Topic: THD's 30 Day Challenge 5

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Aside from going to sleep early (at least before 11), keeping the curtains open might help. The sunlight coming in through the window in the morning really helps for me at any rate, much more than my alarm clock. (Mostly because being violently woken tends to leave one groggy.)

This could help, but that depends on if the sun's up or not. Right now, the sun's just barely up where I'm at around 7. And, since I'm planning to decrease my time further in the future, I can't rely on that. There are alarms, though, that simply emit light as opposed to making loud noises. When I can, I might pick one of those up and try it out.

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DAY TWENTY THREE / TWENTY FOUR - March 23 / 24

Alarm: 7:16 AM / 7:14 AM

It's getting a lot easier to wake up early. Now to read in the morning instead of browsing online for a bit...

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DAY TWENTY FIVE - March 25

Alarm: 7:12 AM

I may not be keeping any specific tracks of the action habit, but lately I've been on a pretty good roll. It's strange how I always seem to go back to earlier things I've learned to clear up any problems I might have in the present. I'm sure there's some really deep quote to explain this, but I've got nothing like that on the top of my head, so I'll pass.

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This could help, but that depends on if the sun's up or not. Right now, the sun's just barely up where I'm at around 7. And, since I'm planning to decrease my time further in the future, I can't rely on that. There are alarms, though, that simply emit light as opposed to making loud noises. When I can, I might pick one of those up and try it out.

Hm, yes that would certainly help. You could always try a double alarm: having both the light and the noise alarm. The light might have to start going on slowly a little before the noise alarm to get the maximum effect out of it.

I'm still waiting for Gilgamesh.

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Hm, yes that would certainly help. You could always try a double alarm: having both the light and the noise alarm. The light might have to start going on slowly a little before the noise alarm to get the maximum effect out of it.

I actually plan to do that. I find it much easier to wake up when there's light in the morning. Curse you, summer time!

Something else that helped a lot was to purchase an alarm clock with a gradual wake-up alarm: it starts out very quiet, then gets louder and louder every few seconds. It works very well in my case since I'm somewhat conditioned to the sound. As soon as it starts, it wakes me up, and it's definitely less stressful than having a loud alarm from the get-go

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DAY TWENTY SIX - March 26

Alarm: 7:10 AM

Not really much to say for today. I think it's smooth sailing from here.

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DAY TWENTY SEVEN - March 27

Alarm: 7:08 AM

Gilgamesh cancelled, okay? Stop bugging me about it.

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DAY TWENTY EIGHT - March 28

Alarm: 7:06 AM

Look, I tried to get him back. I bribed him as best as I could. But he wouldn't take it. Said he had other games to appear in. And I was all, "Like WHAT? Do you really think Square's gonna reuse you again?" He seriously thinks he's one of their most popular characters. The asshat.

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DAY TWENTY NINE - March 29

Alarm: 7:04 AM

Just killing time here. Really, nothing of note is happening.

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Day 30 was the same. Onto the conclusion!

CONCLUSION

Well, waking up earlier was definitely a benefit in a lot of ways. More time to get things done, primarily. (I've been able to cram in some daily reading now.) But, now that I've gone through with it, my system is clearly not used to waking up so early yet. People say if you have a crap diet, then it's harder to wake up early, and I agree. I've gone back to 8 AM, and I just added an extra hour onto my workday so I can keep the reading. After I clean up my diet a lot more, I'll try again.

As for the action habit, well...since it was really undefined, I dunno how well I did. I seem to be more driven and ready to push foward with action than ever before, so...I guess it worked? I dunno. Good enough to count as a success, though.

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Good enough to count as a success, though.

That's what counts, ultimately!

If 8:00 AM works better for you right now, then you might just as well stick to that and stay up later in the evening. That's what I'd personally do, at least: I prefer evenings to mornings.

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I don't do anything productive in the evening, so adding an hour wouldn't really have a benefit.