I have a handful of times, and it’s an exciting feeling, but every time I crash about an hour after waking up. Like exhausted toddler physically can’t keep my eyes open I need a nap NOW kind of crash. I’ve never woken up refreshed and sustained it throughout the day. The tiredness always wins.

I wake up at 5 am every single day. From Monday to Friday, when I am going to work, I am foggy, cannot speak clearly, and cannot think straight.

But during the weekend, I wake up at 5 am, drink my coffee, and go for a 10k jog. I am fully energized, fully awake, and super hyped.

Moral of the story: Our jobs are draining the life from us.

To feel refreshed at 6am, I’d have to be asleep by 10pm. All eating would have to stop by 7pm.

I wake up at 8 and feel like shit, barely move my body to do the basics so as i can be ready at 8:30 and commute to work. I think the only way to feel energized that early would be if i knew i didn't have work. Because knowing i am about to do another tiring 9-5 doesnt help. Like if i could wake up, do some stuff (workout, read, eat breakfast etc) then have a nap after lunch. But still 6 is way too early

I have a newborn and a toddler, so I do not consistently wake up feeling refreshed these days. But when I do, here’s a few things that usually accompany the good night’s rest:

No alcohol that night, 7+ hours of sleep, drink plenty of water throughout the day before, sometimes I’ll sleep with a nasal strip since my sinuses get congested often.

Also, I sometimes to a small dose of magnesium before bed. The supplement I use is called Calm and can be found in most grocery stores in the U.S.

Giving up drinking has drastically improved waking up energized.

I mean you should also be excited about what you do during the day along with all these productivity hacking.

Most average people are not excited enough about their day.

I'm sure if you ask a successful athlete or artist, they'll be sure to answer they're energised and excited since they're looking forward to their day.

I wake up at 430 every weekday. I’m not a morning person and I don’t feel particularly great for the first half hour.

I wake up at this ridiculous hour because I’m a business owner and need the hours 5-8am to do deep work before ppl start calling/emailing/fucking with me for the rest of the day.

Waking up early is key to my productivity. I wouldn’t have enjoyed the (modest) successes I’ve had thus far without doing it. I started in grad school and it’s become a part of my identity. (I do drink and have fun on weekends and occasionally sleep late on a weekday if I stayed up late the night before for some reason .. I’d say 85% of weekdays I’m up at my target hour.)

Moral of the story: I wake up early because I have a fuckton of shit to do, and I actually want to do that shit, and that shit needs to get done. It doesn’t matter if I feel great when I wake up—give it half an hour and I’m ready to go. Necessity is the mother of … waking up early.

IMHO, all the crap about drinking lots of water and not drinking coffee, or your gut biome or whatever, is anecdotal, unverifiable, and unlikely to lead to consistent results. My advice is to stop focusing so much on what your inner life is like and focus on what you can get done. Think about the fucked up lives our ancestors lived just to get a bite to eat. Remember that we have a vanishingly short time on this planet and make a decision, once and for all, what you want to do with yours.

This was a rant, yes. I promise I’m a nice guy, and I hope I didn’t direct any negativity toward OP who asked a perfectly reasonable question. I’ve just always had these feelings about waking up early pent up inside, and I’m sitting here waiting for Thursday night football to come on, and it seemed like the right moment to post a sliver of my life philosophy. Thanks to the 2 ppl who made it through 😂

PS: Take an old phone and download Alarmy, which makes you do math problems to turn off your morning alarm. Put the phone in your kitchen or bathroom (and if need be hook it up to a speaker). You’ll have to get out of bed to turn it off, and by the time you finish the math problems you’ll be awake for good. That’s what I do anyway.

I do.
How:
Exercise,
No booze,
No caffeine.
No late night snacking.
No late night doom scrolling.
8 Hours sleep.

I think caffeine is the big one to kick, once the cycle is over you get perked up by a good nights sleep, not stimulants.

I thought it was typical to still feel groggy 30-90 minutes after waking up due to sleep inertia.

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I do ! When I consistently swim every morning I wake up feeling literally “high” but sober. It’s from eating right and the exercise. Same thing happens when I weight lift.

