning since I wrote this.
I have no moved on to the next habit of actually getting out of bed right after waking. And that’s worked well so far, though I just started.