Small Changes: Kicking My Snooze Habit
I never believed I could do it. But the most effective small change I made was kicking my snooze habit.
I can’t stress enough how much of a non-morning person I was. I was such a committed “snooze” button user that in college my roommates would wake me up when they got fed up hearing my alarm go off repeatedly while I just kept snoozing away. I relied on those 9-minute increments of sleep, but it was precarious. If I accidentally hit the button one too many times in my sleepy state, the whole morning routine was thrown off and I was a frantic mess.
Waking up that way I already felt like I was behind for the day, right from the start. I wasn’t getting quality sleep to refresh me, and I dragged into each new day rather than waking up with purpose and intention for the day.
Committing to hop up with the first sound of the alarm changed my whole day. I now had extra time in the day that I used to snooze through. Rather than feeling rushed and behind, I felt like I’d already won the day, which energized me to take charge of my schedule. I never, ever believed I could get up early. But committing to follow through on my actual wake up time, not my wake up time plus six 9-minute snooze intervals, made a big difference.
What’s one small change that makes a big difference for you?
Kicking the snooze habit is one way I took a small step that made a huge difference. The small steps like this have been so helpful I combined several of them in my Energy Recharge Challenge.
In this challenge, I share 15 of the most effective and helpful small steps that help me live with purpose and productivity, in an approachable format designed to help you reclaim your energy and ditch the habits that drag you down.
