Hello, below is a completed personal entry of my wake up at 6.30am 30 Day Challenge.
A bit of an update from myself post challenge, no I still sleep and wake up at very random times in the morning. And no I haven't give up on this, I will continue to try and will want to eventually tick this goal of my long-running bucket list.
Day 30 - Apr 20th, 2022
Hello, I woke up at 8am again today because working from home! Retrospectively, looking back at the past 30 days a few things I will definitely do differently going forward would be if I am not strict and consistent enough during the crucial 30 day shaping period, I probably will not achieve my goal. I have been quite inconsistent with my wakeup time every day, that certainly didn't help. Secondly would be, I really need to be more committed to this challenge and even push myself a little more. Lastly, I definitely will continue on waking up early and set a consistent time to wake up and sleep until I achieve this goal.
Day 29 - Apr 19th, 2022
Hello, the last few days of not waking up early has fucked up my rhythm. I woke up at 8am this morning because working from home today which is far from the ideal time I want to wake up at. Second last day until the 30 Day challenge.
Day 28 - Apr 18th, 2022
Hello, a public holiday day today, I fucked up. I woke up around 9am this morning. Tomorrow is work day, so I will definitely have to wake up early again.
Day 27 - Apr 17th, 2022 (N/A)
Day 26 - Apr 16th, 2022 (N/A)
Day 25 - Apr 15th, 2022
Hello, it is a public holiday here in Melbourne. I turned off my alarm at 6.30am this morning, slept until 8am before I got up and get ready for today. I am almost coming to an end with this challenge, few things I noticed are that I tend to feel sleepy earlier during the night and I have more energy when I need to wake up early the next morning. I have been able to go to bed between 10-11pm. I still struggle with a consistent wake up time.
Day 24 - Apr 14th, 2022
Hello, I woke up at 6.45am this morning. Got all ready by 7.10am and was actually early for my train. It was good to be early. My alarm rang at 6.30am as per usual, I turned it off and slept for another 15 minutes before I got up and got moving.
Day 23 - Apr 13th, 2022
Hello, I accidentally didn't set my alarm properly this morning. So it didn't actually go off at 6.30am. However, I instinctively woke up around 7am, felt a bit odd that my alarm didn't go off this morning. I still managed to catch my train for work and surprisingly arrived on time still! Last day of work before the week ends!
Day 22 - Apr 12th, 2022
Hello, I woke up at 8am today. Alarm rang at 7am today because I realised I may have gone cold turkey too quickly, so I thought if I dial it back a little bit by half an hour maybe I could do it more regularly. And god I was wrong. I woke up at 8am today. Well, no excuses tomorrow as I have to wake up at 6.30am to catch a 7.23am train to work.
Day 21 - Apr 11th, 2022
Hello, not long until I finish this challenge. I am not too pleased
with my progress but I am not too pissed either. I set my alarm at
6.30am today and I didn't wake up. I turned it off and woke up around
7.45am. I see this as a great improvement because I have not been able
to wake up naturally before 9am before. I am hopeful this will work out.
I do plan on continue this challenge even after I finish the 30-day
period.
Day 20 - Apr 10th, 2022
Hello, I woke up at 8.30am today. A little bit of change, although I woke up later than my anticipated wake time, my body somehow managed to wake itself up. I turned off my alarm on the weekend, and my body started to wake up in the morning, not terribly late in the morning. I used to wake up around 10am or even later if I turn my alarm off. It definitely is helping me with my body slowly getting used to the natural body-clock rhythm.
Day 19 - Apr 9th, 2022
Hello, I woke up at 7.30am today. I woke up around 6.30am and then fell
back to sleep until 7.30am today. Last night was hard to drift to sleep
because I've had some strong Hong Kong milk tea for lunch. My body
being super reactive to caffeine, it took an effect on me. I fell asleep
around 1am.
Day 18 - Apr 8th, 2022
Hello, I woke up in time again around 6.30am. I started to feel like I
can actually wake up earlier because this morning I was half wake before
my alarm rang at 6.30am. So it was good to know my body is slowly
getting used to my routine. Tomorrow is Friday and yes my alarm is still
set at 6.30am. Let us see if I could wake up tomorrow.
Day 17 - Apr 7th, 2022
Hello, I woke up in time today because I need to catch my train that I
can't miss. It was again incredibly hard to get out of the bed and keep
myself moving in this cold climate. I am just not built for this.
Tomorrow would be another 6.30am wake up, which is what my whole
challenge should be on. Keen to see another 6.30am wake-up success.
Day 16 - Apr 6th, 2022
Hello, good news I woke up at 7.45am today which is 15 mins earlier than
my previous day. Again alarm went off at 6.30am today. Cold Melbourne
morning is not helping. Tomorrow I will have to get up in time because I
am working in the office and will need to catch my train at 7.23am.
Day 15 - Apr 5th, 2022
Hello, I woke up at 8am. Alarm rang at 6.30am and once again it was too
hard to get out of the bed with cold weather and sleepy eyes.
Day 14 - Apr 4th, 2022
Hello, I woke up at 9am today. I left my alarm off because it is the
weekend! I definitely not doing this correct. Maybe next weekend I will
still wake up at 6.30am. But I have two more weeks left for this
challenge and tomorrow is Monday meaning I am waking up at 6.30am again!
