Early Rising Tips & Habit Guides | How to Wake Up Early

Tip #31: Strike with Overwhelming Force

Here comes the king of all tips. If you still fail to wake up early but have not lost hope, try this one. When everything else fails, it is time to get to serious military tactics.

Tip #32: Create an Evening Ritual

We talk a lot about what to do in the morning. But the truth is, your morning starts the night before.

Tip #33: Lower Your Room Temperature

If your bedroom feels warm and cozy when you go to sleep, that might actually be the problem.

Tip #34: Wake Up Early by Creating the Right Associations

Any trick to make you wake up earlier will fail if you don’t commit to it mentally. And your commitment to wake up early fully depends on what you associate early rising with.

Tip #35: Track Your Early Wake-Up Progress

There’s a simple productivity trick that Jerry Seinfeld reportedly used to become one of the most consistent comedians of his generation. A young comic named Brad Isaac asked Seinfeld for advice at a club one night, and the answer had nothing to do with jokes.

Tip #36: Say No to Blue Light Before Bed

If you struggle to fall asleep on time, your morning alarm probably isn’t the real problem. Your evening light might be.

Tip #37: Start Your Morning With a Small But Fun Challenge

Another wake-up trick is to challenge yourself in the morning by putting your alarm clock in a place where it can’t be easily turned off. Think of it as an extreme version of putting your alarm clock far from your bed — the harder it is to reach, the less likely you are to turn it off and crawl back under the covers.

Tip #38: Avoid the Weekend Lie-In

We all like to sleep in for another hour or two on the weekend after a long, hard week. But here is the bad news.

Tip #39: Invest in Your Early Wake-Up Habit

One day I decided that I should start running in the mornings to get back into shape. Two weeks later, I was still thinking it would be good to finally start doing it. Probably from next week… Or better from the first day of next month… It continued this way for almost two months. Do you know how I finally managed to stop procrastinating? I bought myself a pair of new running shoes and some sports clothes, and after that I simply couldn’t hold off any longer. Investing in my new habit was the thing that actually pushed me out of endless procrastination. After you spend money you worked hard to earn, your thinking about it changes completely. You don’t want that money to go to waste!