Sleep Deprivation Research

Sleep deprivation is the main culprit for making your alarm clock so difficult to hear in the morning. It contributes to you feeling sluggish throughout the day and unable to fall asleep again at night. Here are seven tips that are easy to implement into your day and will soon become second nature you.

Tip #1 - Let Natural Light Wake You Up

Exposure to artificial light disturbs the natural rhythm of your internal clock. That artificial light comes from the television or your smartphone that is likely to be in your hand. It disturbs your sleep and makes it difficult to wake up in the morning.

Open your blinds so that the natural morning light shines in each morning. As the sun comes up, the natural lighting will wake you up long before that

There is noise at home as everyone gets ready for work. The office hums as everyone focuses on their tasks at hand. All of this noise can make it difficult to concentrate on your responsibilities.

Taking time every morning to mediate helps prepare you for the noise throughout the day. Focusing on quiet meditation for a minimum of 20 minutes each morning can help you outline your goals for the day, remove the need to multi-task and increase your performance capabilities.

Tip #3 - Reduce Morning Decision Making

Waking up to a plateful of decisions that you need to make is a tough way to start the day. Before you even set foot out of the front door, you mind will already be tired from making decisions on things such as what to wear for the day and what to have for breakfast. That makes more important decisions that you face later in the day more difficult.

Focus on reducing your morning decision making responsibilities instead. Pick out an outfit before you go to bed. Eat a similar breakfast each day or consider waking up a little earlier to get a jumpstart on the day. It works to clear your mind in preparation for decisions that come throughout the day.

Tip #4 - Follow the Domino

Focus on the bigger issues or actions that you need to take first. As you work to accomplish those things, the remaining items on your list become easier to accomplish.

Tip #5 - Tackle the Hardest Obstacle First

Your level of energy is at an all time high every morning. Upon waking up, you feel as if there is nothing you can’t accomplish throughout the day. However, as the day goes on, tasks become more difficult achieve. Your creative process begins to slow down and decisions become harder to make.

Start each day prioritizing your tasks so that the creative aspects and tough decision making situations take place first thing in the morning. As your day progresses, the less important issues will become easier to face once the harder stuff is out of the way.

Tip #6 - Nighttime Preparations

The smallest obstacle in the morning can be enough to throw your schedule off track. You may wake up a few minutes later than normal or be unable to locate something that is an essential part of your day. As you head out for the day, you are now in a frazzled state, which sets the course for the rest of your