Getting up in the dark

Passanie

Am I the only one who has trouble getting out of bed when it's dark out? How do you guys deal with this? I have to say, kitty playing with his chirpy bird toy after my alarm went off helped a bit.

leolyns

Story of my life about 5 days per week. Sometimes I'll set the coffee maker the night before so it starts brewing when I get up or stops right when I wake up. Other than that, I've been used to waking up early in the dark for work. But on weekends, the cats try to wake me up so they can get fed, which sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. their final cue to wake me up is rubbing their chins on the lampshade.

pink.dutch.tulips

i do !

i try setting my alarm earlier so i can hit the snooze bar a few times and still manage to wake up 'on time'

what's worse is leaving w/ dd for daycare in the dark and driving home after getting her from dc in the dark

sm23

No, you're not the only one. I helps me if I get to bed early and feel rested when the alarm goes off. If I can't go back to sleep, then it's boring being in bed    It also helps me if DH gets up before me. Part of it is the ruckus he makes... and part of it is just that it's easier for me to get up when someone else is up and the house seems "awake." Otherwise, I'm usually hitting the snooze button until the very last possible moment.

CarFar

SUPER SUPER HARD to get up when it's dark out. It hink they have timed dimmers that will slowly turn your lights on for you. I've been thinkign about it because I've been MUCH more harried in the mornings since we started having shorter days after my snooze button pressing - a thons  

Mrs.BoomBoom

CarFar:

SUPER SUPER HARD to get up when it's dark out. It hink they have timed dimmers that will slowly turn your lights on for you. I've been thinkign about it because I've been MUCH more harried in the mornings since we started having shorter days after my snooze button pressing - a thons  

I bought an alarm clock light once...it didn't work for me

 Q's getting all mad in the AM because he's sleeping in and then doesn't have time for his pre-breakfast at home (they feed him breakfast again at school but he likes to eat twice)

loriruth

Getting up early, especially in the dark, is so hard for me! 

 I have moved my alram clock to a few feet away from my bed on one of our dressers so that I have to physically get up to turn it off.  And I set it to the radio so that even if DH isn't there, I feel like there is motion and sound around me and that helps.

soprano71

Yeah, this definitely sucks. I've tried putting my alarm clock across the room, which works. Now I just don't let myself close my eyes once I've opened them to find the clock on my nightstand.

ErikandAfton

E gets up at 5 am to come lay on the couch and "wake up" with the puppy. My alarm goes off at 5:30am. The fact that I have started making E his lunch before I leave at 5:50 to go for my morning walk helps get me motivated. Also the fact that I walk with two other people in the AMs helps too. Its easy to hit the snooze when it only effects you, its much harder to hit that snooze button when someone is expecting you at their front door at 5:55am.