Probably one of the biggest challenges people have is getting themselves out of the bed! This really has nothing to do with understanding sleep science or any of the information I teach, It has to do with your will power, and a little bit of strategy.<\/p>\n
You\u2019ve probably had many times in your life where you just couldn\u2019t get yourself out of bed. The biggest reason why we tend to stay in bed is because we \u201crationalize.\u201d For instance\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll just sleep for 10 more minutes\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
or<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s okay,\u2026 The alarm is early by 2.5 minutes anyway\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
or<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll get up when the room warms up a bit\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Haha! Well, whatever you\u2019ve rationalized not getting out of bed with, I\u2019m sure it was very creative too, because as human beings we\u2019re really great at coming up with reasons for NOT DOING THINGS! The reason why rationalizing makes us stay in bed, or prevents us from achieving many other\u00a0Goals<\/a>\u00a0in our lives is because it creates negative momentum. The law of momentum states: Once something gets into motion, it tends to stay in motion. The opposite, is also true: Once something STOPS, it tends to STAY THERE!<\/p>\n Once you make a decision to keep your butt in that bed for \u201ca few more minutes\u2026\u201d It tends to STAY THERE, and it usually stays there for A LOT LONGER THAN A FEW MINUTES! That\u2019s why I teach people to create a momentum strategy to get out of bed as quickly as possible, and START MOVING, start moving around the house, go for a run, make love with your partner, whatever it is you need to do to start moving and stop sleeping. When you create positive momentum it will be TOO LATE to rationalize about sleep because you\u2019ll already be out of your bed!<\/p>\n So here are just a couple of strategies YOU could use to get out of bed quickly and get more out of your day :<\/p>\n 1) The \u201cDistant Alarm\u201d Method<\/p>\n Most people place their alarms right next to their bed within reach. This is a BIG no no if you want to avoid staying in your bed. Why? Because most of the time YOU DON\u2019T EVEN HAVE TO ROLL OVER to press the alarm. That doesn\u2019t create a lot of movement and definitely doesn\u2019t stop you from sleeping your life away.<\/p>\n Instead of placing your alarm clock by your bed, place it far away, like at the end of your bedroom by the corner of the wall! By doing this you\u2019ll be forced to get up out of your bed to turn it off! By the time you\u2019re out of bed it will be too late to rationalize staying longer in bed, you\u2019ll be out already.<\/p>\n I even once duck-taped my alarm clock to the ceiling, so every morning I had to get up and get a chair right underneath it to turn it off. Where there\u2019s a will, there\u2019s a way.<\/p>\n 2) Rehearsing.<\/p>\n The reason why we \u201crationalize\u201d morning after morning is because we\u2019ve done it so long that we do it without even thinking about it. Rationalizing becomes a learned and rehearsed behavior.<\/p>\n A good way to STOP rationalize is to rehearse jumping out of your bed in advance. When you\u2019re ready to go to bed, simple do this this exercise: lie down in your bed as if you were sleeping, close your eyes\u2026 Then pretend you\u2019ve just woken up in the morning, and JUMP RIGHT OUT OF BED saying \u201cYEAAAA!!!\u201d<\/p>\n Repeat this\u00a0Exercise<\/a>\u00a0at least 5-10 times, or as much as feels good! I know it sounds stupid but it works! Your mind does what you tell it to do in a given situation. Doing this\u00a0Exercise<\/a>\u00a0will teach your mind a new behavior. In order to stop \u201crationalizing\u201d you must replace the old behavior with a new behavior.<\/p>\n When you think about it, we\u2019re taught how to brush our teeth, we\u2019re taught how to take proper care of our bodies, and some of us are even taught proper nutrition skills, but NO-ONE is hardly ever taught how to take proper care of their inner sleep system, which is responsible for your energy and your health more than you know!<\/p>\n Whatever rationalizations you\u2019ve come up with, allow me to suggest that you forget them and take some positive momentum in your life RIGHT NOW.<\/p>\n About The Author:<\/p>\n Kacper Postawski<\/a>\u00a0is an innovative sleep science researcher and the creator of the \u201cPowerful Sleep<\/a>\u00a0– Secrets of the Inner Sleep Clock\u201d system. He can show you how to reduce your sleep by up to 3 hours, create more time, and an abundance of energy in your body by sleeping LESS! Not more. He dispels the \u201c8 hour sleep myth\u201d, tells you what most people never realize about sleep, and what the drug companies DONT WANT YOU to know. Find out more about\u00a0Powerful Sleep<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Probably one of the biggest challenges people have is getting themselves out of the bed! This really has nothing to do with understanding sleep science or any of the information I teach, It has to do with your will power, and a little bit of strategy. 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