For those of you who currently have a 9-5 job, I’m guessing you probably set the alarm at a time that gets you to work right on schedule.
Then there are the self-employed guys like me who don’t have to get up at a certain time.
My old habit is to set the alarm at 11 am and then hit the snooze button until my alarm clock gives up.
I wouldn’t roll out of bed until after noon.
I realized that this was costing me A LOT of work time so I did some research to help me solve the problem.
The solution, it turns out, is not getting a second alarm or one of those gizmos that rolls around your room until you can find it.
It’s visualizing your plan to get up the night before.
Here’s EXACTLY what I do:
When I set my alarm clock at night, I tell myself that when the alarm clock rings in the morning I will sit up immediately.
For the next three minutes, I visualize getting up WITHOUT hitting the snooze button.
Then I go to sleep.
When the alarm clock rings in the morning, my response is now automatic, with no snooze button weakness.
I already mentally prepared for the scenario so it plays out just like how I rehearsed:
I sit up in bed and turn off my alarm clock.
(Important tip: never turn off the alarm while you are laying down!)
Then I sit upright in bed until I gain enough power to stand up.
Try it!
