USE YOUR BRAIN’S INTERNAL ALARM CLOCK
Your brain has a built-in alarm clock.
People knew this for years.
When you’re stressed out about waking up in time for that important flight/meeting/exam early tomorrow morning…
What do you do?
You set 5 alarms just in case.
Somehow you wake up 3 minutes before all of them…
how did your brain do that?
It has a built-in alarm.
Only recently has science discovered the biological basis of this alarm.
The wake-up process occurs via increased blood flow to the brain,
which is facilitated by the stress hormones ACTH and cortisol.
By anticipating (or stressing over) a wake-up time we set our internal alarm clock.
When the anticipated wake-up time arrives,
the brain signals the pituary and adrenal glands to spike ACTH and cortisol.
And you wake up.
So how do you use this to your advantage?
If you want to learn to wake up easily,
refreshed,
with a jolt of energy and –
most importantly –
without an alarm clock,
then it helps to psychologically pep yourself before you go to bed.
Learn to visualize and anticipate,
or
use morning rewards (see next hack).
Better yet,
you can wake up at the same time every morning (sleep hack #1).
Your brain will program itself to anticipate the scheduled wake-up time.
The internal alarm clock will replace your external alarm clock.
Have Mastery Remove Mystery
Your brain has a built-in alarm clock.
People knew this for years.
When you’re stressed out about waking up in time for that important flight/meeting/exam early tomorrow morning…
What do you do?
You set 5 alarms just in case.
Somehow you wake up 3 minutes before all of them…
how did your brain do that?
It has a built-in alarm.
Only recently has science discovered the biological basis of this alarm.
The wake-up process occurs via increased blood flow to the brain,
which is facilitated by the stress hormones ACTH and cortisol.
By anticipating (or stressing over) a wake-up time we set our internal alarm clock.
When the anticipated wake-up time arrives,
the brain signals the pituary and adrenal glands to spike ACTH and cortisol.
And you wake up.
So how do you use this to your advantage?
If you want to learn to wake up easily,
refreshed,
with a jolt of energy and –
most importantly –
without an alarm clock,
then it helps to psychologically pep yourself before you go to bed.
Learn to visualize and anticipate,
or
use morning rewards (see next hack).
Better yet,
you can wake up at the same time every morning (sleep hack #1).
Your brain will program itself to anticipate the scheduled wake-up time.
The internal alarm clock will replace your external alarm clock.
Have Mastery Remove Mystery
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