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- I am a definite morning person, I love waking up early.
My dad was in the military, so my sisters and I
had that ingrained in us, pretty early on.
And I've experienced a lot of benefits
that come with being an early riser.
So in today's video, I wanna go over some of the reasons
you might want to consider moving your wake up time
up just a little bit every day, even as early
as 5 a.m. if you're so inclined.
And then also, some of the ways that I, personally,
have become a morning person over the years.
Some of the tips and tricks that really work for me
and allow me to stick to waking up early
without getting discouraged and feeling super tired.
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but for now, let's hop into the video.
First step, let's go over some of the reasons
you might want to wake up early every day.
So these are really gonna help you
hone in on your key motivator.
I find that it's very important to have a motivator
in order to stick to any habit, but especially something
like waking up early if you're unaccustomed to doing so.
So, waking up early gives me more time in the day
to get things done, which ultimately helps me
be more productive, and then I don't have
to worry about running out of time.
So, I'm not constantly rushing with very few hours
in the day, instead I'm building in more time
at the beginning to get my stuff done.
I'm also able to dedicate the time to my health and fitness
that keeps me healthy, so I don't have to worry
about working in a workout at the end of the day
when I'm already tired.
This was especially helpful when I was working
a traditional nine to five job, which was more like
seven-thirty, eight o'clock in the morning
all the way to about seven or eight at night.
I found that by the time I got home,
I was just way too tired to workout, so by moving
everything to the front half of the day,
I was really able to take care of myself
and put me before anything else,
which helped me stick to the routine.
This next one is especially true if you're like me
and trying to work on a side project or side job
while working a traditional nine to five.
So like I mentioned earlier, my traditional job
was taking up a lot of my time, but I really wanted
to devote some of that time to blog and YouTube.
To my blog and my YouTube channel.
So, what I did was I would work
in the first half of the day.
I would wake up early and dedicate about an hour and a half
to two hours in the morning to what I was
considering to be a passion project.
That really allowed me to have both a full-time job,
which is necessary to pay the bills and live your life
while still working on something
that I've been able to turn into a full-time job.
It's a great way to put yourself first,
and I find that since no one else is awake in the morning,
it's a really great time to work uninterrupted.
So you can stay motivated on your goals
without having to field emails and texts and phone calls
and interruptions that come with living life.
Now let's go over some of my personal tips
for becoming a morning person,
especially if you aren't one already,
so these are especially helpful if you're trying
to rework your routine and maybe you have some old habits
of staying up really late and then waking up late
and feeling tired and you really wanna rework that.
It is the new year and it's a great time to redo
some of our old habits and I found that these tips
have really helped me stick to waking up early
without having to sacrifice my sleep or my sanity.
So the first thing is you want to figure out why.
You definitely want to identify your reasoning
behind redoing a habit or setting a new goal
before jumping in head first.
And for me personally, a lot of those
have always been directed at self growth.
Along those same lines, it's not enough
to just establish why you want to wake up early,
but you also have to give yourself
something to look forward to.
So let's say you really want to wake up early
so that you can start exercising
and stick to a routine that works for you.
But, you don't really love waking up early.
You don't really love going to the gym or exercising.
So that's not gonna be enough
to get you out of bed in the morning.
Instead, maybe your motivator is
gonna be your cup of coffee.
I really love espresso, so for me, my morning motivator
is that I can get up out of bed, go downstairs
and have my first cup of espresso
on my laptop while I watch YouTube videos.
That is enough of a 15 to 30 minute morning routine
to get me out of bed and excited to take on the day
instead of having my alarm go off and me dreading getting up
because I know that I'm just gonna go downstairs
and putter around and then have to go to the gym
or do something that I don't really want to do.
Now obviously, a lot of waking up early happens at night
actually, it's a lot of prep work the night before
and really establishing routine for yourself
that allows you to get to bed at a decent time
to wake up feeling refreshed.
So if you currently don't have a system like that,
you don't have a nighttime routine,
I definitely recommend trying to figure one out.
I think that by signaling to your body
that it's time to go to bed, you'll be amazed
at how much easier you'll be able to fall asleep.
Like for me for example, I shower at night.
So, when I shower, my body knows it's time for bed.
