Have any of you successfully become a morning person?

I just pushed myself to keep my 7am and 9pm alarms on seven days a week. Now I get up regularly after years of center Ted effort and discipline pretty early

 

Yes, I took a stress management course in college and my final project was on sleep. I had to be meticulous, document in a journal how I was spending my time each day. For me, the key to a good morning routine is a good evening routine. I dimmed the lights by a certain time, put away all screens, changed into sleep clothes, and fixed a hearty meal. After dinner was over, I would leave all the dishes for the morning and fix some Sleepy Time tea. Then I would go to my prayer/meditation room and drink my tea and practice listening to the silence, maybe journal for the day, or pray, read, and calm down. Normally it takes me 10 minutes to fall asleep. The point was to cue my body that the day is over and tell my brain to start producing melatonin. I've heard red light is good for that also, but I haven't tried it. Well, one night, by accident, I left a caffeinated drink out by my bedside - it was green tea - and when my alarm rang in the morning, I chugged it all down and almost instantly my eyes woke up and my brain turned on high gear. It must've been 4-5am. Then I went to the kitchen and did all the dishes from the night before. And by 5-6 am, I was already awake and having a productive morning. Then by 6, 630 I would be on knees ready to say my morning prayers again and do all my morning rituals. Eventually, all of that became a rhythm. Music really helped, or podcasts. Now I love doing the dishes too, because I associate the smell of the soap with a good 30-60 minutes of brainstorming, thinking, listening, reflecting, etc. So yeah, I get that first jolt and do the dishes first thing in the morning while listening to music or a podcast, and before the day even begins, I already have that momentum. I can't say this will work for everyone. I was intentional about it, and then eventually I started to love the morning time, because it is quiet and no one is awake, and everything is calm. Nowadays, it is harder for me to wake up without brain fog, so sometimes I will brew a batch of coffee and keep it in the fridge, so that when I wake up, iced coffee gets me going almost immediately. During worse weeks, I'll chug a RockStar first thing. My sleep hygiene in general is not the best, anyway. But I have a job where I need to be awake early, and also I practice being more disciplined as a lifestyle with the gym, work, spiritual life, goals, etc., so waking up early is great for overall self-development and growth mindset. The biggest thing is creating an enjoyable routine that give you life and inspiration.

 

I'm working on going to bed earlier, but I have never been a morning person. My friends laugh at me because I like to sleep in. Maybe some people are just wired to start their day earlier.

 

I think some people are just wired as night owls. Maybe you change your habits to work with it? Can you work later hours? Start your day at 10 or 12 instead of 6 am?

Side note/ you really want to be an early riser? Have kids. Those Lil bastards will have you up by 6 am every morning without you doing a damn thing.

 

I did, after many years of trying and failing.
I echo the words about a strong evening routine - putting my phone in a different room was honestly life-changing for me. I would also suggest doing something you really enjoy first thing in the morning. I used to try and get up and exercise - go for a run - and if that is your joy, go for it! But i live in england, it is usually raining and for half the year it is pitch dark and cold and damp, it takes a lot of discipline to go from my bed to there.
So now my first activity is reading, 10-20mins, something i enjoy and look forward to. Then i do some yoga - again nothing strenuous, 20mins or so, help me stretch and wake up and feel good. Then i make some coffee and start planning my day.
Again the point is that i enioy these things and look forward to them, they are more fun than lying in bed late. They don't take long and i am still up an hour or more before the rest of my family when they are done (currently wake at 5.30am).

I understand the mindset of getting up and doing all your worst jobs first so you can enjoy the rest of your day. But it doesnt work for me. So, might be something to try!

 

Well I was… Naturally i also think im a night owl, but I actually had managed to get into a nice 5am morning routine. It was really going great for a couple of months, but when a project in my school started, in which you had to drive as many kilometres with your bycicle in 3 weeks as possible, I sadly got out of my routine. Because I was almost every day outside tracking my kilometres until 8 pm and I still had to eat and do school stuff I went to bed at 11pm or later. And now its been 4 months and i am still struggling to get back into my routine not having been able to do it consistently for a week… I’d love to have an accountability partner to get back to it. If someones down message me and if possible European time.