Getting up early day 9 to day 12
Day 9 Monday 9am
I was absolutely tired and worn out, I had spent all Sunday training parkour and running doing body weight exercise, plus the outside air, by the time I went to bed I slept when the alarm went off at 5am I heard it but I was worn out and my body was aching, felt more beneficial to sleep the extra 4 hours. This experiment on the few days where I have got up around the 5am mark has really run me in to the ground. Still try and get up tomorrow, I really felt better for the extra sleep, my arms and back of shoulders were really aching today.
Day 10 Tuesday 5.30am
Got up at early today, put on the trainers and got out the house, went for a jog. Had a bit of a run then some walking, felt really great jogging at that time , there was a few cars about and people walking around must of thought he’s serious. The air was nice and clean and it really blew the cobwebs out of the system, took a while to get used to. The iPod headphones kept falling out of my ears while I was jogging which was very annoying. Also found that I was a little bit shaky on my legs, trying to do some leaps and jumps my legs were not quite awake. I got home, had a blast in the cold shower, also seem that bit colder in the morning when you’re not quite woken up enough to take the sharp shock. but that felt good and had breakfast bananas and oats, and all this by 6.45am so decided to get back in to bed for a bit, which feels great after a cold shower. Set the alarm and fell asleep / snoozed till 7.15am which is my usual wake up time on this shift before I started getting up early. Felt good at work, the days are starting to feel long, the morning goes on forever when it feels like I've been at work all day, its only 11am. Also felt good saying that I had been up had a run ect.
Day 11 Wed 10am
Tired, my shift today was 12-8 as it only takes me 15mins to get to work I could have got up at around 11.20am at a push, this morning the alarm went off at 5am, I reset to 6am, snoozed it a bit , rest to 8am, snoozed button pressed a few times , reset to 9.30am , then pressed snooze and then just laid in bed till about 10am then decided to get out of bed. My snooze button sets the alarm to go off 10mins later, so pressing it 3 times in a row that half an hour in 3 ten min sleep instalments. Needless to say I didn’t get up early today; I have yet to get up at 5am when I'm on a late shift. Getting up at 5am when I don’t start to 12pm that’s 7 hours before I even get on my shift. This is the excuse though, on these days I don’t need to get up till at the latest 11.20am so there is so much time to have a lay in bed and snooze/daydream. And I think that is what most of my team does on this day as well by the sounds of it. They say oh tomorrow will have a nice lye in! Me too! Even though I'm trying not to, also on Wednesday I went out and stayed out late, so got to sleep at 1am which leads to Thursday’s effort. Today I didn’t feel myself at all, It was very hard to concentrate and think of anything to talk about or think about. I could do my job because I have only so much information I need to advise, but when on my breaks I felt very detached, on the night out after work, it was hard. Just took allot of effort, maybe I'm really sleep deprived, and need a good 15hours rest or something.
Day 12 Thurs 7.10am
Went to bed late, worn out and slightly drunk. After a full on day, today the alarm went off at 5am, snooze, it went off at 5.30 I reset it to 6.30am , then snoozed a bit more. I got up at 7.10am, slightly annoyed at the fact I had pressed snooze so many times, it would have been better to just set the alarm for 7.10am and got up without all the messing about. Still not bad, the thing is I still haven’t learnt to go to bed early, and the headspace I was in yesterday after drifting through the whole day. I think I read in another article Steve Pavlina, he states get up at a set time and only go to sleep when tired. I'm not really that tired until around 1am, and then if the alarm is going off again at 5am it doesn’t seem right to get up after only 4 hours of rest. Or am I supposed to so that I struggle through the day, and then need to sleep by around 9pm. Also reminds me, while doing this I have been feeling light headed sometimes, just like whoa I could just pass out here in my chair. I'm still working on getting up early and getting a straight set of days in a row where I am up. What is funny is the woman I sit with at work, gets up every single day without fail at 5am! I asked her what time she goes to bed, around 10pm was the answer which makes sense, around 7 hours of rest. She got up today and did some gardening at 5am, fair play. Also she was reading a book for 2 hours. To read at 5am would make me fall asleep; it’s too relaxing to do.
