While it may sound crazy at first, it does to me 
, I quite love waking up early. Oh, I bitch about it to whoever’ll listen but it’s not really that big a problem.
The main issue is actually getting out of bed, that’s quite tricky. The alarm clock is massively annoying, the whole removing my bed from all that comfort is annoying and just feeling like a zombie that can’t eat a thing is even more annoying. Still, I have a few tricks to cope with it.
I set the alarm clock to some funky song I like, used to have it to Superstition and that got me going like a rock star Then, as the web functions on its own time, I check for emails and sometimes I have stuff worth reading, and that keeps me going through the first part of my morning routine, enough to be able to stay awake. I then usually just spend the time I’ve got left on stuff like Facebook comments, Google reader posts of a certain importance and articles I haven’t got to.
But the thing I enjoy the most is that when I leave the house it’s this strange but enjoyable atmosphere outside. It’s sunny, but not warm. It’s mostly quiet on the streets I take to get to the bus and that feels fun. I’ve got my music and I do my 10 minute walk to the bus that really refreshes me. Then, on the bus I just plop out the phone and read some more stuff off the RSS reader so time passes quicker. Finally, I get on my last leg to work where I have to once again walk for about 10-15 minutes and that’s okay too. I get a couple of bagels on the way (one’s my breakfast, the second’s my snack throughout the morning) and maybe a coffee if I’m feeling sleepy and then I go up to my cubicle and start-up my day.
The thing that for me makes it so damn interesting is that this routine gets me going even if I’m not in the mood to. Specific hours mean I never have to wonder about what I’m supposed to do at a certain point in time. I also use small psychological tricks on myself, like the fact that I never leave at 8am, I leave at 8:10. That extra ten minutes really feels like they’re extra, like they’re a gift, unlike the impenetrable wall that 8am feels like. I basically get to work at the same time regardless of the 10 minutes, but having them feels better than not.
And then there’s little things, like posting an image of the sun on Buzz and getting all sorts of replies, or sending SMS messages to a friend as a good morning greet so we acknowledge we’re in the same predicament of having to get out of bed
Whatever your routine is, if it sucks you just need to work on it and it’ll be a lot better. So try to have fun in the morning and do stuff that you enjoy.
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