Early to Bed, Early to Rise

You all know the old saying that Early to Bed, Early to Rise makes a person healthy, wealthy and wise - but how true is it? - and it’s so warm in bed at this time of year who would want to get up early?

Well for any of you that have read any self development literature from Business and/or Life Coach gurus you will have noticed one thing that most of them have in common. They ALL get up early!

There are numerous benefits to getting up early including, missing the traffic, making time to exercise, avoiding crowded gyms in peak workout times, getting work done with less interruptions and your powers of concentration are generally stronger first thing in the morning. All these things add up to a much more efficient and productive usage of your valuable time.

Metabolically it can also assist with weight control to get up early and kick start your metabolism with an early healthy breakfast followed by smaller more regular meals throughout the day.

There is no magic solution to getting up early, you just have to DO IT! Program your body clock so it’s used to going to bed a little earlier and waking up earlier. It’s still vitally important to get your 6-8 hours of rest so if you currently go to bed around 11pm and get up at 7am, why not try going to bed at 9-30pm and getting up at 5-30am instead? You really won’t miss that hour and a half each evening that is probably spent on the couch in front of mindless TV shows. If you MUST watch your favourite program(s), tape them and watch them on the weekend during your leisure time.

If you need help getting out of bed, a couple of tips would include – placing your alarm clock away from the bed so you actually have to get up to switch it off, avoiding the snooze button at all costs or switching the light on straight away when the alarm goes off.

How many times when you ask someone to do something or help you with something is their response ‘I don’t have time?’ Just think if you had an extra hour and a half each day how much more you could achieve?

To see how a few simple adjustments to your lifestyle could help you find those extra hours a week you seem to be short of why not go and fill out your very own lifestyle check .