I was absolutely tired and worn out, I had spent all Sunday training parkour and running doing body weight exercise, plus the outside air, by the time I went to bed I slept when the alarm went off at 5am I heard it but I was worn out and my body was aching, felt more beneficial to sleep the extra 4 hours. This experiment on the few days where I have got up around the 5am mark has really run me in to the ground. Still try and get up tomorrow, I really felt better for the extra sleep, my arms and back of shoulders were really aching today.
Day 10 Tuesday 5.30am
Got up at early today, put on the trainers and got out the house, went for a jog. Had a bit of a run then some walking, felt really great jogging at that time , there was a few cars about and people walking around must of thought he’s serious. The air was nice and clean and it really blew the cobwebs out of the system, took a while to get used to. The iPod headphones kept falling out of my ears while I was jogging which was very annoying. Also found that I was a little bit shaky on my legs, trying to do some leaps and jumps my legs were not quite awake. I got home, had a blast in the cold shower, also seem that bit colder in the morning when you’re not quite woken up enough to take the sharp shock. but that felt good and had breakfast bananas and oats, and all this by 6.45am so decided to get back in to bed for a bit, which feels great after a cold shower. Set the alarm and fell asleep / snoozed till 7.15am which is my usual wake up time on this shift before I started getting up early. Felt good at work, the days are starting to feel long, the morning goes on forever when it feels like I've been at work all day, its only 11am. Also felt good saying that I had been up had a run ect.
Day 11 Wed 10am
Tired, my shift today was 12-8 as it only takes me 15mins to get to work I could have got up at around 11.20am at a push, this morning the alarm went off at 5am, I reset to 6am, snoozed it a bit , rest to 8am, snoozed button pressed a few times , reset to 9.30am , then pressed snooze and then just laid in bed till about 10am then decided to get out of bed. My snooze button sets the alarm to go off 10mins later, so pressing it 3 times in a row that half an hour in 3 ten min sleep instalments. Needless to say I didn’t get up early today; I have yet to get up at 5am when I'm on a late shift. Getting up at 5am when I don’t start to 12pm that’s 7 hours before I even get on my shift. This is the excuse though, on these days I don’t need to get up till at the latest 11.20am so there is so much time to have a lay in bed and snooze/daydream. And I think that is what most of my team does on this day as well by the sounds of it. They say oh tomorrow will have a nice lye in! Me too! Even though I'm trying not to, also on Wednesday I went out and stayed out late, so got to sleep at 1am which leads to Thursday’s effort. Today I didn’t feel myself at all, It was very hard to concentrate and think of anything to talk about or think about. I could do my job because I have only so much information I need to advise, but when on my breaks I felt very detached, on the night out after work, it was hard. Just took allot of effort, maybe I'm really sleep deprived, and need a good 15hours rest or something.
Day 12 Thurs 7.10am
Went to bed late, worn out and slightly drunk. After a full on day, today the alarm went off at 5am, snooze, it went off at 5.30 I reset it to 6.30am , then snoozed a bit more. I got up at 7.10am, slightly annoyed at the fact I had pressed snooze so many times, it would have been better to just set the alarm for 7.10am and got up without all the messing about. Still not bad, the thing is I still haven’t learnt to go to bed early, and the headspace I was in yesterday after drifting through the whole day. I think I read in another article Steve Pavlina, he states get up at a set time and only go to sleep when tired. I'm not really that tired until around 1am, and then if the alarm is going off again at 5am it doesn’t seem right to get up after only 4 hours of rest. Or am I supposed to so that I struggle through the day, and then need to sleep by around 9pm. Also reminds me, while doing this I have been feeling light headed sometimes, just like whoa I could just pass out here in my chair. I'm still working on getting up early and getting a straight set of days in a row where I am up. What is funny is the woman I sit with at work, gets up every single day without fail at 5am! I asked her what time she goes to bed, around 10pm was the answer which makes sense, around 7 hours of rest. She got up today and did some gardening at 5am, fair play. Also she was reading a book for 2 hours. To read at 5am would make me fall asleep; it’s too relaxing to do.
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