Comments on: Mind Over Mattress: How to Wake Early When All You Want to Do is Sleep

By: Dushyant Sharma

Dushyant Sharma — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:12:02 +0000

Dear,

I am from India, having job in MNC, basically doing (Gas and Oil) pipeline construction projects and I am manager – project cordination and planning. my usual professional life starts from 7:30 Am which have no rule to end on which time it is followed by discussing, managing, monitoring, planning, presentation prepration, invoice preration, liasioning, site visit, or some time site supervision of various deciplines like mechanical, electrical, civil, instrumentation. We dont have a regular rutine type of job. Even some days of week i have to go out of station.

Kindly advise how i keep my life regular and deciplined.

Regards

Dushyant Sharma

By: Gamal Soliman

Gamal Soliman — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:09:45 +0000

Although it is great to wake up early
but
i think it is gentic am i right??

By: Dave - Hollywood Protection

Dave - Hollywood Protection — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:50:12 +0000

I like your ideas. But what do you do if your job schedule changes weekly or even daily? Is it possible to overcome the inconsistencies?

By: Leyla

Leyla — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:19:58 +0000

This article couldn’t have come at a more perfect time for me! I have been struggling to change my habit of going to sleep late and waking up late also. I am a total night person, and much more productive at night, which is why it’s been so hard to break this habit. But I also know that when I get up early (and my early could never be 5 am!, that I just couldn’t do), I get so much more accomplished, and it is a great feeling…

Thank you for sharing these tips! I will try to incorporate some for sure!

By: d_artagnanh

d_artagnanh — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:19:27 +0000

For us in the working class, we have no choice but to wake up even when we don’t want to. When my shift changed to start at 6am, I had no choice but to wake up as early as 4:30am to get myself ready and insure no tardiness.

I think getting used to a routine takes the pain out of this exercise. After 3 months, I usually wake up naturally before the alarm clock goes off. And I found that I naturally feel sleepy now at around 9 am. In my previous normal office hours shift, I hit the sack at 12 midnight with or without caffeine.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:09:39 +0000

Hi Peter .. great ideas .. and Ilike the idea of writing out and planning for tomorrow a.m., as well as feeling better for having done it – achieving those things that need to be done .. over and above the norm.

I used to hit my head (gently!) at the hour I wanted to wake up .. and this seems to work .. as well as the alarm clock ..

Thanks I’ll get my head over my mattress .. while it’s light in the mornings
Hilary Melton-Butcher
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