New Month. New Challenge.

It's a new month! An opportunity to start something new! 
I think I have just the thing..
It's something I've already started doing myself.. and I will tell you all about it!

I had grown very much in love with my snooze button. Every morning my alarm would go off and I would hit snooze. At first I used that time to wake myself up. 
To be thankful and go through my gratitude for the day. That worked for a while. Until I started falling back asleep...
A few minutes would go by and my alarm would sound again and I'd push snooze again..
It started so subtely..Just a one time snooze.It wasn't long before I was hitting that button like I was playing a tv game show and knew the answer to every question. 
Snooze. Snooze. Snooze.

Until one day.
I woke up late.
Late, because I had snoozed the maximum amount of snoozes and 
my alarm had eventually given up and silenced itself. 
How dare you technology?
And not only did this happen one day... it kept happening.

I don't know about anyone else, but for me, waking up late sucks.
I'm in a rushed-fast forward motion most of the day and my brain is foggy.

I'm not sure how long this goes on... I wasn't constantly late. But more frequently than what used to be my norm.. I'm a pretty timely lady for the most part.
Finally hubbs challenges me to stop hitting my snooze button...
Which I accepted. Honestly, it was getting really annoying hearing that thing go off.. 
over and over and over.
It was actually making my mornings worse. My alarm was nagging me every 5 minutes to get up.. or at least that's what it felt like.. but really that is not the case.
I made the decision that I wanted to get up early.. I just feel better if I 'm able to get up and get my shower, have some coffee and have some breakfast.. 
I want that.
Also. I can be quite the procrastinator so it's nice for me to be able to get all this out of the way early or I would just be in my pj's until noon. Which isn't favorable for me. 
So. I realized that I was just fighting myself. Probably why it was so exhausting lol.

The first week was a challenge... 
A few times I literally just layed there staring at it.. contemplating my decision.
But a few minutes would pass and I would pep talk myself up to get my day started.
Once I was up and about I did feel more alert even if it did take a second to pull myself out of bed. 

So. Everyday for the first week I had a small struggle with myself each morning, but I managed to get through all of the week without hitting my snooze button.
I felt pretty good about it.
And it was a small victory hubbs and I could celebrate. 
We like to celebrate our positives =)

Week 2.
Week 2 went smoothly. Monday was a bit of a drag but I still managed to get out of bed the first time. I continued through the 2nd week as well. I went Monday to Friday without hitting snooze.
This was fantastic for me. Only 2 weeks ago I was indulging in my snooze button. I was even setting my alarm earlier just so that I could hit the snooze button... 
and I was negotiating with myself the ABSOLUTE latest time I could get up and still maybe, almost have things ready on time. {sabatoge}
I was glad to be leaving that habit behind.

So we come to where I am now.
The end of week 3.
Even before I realized August was coming up I had planned to share this anyway just because of what happened next. 
This week has been the best week for me so far. I can't exactly remember which day this week it was.. I may have been Tuesday or Wednesday.. either way. One morning recently, I actually woke up before my alarm. I know it sounds lame, but I didn't wake up in a panic or because I was cold etc.. I gradually and easily woke up.. and I realized that my body's internal clock was starting to set.. so I just layed there.. I started to think about my day.. go through my gratitude and thankfuls and mantras and affirmations and all good vibes for the day.. 
After a few minutes my alarm did go off so I was right on time.. but I was already alert.
That feeling was really spectacular.
I used to dread mornings.. I'm not saying I leap out of bed or anything {it's usually quite cold in the morning.. we all know that struggle lol}.. but I feel better prepared for them. I feel like my body is becoming familiar with the set time I wake up each day and it's improved my life in just a few weeks.

So if you're a snoozer I suggest you give this a shot.
It's a new month! You've got 30 days to do something awesome. 
Why not make your mornings better?

Would love to hear from anyone who gives this a shot!
I suggest finding some positive things to say to yourself in the morning. Some reminders, some goals, whatever will get your gears turning and get you out of bed without hitting snooze!

Much Love
VintageModMom

 

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