So I'll do my evening routine and I will,
by the time it's all done, go downstairs, sit on the couch,
watch Netflix, just relax with my animals.
I've got a couple of pets that I like to cuddle.
And then what ends up happening is,
after about 30 to 40 minutes, my body is ready for sleep.
It has signaled to me that it is time for bed.
I start to wind down and I'm able
to fall asleep very, very easily.
Now let's say you don't currently have a nighttime routine
setup and you like to stay up really late
and then wake up really late, or you stay up late,
wake up early and you're super tired and exhausted
and it's this constant, like endless cycle.
Then my advice is twofold in that case.
So you have two options.
The first is too really jolt yourself into a new routine.
It's something that I like to do, but I'm a little hardcore
because I've been waking up early for so many years,
so I kind of know what to expect.
So what I like to do is, if I get off track
or out of whack, then I will stay up however late,
fall asleep whenever my body gets tired
and then the next day, have my alarm set very, very early.
So, I am forced to wake up.
What ends up happening is I am so tired the next day.
I have my coffee and then I cut all coffee after noon
and I am exhausted by the time nine o'clock,
ten o'clock rolls around and I fall asleep very easily.
My alarm is then set again, early for the next day
and about one or two cycles of doing that,
I am back on track.
So if that seems a little too hardcore for you,
maybe you really don't wake up early,
you don't really have a lot of experience with it,
then I recommend doing it gradually.
And instead, try to set your alarm,
just for 10 to 15 minutes earlier every day.
I find that that's enough to kind of recondition yourself.
So do that for about a week and I guarantee you
that you're gonna start to naturally,
fall into a new rhythm that makes it
a lot easier to stick to.
This next tip is something that my mom taught me years ago,
before I had a cell phone to wake me up
and I was using a traditional alarm clock.
I was transitioning, I think school,
maybe it was middle school to high school
and I was having a hard time redoing my routines.
So my mom recommended putting my alarm clock
on the other end of the room.
So that way, you're forced to get up out of bed
to turn it off and the act of getting up,
really helps wake you up.
And once that happens, you might as well get up
and go about your day.
So I've been doing that ever since.
So now, instead of an alarm clock, I use my cell phone.
But I still turn it on, put on my alarm
and then put it face down on my dresser
on the other side of the room.
So when it goes off in the morning,
I have to physically get up to turn it off.
Now that I've gone over some of my tips
for actually waking up early, doing the physical act
of getting up in the morning, I want to talk
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So if you're someone that wears makeup,
then it's really beneficial to come up with a few products
that you can rely on day in and day out
that are gonna help you feel polished and put together
without wasting your time.
So for this, I really love the capsule makeup routine.
I've got a couple of products in rotation
that I know work for me.
They suit where I live, the suit my lifestyle
and my preferences and it's a look
that I can really put together in no time.
Along those same lines, I recommend finding a hairstyle
and a routine that you can knock out quickly.
Something that really suits your lifestyle
is gonna make a huge difference in all of this.
And something that you can really stick to,
day in and day out.
And then last but not least, is to come up
with a few uniforms that suit you,
your lifestyle and your personal preferences.
So I've touched on the idea of uniform dressing
many times in the past, but it's something
that I think is not utilized enough.
So if you are someone that really loves clothing
or doesn't love clothing, but you have to wear clothing
'cause you go out in society, then I definitely recommend
coming up with a uniform of a couple of pieces
that you know fit you, you feel fantastic in
and really suit your lifestyle.
And then having those on rotation.
So that when you wake up in the morning,
you're not flustered trying to come up with an outfit.
Instead, you have a sweater silhouette
and pants silhouette that always works.
You can pair those two together,
throw on your favorite shoes and you're good to go.
And there you have it, those are some of my top tips
for becoming a morning person,
even if you don't really want to.
And some of the ways you can rework some of your old
routines and kind of build new habits for yourself.
I would love to know the comments down below
if you have any recommendations to add.
Anything that really works for you.
And then, also let me know if waking up early
just doesn't work for you.
Maybe it's something that you've tried over the years
and for whatever reason, you just can't do it.
Definitely share your experience in the comments down below.
And like always, thank you so much for watching
and I'll see you in my next one.
Have a great day!