It would seem that “owls” and “larks” are just two types of people with different biorhythms. Some go to bed early and get up early, others go to bed late, and the peak of their activity is shifted towards evening. But even “owl” people notice that with early awakening, activity increases during the day, mood improves, and success is accompanied in business.
But when such people try to get up early every day, even the most stubborn ones fail. They set the alarm for 6 in the morning, and in the morning, turning off the ringing alarm, they again fall asleep. Why is this happening?
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It turned out that the principle of "go to bed earlier, to get up earlier" is the wrong strategy. A person expects him to sleep the same number of hours every day. It seems to be logical, but in practice it does not work.
There are two main ways to learn to get up early.
The first is to go to bed and get up at the same time every day. For our life, subject to the harsh regime of the day, this, in principle, is suitable.
The second opinion is to go to bed and get up when the body requires it. Each person has their own biorhythms, and, obeying them, it is easier to fall asleep and oversleep as much as the body needs.
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But through experiments it turned out that both methods are not entirely effective.
In the first case, you have to go to bed even when the body is not tired enough, and the person spends some time trying to sleep. In addition, every day the body gets tired in different ways, and it takes a different amount of time to relax. This is another minus.
In the second case, a person sleeps more than the body really needs. Biorhythms of different people are different, and in 24 hours, and sleep time can constantly shift. And the last drawback: different awakening times make it difficult to plan morning things in advance.
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The most effective approach was the combination of these methods. The idea is to go to bed when you want to sleep, and to get up at a certain time. People who get up early every day do this unknowingly. To determine the time when the body really wants to sleep, you can read a book. In the morning, when the alarm rings, it is important to remove from your head thoughts that you need to get up. Turning off the alarm, you need to take a sitting position, this will help to wake up.
When using this method for several days, early awakening will become a habit. If you couldn’t get enough sleep on one of the days, this means that the body will get tired earlier and you will need to go to bed earlier. Thus, knowing the specific time of awakening, the body will regulate sleep time.
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The same approach is good for insomnia. People cannot fall asleep due to the fact that their body is not tired enough and does not need sleep (at least for now). Therefore, with insomnia, you need to go to bed only when the need for sleep is felt clearly. If sleep is not enough for the body today, then tomorrow a person will get tired earlier and, accordingly, go to bed earlier. The problem of insomnia disappears.
Thus, the best option to learn to get up early is to go to bed when the body requires it, and get up at a strictly defined time.