Honestly for me it's the surrounding light level around. I spent the past 5 or so years living pretty close to the equator so sunrise and sunset times did not vary very much throughout the year. As a result I found it was harder to get up early because of this.
Since moving back to the UK, I've found that I can get up much earlier because of the earlier sunrises during summer. Of course this is balanced out by the lack of light in the winter.
Honestly the best thing to do is:
1) Go to bed early
2) Get a lamp that will turn on slowly until it's at full brightness for the time you want to wake up. I've got a few Philips Hue lights around the house and having the lights slowly get brighter really does help in waking up.
The light thing is a pretty cool idea, what sort of gadget are you using for this? Is there such a thing as a timer on those little light control knob devices?
Honestly for me it's the surrounding light level around. I spent the past 5 or so years living pretty close to the equator so sunrise and sunset times did not vary very much throughout the year. As a result I found it was harder to get up early because of this.
Since moving back to the UK, I've found that I can get up much earlier because of the earlier sunrises during summer. Of course this is balanced out by the lack of light in the winter.
Honestly the best thing to do is:
1) Go to bed early 2) Get a lamp that will turn on slowly until it's at full brightness for the time you want to wake up. I've got a few Philips Hue lights around the house and having the lights slowly get brighter really does help in waking up.
The light thing is a pretty cool idea, what sort of gadget are you using for this? Is there such a thing as a timer on those little light control knob devices?
I live in Alaska without blackout curtains, so that wouldn't work for me!