Why Is Waking Up So Hard?

Do you have a hard time waking up? You’re not alone!

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“Mark Twain once wrote, ‘I have tried getting up early, and I have tried getting up late - and the latter agrees with me best.’”
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[poiuytrewq]

You know what sucks? Waking up while it's still dark out. So much for that natural sunlight.

[VictoriasChannel]

If you ever feel lazy because you have a hard time getting up, then remember that the famous scientist Buffon used to hire a peasant to physically drag him out of bed every morning!! 

[hollowkid]

Anyone else wake up perfectly alert on the weekend and feel like shit on the weekdays?

[PopeNicholasXVI]

Open up the curtains and get some natural light into the room...but what if you gotta get up before the sun does lol

[ninjanerdstudent]

Waking up is not hard; getting up is hard.

[sMaShEdToMaToS]

Waking up is the second hardest thing in the morning.

[lorenbooker]

Because we all stay up till 2am watching youtube videos like this..

[asdfghjk]

My natural rythm right now is sleep at 6 am and wake up at 2:30 pm. Its the worst

[RainAngel]

As someone who is lucky enough to be able to wake up whenever I want most days, our society sucks in how it forces people to wake up away from natural hours. Back in the days before we had proper clocks, people went to sleep and got up mostly according to the sun, and it worked for them.

When I wake up naturally, it feels so good. Well, not really good, but more like, it's so good compared to being jolted up at the worst time, that it's good. Being awake and knowing you got enough sleep that night is awesome.

[Lunarri]

Always been a night owl. I can't seem to change it either. All through college I woke up at 6:30. Still no change. Was still naturally more alert/awake at night. Been a father now for almost two years. Having to get up at 6:30 again each morning to take care of my son hasn't changed anything. No matter what I do, my body wants to sleep in the day and be awake at night. Researched it and while most people can change their sleep cycles, some cannot. Yay...lucky me.

[manospondylus]

Waking up isn't the hardest thing in the morning...

[communicationbreakdown]

born a night owl. not my fault. worked retail cuz I loved the 2 to 10pm shift or whatever closing was. never have been able to pop outta bed in mornings. I've had a morning/day job now for a long time and am ready to find a 2nd shift job again. it doesn't help that my bed is super duper comfy. winning the lotto is my real plan, though. no matter how tired I am all day, once I'm home from work and 10 pm hits, then I'm ready to stay up. also, no matter how much sleep I get, waking up for me is a long process. I can do 10+ hours easy. most people say they get a headache from sleeping too much. never for me. headache if I don't sleep enough.

[HaroldDavidsonUS]

The only thing I've noticed about my sleep is this... If I have something to do, it doesn't matter if I've slept for 8 hours or 5 minutes, I'll be ready and full of energy. But if I have NOTHING to do that day, I will be unconscious for 15 hours and no force on Earth can move me. lol

[EthanNeal]

The only problem with waking up at 6:15 AM is the fact it's dark outside and will be for another hour and 5 months.

[RisaPlays]

I find that having a snooze set to go off every 5 minutes actually does help me over time. 30 minutes is too long and you can easily fall asleep in that time. 5 minutes of extra rest repeated until I fully wake up while trying to get myself to think about what I need to do that day actually helps me get up over time. I just need to set my alarm to go off for the first time much earlier than I'd actually need to be getting out of bed.

[tinalevesque]

i am so lucky i work evenings monday to friday. i work 2-10 so i dont have an alarm clock or a bed time. its amazing waking up naturally every day and going to bed whenever i want. i usually get sleepy around 130am and wake up at 9-930 so i even get my 8 hours. the only flaw is i dont really have a life except on weekends since everyone else works morning shifts but honestly a healthy sleep pattern is more important to me.

[Jathax]

My phone alarm set off once when I was really tired, it took me 2 minutes to figure out how to turn the alarm off, anyone else ever have that?

[aquarepublic]

I'm dead to the world for the first like 3 hours lol

[FarryEntertainment]

Why cant we live a life where we wake up naturally? The problem is working 8 hours a day. 8 hours is waay to long and thats even without the traffic and other preperations. We need to tune it down to 6 work hours a day or even less. Life is not about work.

[AntiGravityLazer]

My Solution:

When you wake up, throw the pillow away and sleep for 10-15 minutes WITHOUT the pillow under your head, you'll automatically want to STAND UP and get out of bed because you'll feel pressure in your head after 10-15 minutes.

Works for me everyday ☺