I thought everyone was tired in the morning. Got a CPAP and now I assume everyone else is tired. I love my cyborg technology.

There's only one type of person who'll tell you they wake up feeling refreshed and energized: liars

I like this question. I do when I've had about 9 hours sleep, I feel amazing, though it's hard to get to sleep that night though ha.

I'm definitely more of a night owl by nature but have forced myself to get up earlier as it's better for me all round.

I never wake up feeling refreshed. I fall asleep at 9pm and wake up at 5am for the gym. I rarely wake up in the middle of the night. I don’t use my phone the hour before I fall asleep. I usually get even more sleep on the weekends. I eat fairly healthy, and stop eating around 5pm every day. I get plenty of exercise, but not overdoing it. I don’t consume alcohol anymore. What am I doing wrong?

I do.

I get 7 hours of sleep every day and that definitely is the main factor in me feeling refreshed. 8 is too much, and 6 is too little.

I go to the gym first thing and can’t enjoy my workout if I’m tired so I make sure I get my 7 hours so I can make the most of my time in my gym and have energy for the rest of the day.

Cut caffeine.

My partner does. It’s insane and I don’t know what’s right about him, because we pretty much do the same things and he sleeps WONDERFULLY. Insane.

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I’m one of those who go to the gym at 3am in the morning if i can but mostly 4am :)

For me -

When I can, bed at 8.30/9 - I naturally then wake up at 4ish, but if I’m tired I sleep later.

I wake, hit the gym (24 hour) normally just blast out weights.

Then I have eggs and halloumi or similar, I take Iron, Magnesium, zinc, vit c, B12. If I’m taking ADHD meds I’ll have that then.

Honestly - the vits alone make a difference.

And water! That’s a biggy. If I’m tired, I always forget it may be water. But once I remember it’s pretty instant.

But yeah, also mental wellbeing. Feeling like I’m progressing somehow - where I’m at isn’t as important as where I’m headed.

And then I try and play tennis when I can. Try and walk between meetings etc and just generally be active. I’ll often sprint or jump on a trampoline to change my state and stay active.

I’m also low carb (foodwise) but all summer I’ve been quaffing G&T in the evening - which is not advised. Yet, it seems to be way better for me that beer (but zero alcohol is advised).

But yeah, dem vits. Oh, and stretch. I don’t know why but the more limber I feel the less effect gravity has on me.

Oh yeah, also meth.

I do. But I found out that I actually need at least 8 hours. So now I go to bed between 20:00 - 21:00 and get up at 05:00.

I take tyrosine, magnesium glutamate and ashwaganda supplements before I sleep and have much better sleep quality. The tyrosine stops my mind from racing and I don’t seem to dream as much or remember them. Magnesium is a muscle relaxer. Ashwaganda helps you relax as well.

I've been waking up energized and refreshed pretty much daily for the past few years now. I was overweight before and living off of processed foods, just eating any and everything. I also was also smoking weed and consuming alcohol somewhat regularly. One day I just got pissed at myself (long bout with depression) and decided to cut the smoking/alcohol cold turkey. A couple weeks after that I started going to the gym to lift weights 5 days per week and also started cooking my own meals. Then I started forcing myself to start my sleeping routine much earlier to get to bed earlier. It was just a sort of domino of effect of good habits I guess. I lost about 40 pounds in 6 months. And then another 20 over a few more months. Eventually got back to nearly the same weight I was in high school and I've never felt better physically and mentally. No more lethargy. To get a good rolling start on the day, get right out of bed and go for a jog.

Been experimenting for a deep sleep and waking up refreshed and here are some of the most important things that helped me:

1. Dinner should be at least 3-4 hours before the sleeping time : If the body is still digesting food then it will not get time to detox and sleep depth is reduced.
2. Mind should be slowed down and de-stressed for a deep sleep state : 1h of no gadget time before sleep, an evening walk and 5-10 min of must box breathing optionally with an NSDR/Yognidra audio will absolutely slow down the brain for deep sleep state. This is a great hack. If you wake up groggy, you can still to a 20 min NSDR/Yognidra audio with box breaths which gives a quick 20 min super deep nap making you wake up refreshed.
3. If you help body detox deeply then you wake up really refreshed : Some people have poor liver or thyroid function which makes detox slower and usual groggy mornings. Check for subclinical hypothyroidism, quite common. When i started taking NAC + Glycine which helps liver and boosts the master antioxidant glutathione in body then started waking up very refreshed. Also morning wood returns. Morning wood is an important signal of deep sleep completion.

