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stop sleeping my mornings away

I sleep way too late and spend so much of my time groggy and butthurt about missing the morning. I want this to finally be the year where I wake up at a reasonable time (read: not 10:30am) and have hours to myself to read, stretch, and just hang before I start my work day. Because I work PST hours from New York (and live with a night owl grad student), I have no forcing function to give me any sense of discipline beyond meeting my lax work requirements. But most nights past 1am I’m many pages into Google reading the same tips to become a morning person and capitalize on the free mornings I could have with my shifted schedule.

@tortitude

Dec 30, 2024

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Trick your mind to wake up.

I can’t call it a morning routine because i work night shifts so i wake up around 9/10 am. However , i had to trick my mind to be able to wake up In shape. Let’s go straight to the point : - to be able to wake up you should sleep, ironic Right ? Well hear me out, you can’t expect yourself to wake up at the same time as your alarm if you barely had your beauty sleep, sleeping early = waking up in shape ( yes i said in shape and not early, focus on the healthy sleep rather than waking up earlier). - to be able to sleep peacefully you should prepare it (Our elders were right, it’s that god damn phone) - i once happen to experience an internet outage for a full 24h so i couldn’t use my phone or laptop to watch anything, guess what happened ? I slept in the dark, with no noise around 2am, when did i wake up ? 8 am !! Without even feeling tired! - so NO screen before bed time ! Try it slowly (10mins - 15mins - 30mins - until u can ro a full hour) - the no screen time doesn’t mean staying in the dark tho ! Dim your lights as much as possible, read something (PAPER ONLY - no ebook no digital distraction) 5/10/20 pages doesn’t matter, just prepare your mind for peace and no distractions. - don’t overthink your night overthinking, use it to your advantage, instead of thinking something that stressed you, switch it to “manifesting“ your future, think about your next trip, imagine yourself already in that city/country, where you wanna go etc … (trust me in no time you will fall asleep) - one in position, keep your eyes closed, don’t open them no matter what, remember no distractions are allowed. Once you wake up, depends on you, create your own morning routine. - to wake up, stupid as it seems but TALK to yourself, yes ! Talk to yourself, say (i am awake i am awake i am awake, in 3 i will get off my bed, 1,2,3 and GET UP) - NO phone at all cost ! (avoid that dopamine hit please ! Stay in the silence ! Feel your body, smell the fresh morning air by opening the window etc…) - Drink Water first thing in the morning! -They call it internal shower or smth like that lol i don’t know- but it helps get you a bit more awake too. - wash your face, don’t be harsh on yourself, use warm water to wake up slowly, consistency is key, slowly you will switch to cold water. - maybe even take a fresh shower ! Showers help a loot to get the needed energy. - prepare your breakfast, try to avoid anything sweet tho, keep it healthy and simple. With those simple steps, you can add more and more to build your morning routine, you can add : - walking - cycling - reading a book - gym - listening to slow music as u prepare your breakfast and lunch for work Etc …

@la9atate

Jan 13, 2025

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Let your body acclimate to the change without judgment

wake up later & sleep earlier get a sunrise alarm clock if you need to rise earlier than the real sun think of it as hibernating — give into the extra rest and coziness your body craves and your mind/soul/emotions will follow suit (for the most part…..obvi seasonal depresh is a natural thing, but it sounds like you have a good handle on it!)

@its_just_kate

Nov 29, 2024

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Saying “I Love You”

I tell my wife I love her like 5 times a day. It feels so good to say! And every time my friends say they love me, I feel so honored, I’m like “damn… me???” You can really make someone’s day when you say it. Showing love often gets spun in the opposite way, but let’s be real for a second – HIDING the love is some wussy shit. And life’s too short for that!

@david-brandon-geeting

Jan 10, 2023

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Embracing Winter (if you have the means to!)

Most of the time, when I’m mad about something, I’ll think back on it months later and be like “wait why did I even care about that?” We should collectively all try that with Winter. The air smells so fucking good. Like where is that mystery campfire coming from?? I feel like every time I step outside and take a breath, I level up. I get that you think you don’t like the cold. It took me a while to understand that “acquired taste” means a taste that I can STILL acquire. Now when I don’t like food, I just eat it until I do. This January, when your unadjustable New York apartment heat is cranked so high that you can smell the lead paint melting off the walls, take a step outside onto your stoop for a breath of that crispy ass chimney-scented air, and remember DBG sent you there.

@david-brandon-geeting

Jan 10, 2023

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Making New Art with No Research

Research is the number one deterrent when it comes to making art, because it’s the fastest way to see if what you want to make “has been done before” (that’s in air-quotes because we all know deep down that NOTHING has been done the same way that we’re doing it). Imagine the art that would flow out of you without any sort of “but what will THEY think of it” hang-ups. That’s really what we all want to see, right? We want to see the most surprising, most vulnerable, most specific-to-your-mind-right-now type shit. The more you care about that one person that kinda did something sorta like it one time, the less you’re gonna make anything. You can always research after the fact, if you’re really hung up on it… but at least you will have made something! Making things feels amazing.

@david-brandon-geeting

Jan 10, 2023