How To Wake Up With More Energy In The Morning

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      PLOS One: "Alarm tones, music and their elements: Analysis of reported waking sounds to counteract sleep inertia"
    
      National Sleep Foundation: "How to Get on a Sleep Schedule"
    
      Sleep: "Dissociable effects of self-reported daily sleep duration on high-level cognitive abilities"
    
      National Sleep Foundation: "How Long Should It Take You to Fall Asleep?"
    
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      PLOS One: "Chronic Artificial Blue-Enriched White Light Is an Effective Countermeasure to Delayed Circadian Phase and Neurobehavioral Decrements"
    
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      Fatigue: "The effect of a single bout of exercise on energy and fatigue states: a systematic review and meta-analysis"
    
      Neuroscience & Behavioral Reviews: "A review of caffeine’s effects on cognitive, physical and occupational performance"
    
      Journal of Environmental Psychology: "The impact of coffee-like scent on expectations and performance"
    
      Experimental Psychology: "The Joys of Spring Changes in Mental Alertness and Brain Function"
    
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      YouGov: "Two-fifths of Americans are tired most of the week"

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Not a "morning person?" These tips might just change your mind.

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iPhone:

Open up the Clock app Add a new alarm Tap Sound, and select Pick a Song to choose a tune from your library

Android:

Open up Clock Add a new alarm Tap the bell icon, and then tap YouTube Music to find a track you like

Open up the Clock app
Add a new alarm
Tap Sound, and select Pick a Song to choose a tune from your library

Android:

Open up Clock
Add a new alarm
Tap the bell icon, and then tap YouTube Music to find a track you like

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"Just five more minutes" may do you more harm than good.

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Put your alarm on the other side of the room so you physically can’t reach out and tap snooze.

Rehydrate your body, stat, for a more energetic morning.

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Even if it's not a full workout, getting your body moving first thing in the morning can help you feel more alert.

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Just the smell of a cup of joe can perk you up in the a.m.

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Set your coffee pot to auto-brew so you’ll wake up to the yummy smell of a steaming mug of java. A June 2018 study published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology found that the aroma alone increases alertness.

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      PLOS One: "Alarm tones, music and their elements: Analysis of reported waking sounds to counteract sleep inertia"
    
      National Sleep Foundation: "How to Get on a Sleep Schedule"
    
      Sleep: "Dissociable effects of self-reported daily sleep duration on high-level cognitive abilities"
    
      National Sleep Foundation: "How Long Should It Take You to Fall Asleep?"
    
      Gallup: "In U.S., 40% Get Less Than Recommended Amount of Sleep"
    
      Nature: "Awakening effects of blue-enriched morning light exposure on university students’ physiological and subjective responses"
    
      PLOS One: "Chronic Artificial Blue-Enriched White Light Is an Effective Countermeasure to Delayed Circadian Phase and Neurobehavioral Decrements"
    
      BMC Psychiatry: "The effects of low-intensity narrow-band blue-light treatment compared to bright white-light treatment in sub-syndromal seasonal affective disorder"
    
      Fatigue: "The effect of a single bout of exercise on energy and fatigue states: a systematic review and meta-analysis"
    
      Neuroscience & Behavioral Reviews: "A review of caffeine’s effects on cognitive, physical and occupational performance"
    
      Journal of Environmental Psychology: "The impact of coffee-like scent on expectations and performance"
    
      Experimental Psychology: "The Joys of Spring Changes in Mental Alertness and Brain Function"
    
      Sleep and Biological Rhythms: "The effects of the preference for music on sleep inertia after a short daytime nap"
    
      YouGov: "Two-fifths of Americans are tired most of the week"