31 Days to Become a Morning Person

As of yesterday, I have challenged myself with a 31 day test....get my a$$ out of bed early and be productive!  This blog will serve as a way to let everyone know what is going on and also to hold myself accountable for the commitment I am making.  I am not a morning person so although this may not seem like a big deal, it will be difficult for me.  I used to be that person who set an alarm only to snooze 10 times before I actually got out of bed.  I have gotten to the point where I wake up around 7 with no alarm.  However, that does not mean that I get out of bed.  I need to start utilizing my mornings to get things done so that I can enjoy my evenings a little more and have more flexibility with other commitments.

Day 1

 Ew.  This already sucks.  Greeeat way to start my motivational, 'I can do anything' blog... : /  I woke up this morning at 6:30 with no alarm.  This in itself is great!  I'd like to get up at 6:30 everyday.  The problem is that my brain is programmed to see the clock at this time and pull the blanket back up over my head and go back to sleep.

I should have just gotten up! When 7 am rolled around, I made myself get up but now I feel groggy and tired because I went back to sleep for that half hour.  I hate when that happens! This will get easier, this will get easier.  If you just get up when you wake up, you feel so much better.  Today my motivation to get out of bed was to write this blog and put it out there what I am doing.  If I didn't get this done, then it would be too convenient for me to just forget the idea and continue sleeping until whenever.

Eventually, I want to be working out in the morning.  Today I am considering blog writing to be my productive  thing.  And perhaps also, having a cup of free coffee at home instead of sleeping late so that I end up paying for it at work.

I also wanted to do this to hopefully inspire someone else to try a change for 31 days....what small change could you make that is slightly out of your comfort zone that could potentially change your life in numerous ways?  Think about it and join me!  This may be a selfish request because it is so much easier to motivate myself when I have someone else counting on me as well :)

So come on, help me, help you, help me ;-P