How To Become A Morning Person 🌅

The thread that'll make you love the sunrise.
- Don’t use an alarm.

The sound of an alarm triggers the bodies fight or flight mode.
Your body either:

1. Jolts awake
2. Acts more exhausted than it did at 11pm.

“Souled! How can I wake up without an alarm!”
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- Go to bed 8 hours before you ’need’ to wake up.

Need to be up at 9am?
Don’t stay up past 1am.

The body is going to wake itself up when it’s rested (for me this is around the 7-7.5hr mark)

So you're awake (NATURALLY) but the first thing to do now is...
GO OUTSIDE.

1. Open your door
2. Walk to a spot where the sun is hitting the ground
3. Look up

The retinas in your eye are the gateway to your bodies suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN)

commonly known as the Circadian Rhythm which our bodies use to distinguish ....
when we’re supposed to be awake and when we’re supposed to be asleep.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6751071/

When you look at the sun, you’re telling your body - I’m awake, it’s time for you to catch up”

The next task may seem childish but it can potentially change your life...
— Come back inside & MAKE YOUR BED.

This can seem cliche

But it sends a reminder to your brains - “We aren’t getting back in bed, I’m awake, let’s get started.”

& it’s a sense of accomplishment, order, and aesthetic in your life.
Hydration (& not with that dark brown liquid we love to use to ‘wake’ us up) ☕️

The body has been in physical rest mode for a third of the day.

You’ve been laying horizontally for 8 hours.

It only make sense that the body needs some replenishment.
...
Drink 8-16oz of water - in one sitting. Chug it.

Look at it as a sense of accomplishment for the day.

You've just given the body exactly what it's been thirsting for for the last 8 hours.

Now that we've
1. woke up naturally
2. looked at the sun
3. made our bed
4. 🥤

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Get the BLOOD FLOWING

After getting sunlight - causing the brain to wake up
You need to get the BODY awake.
-Stretching
-Push ups
-Yoga
-Running

I don't mean crossfit type energy.
Just get your body on par with your mind.

Touch your toes - do 25 jumping jacks - anything.
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— Cook

After getting the body awake and the blood flowing - give it some energy to get you through the next couple of hours.

Eggs
Yogurt
Chicken
Maybe some magnesium/black seed oil if you’re ready for that (re. @Grimhood)

& ALWAYS REMEMBER ......
- LITTLE TO NO carbs and sugar - it’ll negatively effect you in a matter of hours and then you’re morning progress will be for nothing.
* Something to Note: If you wake up without an appetite, blue lights effecting your bodies rhythm.
This means, if you’re in bed at 11pm...
... scrolling on your phone, looking at your laptop, etc. it confuses the body about what time of day it is.

Simply fix this by not looking at a screen for an hour before getting in bed.

⭐️⭐️ Last but most important - don't look at your phone until you're wide awake. ⭐️⭐️
Try this simple routine tomorrow & when it works, please come back and let me know!
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