Hacking Mornings
This post is about hacking the morning routine.
The majority of people wake up to an alarm, wash themselves in some way, get something to wake em up...most likely coffee, then proceed to work/school/what the fuck ever.
Well first lets start with the alarm. Actually using an alarm is bad for your health. The sudden amazingly loud sound brings your body to a state in which you are ready for a flight or fight response. It's not intended to bring you to a state of arousal. It's to snap you into a reality which is horrible. The human body uses other responses in order to wake up properly. If you can set it to where the light in your room reverse dims brighter slowly to wake you up then when you wake up you'll actually be in a full state of arousal. You'll be awake and much more likely to proceed through your day and not be tired. I personally hate being tired, I don't know about you but I think it sucks going through your day bogged down.
Next is when you wash yourself in some way. Many people take a shower of some sort or a bath. The best way to wake up is a warm bath in which the water is moving(a jacuzzi). This brings you back to your animal instinct to where you relax feeling safe but waking you up quick enough to where you're perfectly fine. Brushing your teeth and such comes after this. It's just something you have to do because it impeads you're waking up in so many ways. You just have to get used to it.
Next is something to help wake ya up. Coffee is the prominent choice of energy in America which I believe is complete bullshit. Grab an apple for breakfast. An apple has more reserve energy in it than 10 cups of coffee. Eating 1 apple and you'll be awake for a good long period of time. Plus it's healthier, soposedly. Personally I just skip breakfast and eat 2 lunches and 4 dinners, but thats just me.
When you leave your home for whatever you might be leaving for you'll want to be slightly warmer than it is outside so that while you're driving your consciousness registers things more prominently. If you drive for more than 5 minutes then when you reach your destination you'll be fully awake and ready for the day.
So to recap.
No Alarm
No Shower
No Coffee
No Cold
If one of these things will take more time then give it to it. You shouldn't stress yourself in the mornings, you'll pay for it later.
AK
The majority of people wake up to an alarm, wash themselves in some way, get something to wake em up...most likely coffee, then proceed to work/school/what the fuck ever.
Well first lets start with the alarm. Actually using an alarm is bad for your health. The sudden amazingly loud sound brings your body to a state in which you are ready for a flight or fight response. It's not intended to bring you to a state of arousal. It's to snap you into a reality which is horrible. The human body uses other responses in order to wake up properly. If you can set it to where the light in your room reverse dims brighter slowly to wake you up then when you wake up you'll actually be in a full state of arousal. You'll be awake and much more likely to proceed through your day and not be tired. I personally hate being tired, I don't know about you but I think it sucks going through your day bogged down.
Next is when you wash yourself in some way. Many people take a shower of some sort or a bath. The best way to wake up is a warm bath in which the water is moving(a jacuzzi). This brings you back to your animal instinct to where you relax feeling safe but waking you up quick enough to where you're perfectly fine. Brushing your teeth and such comes after this. It's just something you have to do because it impeads you're waking up in so many ways. You just have to get used to it.
Next is something to help wake ya up. Coffee is the prominent choice of energy in America which I believe is complete bullshit. Grab an apple for breakfast. An apple has more reserve energy in it than 10 cups of coffee. Eating 1 apple and you'll be awake for a good long period of time. Plus it's healthier, soposedly. Personally I just skip breakfast and eat 2 lunches and 4 dinners, but thats just me.
When you leave your home for whatever you might be leaving for you'll want to be slightly warmer than it is outside so that while you're driving your consciousness registers things more prominently. If you drive for more than 5 minutes then when you reach your destination you'll be fully awake and ready for the day.
So to recap.
No Alarm
No Shower
No Coffee
No Cold
If one of these things will take more time then give it to it. You shouldn't stress yourself in the mornings, you'll pay for it later.
AK
posted by Akiratima at 10/26/2005 12:33:00 AM
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