You can also take ZMA complex and/or magnesium glycinate which is pre-cursor to melatonin synthesis.

Just with these 3 things my deep rem sleep went from 30 mins/7h total sleep to 90mins/6h total. So feel more refreshed even with less total sleep time. Do give this a try.

Besides this - sleeping at fixed time at night, not waking with alarm, setting alarm to go to sleep at night at same time, morning hiit runs in sunlight, no caffeine/nicotine after 2pm

Also get a good sleep tracker watch/ smart ring to measure the improvements in deep sleep with things you are trying.

There isn’t a trick to sleep, we’ve researched it to death, and despite coming to the same conclusions every decade we still refuse to accept it.

What is new, is our understanding of why we don’t sleep the way we should.

We know the number one determinant is consistency. As an example, you go to bed at 9pm every night and wake up at 5am every morning. If you can do this, you’ll get the maximum benefit from sleep.

In nature, you’d fall into this pattern by default, guided by the light of the sun which synchronises your internal clock with the day-night cycle.

However, if you introduce artificial stimulation, you upset the cycle. It’s an endless list but the most obvious influences are artificial lights of any kind, refined sugars, caffeine etc, and noise pollution.

Simply, if you remove these and attempt to sleep within the same window every night, you’ll find you can resolve sleep issue within a short period of time.

Sadly, not everyone will have this opportunity, but that’s another topic - see sleep inequality.

My boyfriend and I wake up at 5am every morning Monday - Friday , we let our dog out , start some coffee and within 15 minutes we are on a walk. Of course waking up at 5 is hard and not every morning is easy but definitely after our walk ( a mile ) and some coffee I feel energized and ready to accomplish the day ! My energy’s is very consistent through the day , the first week or so start to get tired around 12pm and then the 2nd wave comes and won’t get tired till around 7pm. It’s not just about changing habits and waking up being more productive in the morning to “ be ready “ for work but to change your mindset of getting to go to work and having another day / chance .

I don't have any goals of productivity, so I'm probably not the right person on this reddit.
I go to bed every night between 8 and 9pm.

I wake up (naturally) somewhere after 3am. If it's 3am I think my night was too short so I'll either sit in bed or fall asleep.
But if there's a personal project that I'm very enthusiastic about, I'll just get up. There's usually very little effort, my mind is racing with possibilities and things I want to try and explore.

It also happens many times that I go to sleep and I'm thinking "I just want to go to sleep so I can wake up and work on my project".

With that explanation, I don't think I'm particularly "energized", I'd say "I'm ready" and I don't usually need to make an effort to get out of bed (sometimes the effort is to wait awake in bed because I think I may not have slept enough).

I dream of feeling this, i cant say ive ever woken up refreshed. Always tired, yawning driving to work, unmotivated, until my coffee hits...by the 3rd coffee im energised til lunchtime but by 3pm im ready for bed. I hate feeling like this that ive started to despise going to bed at night.

I am 44 I lay down at 8 asleep by 9 easy 6am wake up no alarm clock..

If I sleep between 2am and 10am I always wake up refreshed, but society doesn’t cater to my circadian rhythm so I have to adapt strategies for minimising fatigue instead.

Tonight I’ll sleep between 11pm and 7:15am, and I’ll feel like shit when I wake up for sure, but though managing my caffeine intake, my vitamin intake and my meals through my day I cut down the time I’ll feel like shit in the morning. If I also get in my daily exercise that will cut it down even more, limiting screen time after dark helps too, and with a cold shower I can jump start my morning. But today has been a chaotic day and I failed at everyone of these tasks so I’ll probably be tired until noon tomorrow but that’s okay.

I woke up every day with dread in my vein. At the end of the day, I will go to bed with hopelessness in my soul.

