Holistic Therapy Tips: How To Wake Up Earlier
For some it’s just going to be easier to wake up early. For others getting up early may not happen with any ease at all. Of course, there’s some choice benefits that are attached to waking up early for most in our daily American social and professional structures. If you wake up even 15-20 minutes earlier, you are gaining a free bonus 15-20 minutes to do something that you want to do; this is where new habit shifts can be made. Imagine waking up to have 20 minutes to walk each day, finally starting your hydration practice, getting in a brief meditation, or simply having more time in the morning before starting your workday. You’d be able to get things started or create more time in your day. You’re also more likely to sleep better when you wake up earlier vs. when you sleep in.
In the paragraphs below, I’m going to share a few holistic therapy tools that can help you to wake up earlier. And we’ll review additional ways to spot opportunities from waking up even just a little bit earlier. Essentially the most powerful opportunity is to have more time and space to practice your most useful/ effective mood management coping skills and practices. What if you woke up 15-20 minutes earlier and as a result you were able to have time and practice for your mood management symptom improvement. What if your symptoms could be reduced by intentionally dedicating 15-20 minutes to your daily self care routine? It’s completely possible!
Go To Bed Earlier To Wake Up Earlier
It seems pretty simple to suggest that we all go to bed earlier in order to wake up earlier. You may be thinking, but what about those of us that have kids, partners, or insomnia? I think your children and partner may be supportive of the early bedtime plan or adapt if you share the importance and your “why” attached to your plan to get up earlier. Your children and partner are prone to want you to be healthy and happy so if they understand going to bed early is a part of getting to be healthier and happier, they may be easy to convince. Your children or partner might begin to go to bed earlier too. Remember, there is more than one way to spend quality time and it doesn’t have to overlap with when you would benefit from more time to rest to wake up happier and healthier.
Avoid Situational Insomnia
In regards to insomnia, I want to support you to first look at your daily habits that actively increase your likelihood of insomnia symptoms. Consider if you practice the behaviors below, you may not have long term insomnia but instead situational insomnia where the behaviors themselves are effecting your circadian rhythm success for restful sleep.
Spending long or consecutive time periods on screens/ social media/ or playing video games or games on your phone.
Watching TV late or before bed (blue light glasses can help but it’s better not to have screen time at least a few hours before bed).
Sleeping in warm clothing. Wear clothing that breathes well to allow your body to keep cool as your temperature changes while you sleep.
Avoid your phone and TV if you wake up in the middle of the night. Reach for your journal or a book instead.
Consider Melatonin, Tryptophan, Acupressure Mat Therapy, or Sleepy Time Tea before bed.
Write A List Of Good Reasons To Get Up Earlier
If you take even just 10 minutes to think about how you want to use your extra time in the mornings when you wake up earlier you may find yourself day dreaming about crossing off items from your bucket list. A great way to increase your inspiration to get up early will be to take some time to write down all of the potential benefits of what you want to get done and how you expect it to help you feel more in control of your time, mind, and mood.
This helps because when your alarm clock goes off the next morning you can remind yourself of your list of reasons that waking up earlier can include more happiness and health for your day ahead. When you start combing through your list of why it’s a better idea to get up earlier your more likely to get up even when you’re tired or unmotivated. Think of this “why” system as a tool to get up and create your own mini Christmas each day.
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