I’m always so exhausted, I can take an hour to wake up. How do you wake up quickly ?
Conventional wisdom is to keep a balanced circadian rhythm. Sleep at regularish times. Your body clock is set by when you first see blue light from above, so going outside first thing and looking up. Meal times too. Consider your diet and pre sleep habits - sugar, tv, caffeine tend to mess with sleep. Alcohol disables your adrenaline and helps fall asleep but then lowers the quality. Weed largely removes dreams and helps feel rested, but then there’s a slight hangover that encourages you to keep smoking
In short, it’s a holistic lifestyle thing. Everyone is different, so keeping a journal and experimenting helps. And of course your daily level of stress is a factor
There are also bedside lamps that slowly turn on at defined times, so you can wake up slowly. I’ve also built a blue light with a pi zero for my kids, that slowly increases in intensity over 10 minutes
I would also suggest something like a very bright Philips hue light (or other smart bulb). For me personally the bedside lamps can be problematic when sleeping sideways. And with smart bulbs you can just use whatever lamp you want.
I did this as well. I put 3 in the ceiling fan above my bed.
I get up an hour before my partner, and I also wake up easier, so I have them turn on at a low orange-red sunrise type color. They then later gradually brighten to a higher level of bright white when it’s time for her to get up, so it’s more intense, but still not harsh.
We still have alarms to actually get us up, but they can be quieter and less harsh, since the light helps the actual waking effect.
Go to sleep earlier, you probably are really just still exhausted from lack of sleep. Once you have eniugh sleep you’ll wake up without falling asleep again.
Perform acts counter to what your body wants for the majority of your earthly existence. Feel bad bout wanting rest and relaxation. Develop anxiety about not having enough money.
Humans need money to survive, for other species it’s free.
Even though humans would suck at surviving now and probably almost all die if society collapses.
Make it a habit to always just stand up when you wake up. Even if it’s like an hour away from when you actually wanted to get out of bed. I used to be really bad at getting out of bed, but now even when I’m depressed I manage quite well. I will say you need motivation to get around the start.
Have a cat retching… works always here.
I’m no morning person either. I just set a timer on the radio (when I sleep trough it I’m to exhausted) and I take about 2h before leaving for work. I’m just a liability on the road when I leave without waking up slowly.
I use “Sleep as Android”.
- Sleep tracking in an attempt to wake me up 30 minutes before my alarm depending on my sleep cycle.
- Smart watch with the same app for increasing the accuracy of sleep tracking by giving access to my pulse.
- NFC Tag. Using one of the settings from the same app. I’ve connected it to an NFC tag in my living room. I can’t turn off my alarm unless I scan the NFC tag. Nor can I turn off my phone, snooze the alarm, or lower the volume.
ah, neat. NFC.
I used to set an alarm on my laptop to go off at the same time as my phone, so I would have to walk into the other room in order to turn it off. These days I tend to wake up several hours before my alarm goes off, unable to return to sleep.
These days I tend to wake up several hours before my alarm goes off, unable to return to sleep.
Same. It’s rough. My 4 year old woke me at 3am this morning. That was it. Just couldn’t get back to sleep.
My daughter is 2 months old so she’s not mobile yet, but this is definitely something I’m dreading in the future lol. Right now all I have to worry about is being woken up by her fussing in her sleep every half hour (she sleeps in a bassinet at the foot of the bed), but we’ve gotten better at discerning what merits actually getting up vs letting her self-soothe.
To answer the original question, though, having a child will train you to be able to wake up in a matter of seconds…
My daughter is 2 months old
It only gets better from there tbh. That’s my experience anyway. Peak exhaustion around 8-10 weeks then a slow recovery.
Congratulations! Enjoy the snuggles :)
Realize you overslept.
Get at least 8 hours sleep. Note that this means “sleep” and not “8 hours in bed” so if you read or do other activities in bed, add extra time for that stuff. I usually give extra time for my brain to stop running a mile a minute
Go to bed at the same time every night. Wake up at the same time every morning. Avoid caffeine. Caffeine can cause sleep disruptions you may not notice, even if consumed early in the day.
Get tested for sleep apnea.
Why are you exhausted? If this is not normal it may be worth a doctor visit.
Exhaustion after a full night’s sleep is often sleep apnea.
Get a light that turns on slowly over 30 minutes before your alarm. Helps ease you into morning if you live in areas with dark winter mornings.
As others have stated, good sleep hygiene. Are you putting in good hours for sleep, 7-8 hrs? That will help keep you healthy over the years and make it easier to get up.
When a certain time hits, don’t stare at your phone in bed. I put on a simple podcast before bed with a sleep timer; it’s perfect for me.
DO NOT consume caffeine for the first 30 mins of wakefulness; this is not helpful & it will train your body to need that caffeine/stimulant in order to wake up. No. Wake up naturally, after some good sleep, throw on some music & start your day…allow your body to “boot up”. As it were. I slam caffeine after being awake for at least 30 mins, if not an hour.
Get tested for sleep apnea. You’d be surprised how many of us have this and never knew. We just knew we woke up exhausted.
I’d avoid it if at all possible. Waking up slowly and taking your time to adjust can be beneficial. There’s no way a sudden jolt of adrenaline and caffeine is good for you in the long run.
There have been studies stating that when daylight saving is rolled back one hour there’s a spike in coronary accidents. That may or may not be true, but I do feel better when doing my slow start routine.
If you can, make sure you open your blinds at night, especially if you usually keep them closed. Even just a modicum of extra light can help you wake up quicker.
Tbh, the only REAL tip I have is go to bed at like, 10 PM ish. I know that sucks ass but then you wake up to the sun in your window naturally and it’s a whole different experience.
To help with going to bed earlier, cut out any caffinated drinks, or at least dont have any after 3pm. Also for the first couple of nights try having a bigger meal of something that contains tryptophan such as turkey.
Also try reading a book or something on paper or epaper before you sleep instead of using a backlit device to browse lemmy or watch tv etc.
I sleep with a bottle of water beside my bed, and when I wake up, I chug as much of that as I can handle. It really helps me. I started doing it after I read somewhere that dehydration can contribute to fatigue, especially in the mornings. I’m probably pretty dehydrated on average, so that scanned.