Day 13 - Apr 3rd, 2022
Hello, not a good start today because it is a Saturday and I had no
specific plan when I get up at 6.30am. If I have to be completely honest
about what I did last night, I will. I turned off my alarm last night
because I wanted to wake up when I feel like. So I woke up at 9.30am
without a problem. :)
Day 12 - Apr 2nd, 2022
Hello, I woke up at 7am today. The days are getting colder and shorter.
It was once again super difficult to get out the bed even though I
slept earlier last night. My alarm rang at 6.30am and I really could not
get myself out of the bed and face the cold.
Day 11 - Apr 1st, 2022
Hello, I woke up at 6.45am today because I had to catch the train for
work. I still feel tired when I woke up so I am sleeping even earlier
tonight. Let's see if I could wake up better tomorrow. Good night.
Day 10 - Mar 31st, 2022
Hello, I woke up at 6.45am today because I had to go to work. So I am
not overly disappointed at myself. I also managed to get on the earlier
train too. It was still hard though to get out of the bed. I wonder how
many takes it will take me to wake up with ease at 6.30am?
Day 9 - Mar 29th, 2022
Hello, I woke up around 7am today. Alarm rang at 6.30am. The urge to go
back to sleep was too strong. I managed to use my inner voice to kick
myself out of the bed. Trust me, even at 7am I still had a strong urge
to back to the nice and warm bed. It is definitely getting colder here
in Melbourne.
Day 8 - Mar 28th, 2022
Hello, I was awake around 6.20am because Cooper started to bark. Then I
tried my best to not stay in bed until 6.45am. I finally got up,
extremely sleepy. My brain was running at 100 mile speed because I was
thinking how I can keep myself awake without the aid of caffeine or tea.
It was proven difficult. I am in fact, right now, writing this blog
post with a cup of tea sitting next to me, waiting to be consumed. In
the hopes of waking myself up to start working. I must say, at last a
good start to a Monday. I managed to wake up before 7am again.
Day 7 - Mar 27th, 2022
Hello, failed again today trying to wake up at 6.30am. I semi-woke up at
7.30am and then drifted back to sleep again. I ended up waking up
around 10am. I think it was because I didn't have something I must do
unlike work days when I have to wake up early. This weekend I have
basically ruined my 5 days effort of waking up somewhat early. I have
never been a morning person, this transition I must say it is really
hard. Shall we try again for the next week?
Day 6 - Mar 26th, 2022
Hello, I didn't wake up at 6.30am today because it is a Saturday and I
have been good for 5 days so I decided I should sleep in. Probably not
the best decision I've made consider that I have been good for 5 days I
should have continued with it. I caved in to sleep. I woke up at 9am
this morning instead. Don't worry though I will try again tomorrow.
Day 5 - Mar 25th, 2022
Hello, I woke up at 6.10am today, which again surprised me. However, I
was still in the mood to do nothing when I wake up but to just chill in
bed. I guess one step at a time. Hopefully I will eventually get it
right and wake up at 6.30am not early not late. Anyways, I am happy for
my progress thus far.
Day 4 - Mar 24th, 2022
Hello, I actually couldn't believe that I woke up at 6.45am today,
although a little bit later than 6.30am. However, this has been the
earliest time I have been waking up. I am little surprised because I
managed to feel energetic and I didn't actually feel tired this morning
when I woke up. I also slept little bit later last night, that is why I
am also really surprised that I managed to wake up and not feel
exhausted. I guess it is working.
Day 3 - Mar 23rd, 2022
Hello, three days too deep into this shit. I am a little surprised that I
am still doing it. This morning was difficult to get up, I turned off
the alarm that went off at 6.30am and slept until 7am. Woke up with
sudden realisation that I needed to catch the train at 7.30am so I
better get up and get ready for work. So I did. The usual ritual I did
to wake myself up in the past two days have been to turn the bathroom
heater light on and kept reminding myself why I am doing this challenge.
At last, I got up and made it to my train on time.
Day 2 - Mar 22nd, 2022
Hello, day two into this 30 day, waking up at 6.30am journey. Allow me
to express my thought: Life is hard. This meme speaks from the bottom of
my heart. Day two actually didn't make thing easier, actually made
things harder. I felt so reluctant to wake up this morning, and the
desire to stay in my bed is even stronger than day one. Assuming it is
because that I slept later last night. This morning I had to stay in for
half an hour more, and finally dragged myself out of the bed at 7am.
Day 1 - Mar 21st, 2022
I managed to get up at 6.30am and left my bed. My body and mind is crazy
for my bed though, I had to get myself out of it because if I don't, my
brain kept on telling me to go back to sleep. All I can think of is how
can I go back to bed. As soon as I was in the bedroom, my brain wants
me to sleep again with this overwhelming amount of desire of going back
to sleep. So I made sure I am not going back to it and made myself a cup
of green tea, thinking that should be able to help me to kick start the
day. I had to use bathroom light heater, to mimic the morning sun as
the days are getting shorter here in Melbourne, 6.30am is still pitch
dark, even Cooper didn't like getting up early with me. He is in fact,
had gone back to sleep.
