Can’t Wake up

Tips and tricks on getting out of bed in the morning

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My snooze button and I have a great relationship. I’ve gotten into a bad habit of snoozing my alarm. Multiple times.

The cheerful but obnoxious noise will break through my cozy bubble of blankets, disturbing the colorful, absurd dream my brain has concocted during the night.

I’ll reach out to swipe the clock on my screen to dismiss the noise for another blissful 10 minutes.

Its a struggle for me to get up, almost every morning. I know I’m getting enough sleep though. I don’t go to bed at the unearthly time of 2 am or stare at my phone and scroll for hours before closing my eyes for the night. Maybe it's because my subconscious acknowledges the fact that my bed is so comforting, protecting me from the unknowns of the day ahead of me. The groggy, slow-moving mass that I was in the morning was not the same clear-headed being that set the alarm the night before. I wanted to wake up at a good hour in the morning in order to get everything done that I needed to get done during the day I needed to be up early.

I decided to dive into some research on the topic and how I could improve my morning routine in order to feel fully awake at 7:00 am when I actually want to be awake. After digging through some articles that stated it would be a…