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How to best wake up for early job and stay awake?
I'm the same person who posted about taking off a semester to work/save up money. :)
I'm starting to worry about how I'll handle my new job since I'm used to working from home and making my own hours (to a certain degree).
I'm really not used to waking up early and I just found out I'm going to have to wake up at 7am for this job. I tend to sleep through alarm clocks and have had this weird thing my whole life where I'll turn my alarm clock off without even consciously realizing I'm doing it and going right back to sleep. When I wake up I don't even remember turning the alarm clock off, but have had people confirm I did.
I usually wake up around 10am and I am on occasion able to wake up earlier for important things like doctor appointments, but waking up continuously early is something I've never been able to master. At some point I wind up sleeping through my alarm or turning it off without even thinking about it and going back to sleep. I'm an extremely deep sleeper and tend to get "stuck" in dreams where I can't wake up. I've had alarms set on max volume before and slept through them because I was dreaming.
Even worse, a couple years ago I tried to work a job where I had to wake up early and flat out couldn't make it through the day. I would fall asleep at my desk and not be able to stop myself. I would just one minute be awake and then 5 minutes later be asleep. This also used to happen in classes. Honestly, I probably have some kind of narcolepsy. I can't go more than 5 hours or so without NEEDING a nap.
I eat healthy, exercise, take vitamins, and otherwise take care of myself so it's nothing related to a bad diet. I've tried caffeine, but it doesn't really have an effect on me other than making me feel anxious.
I was just wondering if maybe you guys have any advice for how to wake up and stay awake throughout the day? If I take a lunch break I get especially sleepy right after I eat. I did find out there's a Starbucks next door, but my previous experiences with caffeine makes me think grabbing coffee won't help.
I also can't really take naps during breaks because there's about a 1% chance i would actually wake up and go back to work. They would probably find me 5 hours later still asleep in my car.
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1. Go to bed earlier.
2. Drink a LOT of water.
3. Wake up earlier. (I know it sounds crazy, but this actually helps. It gives you more of a chance to wake up and your not in as deep of a sleep so you can wake up easier.)
4. Go for a run.
5. Take a cold shower.
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You sound like my son who had trouble getting up in the morning even after being rolled out of bed by a Drill Instructor in the Army. Nothing like a Drill Instructor to get you out of bed in the morning. I doubt you happen to have a DI handy to turn your bed over on you so hear are some suggestions you might try.
First you don't say what time you go to bed. You start by 10pm you to turn off you video games. You can get in bed and watch TV or read a book until 11pm then its lights out for 8 hours of sleep. Set 3 alarm clocks one to go off at 6:30, 6:40 & 6:50. Each alarm clock should be set further away from the bed to the point you have to get out of bed to shut it off.
You can also check with your phone company or go on the web to look for telephone wake up services; there are many to choose from. Find one that calls back to insure you have gotten out of bed.
The important thing is to get to bed early enough to get a good nights rest. With enough sleep you will not fall asleep during the day and you will wake up without any problems.
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