As soon as tiredness kicks in, it seems like every morning when the alarm goes off is hell on earth. Even if that’s not the case, it’s a well-known fact that some people are simply not morning persons, therefore have serious problems getting out of bed in the morning and on their way to work. There are ways to spring out of the bed sheets smiling and, as FitSugar puts it, they’re not even that difficult.

The first thing to do to make sure waking up and, most importantly, getting out of the bed is not such a terrible ordeal is to have the alarm ring at the same hour every day. Whether we like it or not, that also includes weekends, which means no sleeping in late on Saturdays and Sundays because that messes up our energy levels, FitSugar assures us. Instead of waking up at noon on weekends, we should stick to the same hour as the rest of the week and then make up for lost sleep with a nap.

Next up: forgetting that the snooze button exists. “I used to do it,” FitSugar says. “I’d set my alarm way early, knowing that I’d hit the snooze button three times. Somehow I felt like it made getting up easier, but those extra nine, 18, or 27 minutes you snooze won’t offer you deep, restful sleep. You’re better off setting your alarm for the time you want to wake up. Allowing yourself to sleep until then will help you feel less tired once you do step out of bed,” it is further said. In fact, studies have shown in the past that the few minutes of sleep we get in between the first time the alarm rings and the time we actually get out of bed do nothing in terms of making us feel more rested.

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