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Friday, July 27, 2012

Benefits of Waking Up Early & Tips for waking up early


“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise” – Ben Franklin 

Getting up early is not easy for so many persons. But if they practice this good habit there are many benefits associated with it.The benefits of waking up early are myriad. It doesn’t take much to change your lifestyle to avail these benefits. After all, personal and professional well-being, and ultimate success are what everyone seeks. 

1. Time to Exercise

Waking up early gives you the time to exercise. You can easily go for a jog, do a few laps in the pool, practice yoga or hit the gym with plenty of time at hand.

2. Time to Meditate

There is nothing like beginning the day with a dose of meditation. It will help calm your mind and sharpen your reflexes to keep you going through your busy schedule of work.


3. Experience the Charm of Early Morning

Only an early morning person knows the charm and serenity that those hours offer. The silence, the birds chirping, the absence of cars honking, and the sunrise are all advantages only early rising can offer.

4. Increase Productivity and Efficiency

A study conducted at the Texas University in 2008 revealed that early risers are more prone to be productive and efficient at work. In fact, students who wake up early are known to get higher grades than those who wake up late.

5. Eating Breakfast

Breakfast is known to be the most important meal of the day. Often, you may land up skipping it if you are running late for work. An early start to the day ensures that this significant meal is never given the slip.

How to Become an Early Riser
  • Don’t make drastic changes. Start slowly, by waking just 15-30 minutes earlier than usual. Get used to this for a few days. Then cut back another 15 minutes. Do this gradually until you get to your goal time.
  • Allow yourself to sleep earlier. You might be used to staying up late, perhaps watching TV or surfing the Internet. But if you continue this habit, while trying to get up earlier, sooner or later one is going to give. And if it is the early rising that gives, then you will crash and sleep late and have to start over. I suggest going to bed earlier, even if you don’t think you’ll sleep, and read while in bed. If you’re really tired, you just might fall asleep much sooner than you think.
  • Put your alarm clock far from you bed. If it’s right next to your bed, you’ll shut it off or hit snooze. Never hit snooze. If it’s far from your bed, you have to get up out of bed to shut it off. By then, you’re up. Now you just have to stay up.
  • Go out of the bedroom as soon as you shut off the alarm. Don’t allow yourself to rationalize going back to bed. Just force yourself to go out of the room. My habit is to stumble into the bathroom and go pee. By the time I’ve done that, and flushed the toilet and washed my hands and looked at my ugly mug in the mirror, I’m awake enough to face the day.
  • Do not rationalize. If you allow your brain to talk you out of getting up early, you’ll never do it. Don’t make getting back in bed an option.
  • Have a good reason. Set something to do early in the morning that’s important. This reason will motivate you to get up. I like to write in the morning, so that’s my reason. Also, when I’m done with that, I like to read all of your comments!
  • Make waking up early a reward. Yes, it might seem at first that you’re forcing yourself to do something hard, but if you make it pleasurable, soon you will look forward to waking up early. A good reward is to make a hot cup of coffee or tea and read a book. Other rewards might be a tasty treat for breakfast (smoothies! yum!) or watching the sunrise, or meditating. Find something that’s pleasurable for you, and allow yourself to do it as part of your morning routine.
  • Take advantage of all that extra time. Don’t wake up an hour or two early just to read your blogs, unless that’s a major goal of yours. Don’t wake up early and waste that extra time. Get a jump start on your day! I like to use that time to get a head start on preparing my kids’ lunches, on planning for the rest of the day , on exercising or meditating, and on reading.

14 comments:

  1. Just taking a brisk walk in the morning for about 45 mins is enough for a person to keep the BP and sugar level in control and it keeps a person far away from irritation..Don't know about others but when I cannot make my time for a walk my mind is not in place..but in today's world its very difficult to make time..nice article..informative..loved it..

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  2. Ranita Sinha>> Thank you for your nice comments

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  3. I need to imbibe these. Thanks for these useful tips :)

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    1. Thank you Ghazala Hossain for your nice comments

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  4. great post, sir. readers may also want to look up steve pavlina's work on early rising.

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  5. So true. I decided to wake up at 4 am every day. I have been doing that for a month now and I couldn't be happier with the results. Like Subho mentioned, I was inspired by Steve Pavlina and the fact that early mornings are the only time I can grab solitude.

    I love the fact that you write in the mornings. Same pinch! Meditating in the mornings is something I want to incorporate into the routine as well.

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    1. Oijuggle>>>Thanks for your nice comments and I concur with your views on meditation in the mornings

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  6. Unless I am in a jungle, I sleep pretty late. Only in the jungle I wake up before dawn. I think it is a matter of training your mind.
    Sabyasachi

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  7. That's a wonderful blog, Sir. Truly inspiring...but, the fact remains that getting up early is the most difficult part, especially for the late-risers like me :)Thanks!

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    1. Panchali>>> Thank you for your nice comments. What you have mentioned about 'getting up early is the difficult part' is true in the case of my son also who is a regular late riser :-)

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  8. I woke up early this morning and read blogs!

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  9. Another tip to waking up early is making it a challenge. This is what I did!

    http://keystooptimalliving.com/6-am-challenge-the-benefits-of-waking-up-early/

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