Because morning fatigue is so widespread and so serious
psychologists have been conducting studies of why people find it hard to start
a new day, and in the course of their research they worked out a few practical
remedies.
If you are in the habit of drawing the shades or curtains in
your bedroom when you retire at night, don’t do it anymore. If you don’t draw
them, the morning sin will shine into your room and start to wake you. As one
doctor put it, Roosters and farm animals are aroused by the morning sun, and we
are no different from them in this regard.
If you are in the habit of eating immediately before you go
to bed eat very lightly. If you don’t you will be hungry in the morning and
your hunger will help wake you. It is suggested too that before you go to bed
you might place a glass of fruit juice next to your bed. Drink it as soon as
you open your eyes. The sugar in the juice gives you quick energy.
The next suggestion is not to go to bed too early. Does your
figure needs about eight hours sleep at night? Studies show that not everybody
need eight hours. Many people get along better on five or six hours. It might
seem that if you have more sleep than you need you will be full of pep the next
morning. But it doesn’t work that way. You may feel as foggy and sluggish as
you do when you have too little sleep. If you have difficulty in getting out of
bed in the morning, maybe it’s because you sleep too much. Or maybe it is
because of how you set the alarm clock.
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