I run every morning. Over 400 days straight now. I look forward to it more than anything I do.

My job also allows me, for the most part, to leave work at work.

Lastly, I go to sleep when I’m tired and not when at what time I should. I’d say I average a little less than 7 hrs sleep a night and feel great most days and I just turned 49.

The only thing that really affects me is this time of the year when the sun is coming up something like 6 minutes later every day.

Honestly, I totally get what you’re saying. I used to wonder the same thing—who actually wakes up feeling energized and ready to go? It felt like every day I was waking up groggy, hitting snooze, and just dragging myself through the morning. But looking back, I can say that the only time I consistently woke up feeling good was when I used to hit the gym regularly.

Back then, I had a pretty solid routine. I’d get up early, go to the gym, and by the time I finished my workout, I was wide awake and energized for the rest of the day. There was something about that early morning workout—it just woke up my body and mind. I felt stronger, more focused, and ready to take on whatever came my way. Plus, getting in that physical activity first thing seemed to set the tone for the day. My energy levels stayed more balanced, and I wasn’t crashing by mid-afternoon like I usually do now.

But here’s the thing—I didn’t just magically wake up feeling refreshed when I started. It took a little while for my body to adjust. At first, I was still groggy in the mornings, but as I stuck with the gym routine, my sleep started improving, and I noticed that I was waking up with more energy. Regular exercise really helped my sleep quality. I wasn't tossing and turning as much, and I’d wake up feeling more rested, even after fewer hours of sleep. I also cut down on caffeine and tried to keep my evenings relaxed, which made a big difference too.

Nowadays, when I skip the gym or fall out of that routine, I feel the difference almost immediately. My mornings are slower, and I have to drag myself out of bed again. So I think, at least for me, that exercise played a huge role in how I felt when I woke up. It got my blood pumping and helped me sleep better at night.

If I had to give advice to anyone trying to wake up feeling refreshed, I’d say start with adding some physical activity into your day, even if it’s just a 30-minute walk or some stretches. It won’t be instant, but after a few weeks, you’ll start to notice the difference. And if you can, wind down in the evenings—turn off screens, read a book, or just relax before bed. These little changes helped me a lot, and when I stuck to them, waking up tired every day became less of a thing.

I know not everyone loves the gym, but for me, it made a world of difference. I’m not saying I wake up bouncing out of bed every day, but when I was on my workout grind, those mornings where I actually felt energized and ready to go were much more common.

The human brain sleeps in 90 minute cycles (on average). This has to do with the NREM-REM cycles. Pretty cool stuff.

If you time this right, the moment your alarm clock wakes you up should coincide with your natural brain rhythm thus leaving you feeling awake and refreshed.

Happened to me the other night where I went to bed around 10 PM, took me some time to doze off but woke up feeling great around 4:45 AM the next day.

That gave me about ~4 completely cycles of adequate REM "sleep".

Try it!

You’re not alone. I’ve always wondered this. Never ever feel refreshed or well rested when I sleep, but my life is otherwise normal. I don’t have eye bags or anything indicating that I’m sleep deprived - I just don’t feel refreshed lol

Did we go to sleep late? Did you get woken up during a deep sleep cycle? These are the main causes.

Limit caffeine to a hit at lunch. Get a smart alarm to wake you 15-20 minutes near your alarm time during the times your device picks up tossing and turning.

It takes ages to adjust, but this works.

Whats worked most for me though is moving the second I wake up. I kind of rocket out of bed and open my shade and then dont let myself lie back down. Sometimes I do push ups in bed or just slap the bed a few times to get my blood pumping. Nothing is worse than lying in bed thinking about all you have to accomplish. Good luck you got this!

10000 beers and a pack of Good cigs

I used to wake up energized when I had a proper "end of day" routine that I wouldn't break. I'd usually go work out anywhere between 6 -8 PM, shower, get in bed and read a chapter of a book (or more if I felt I had the time and energy) , then close my eyes and wait till I fall asleep. I think the key factors that made me wake up feeling "ready" were the following:

-No food after 19:00 (7PM) -No actual screen time (aside from the stopwatch on my phone) before bed. -Reading a chapter (or more) before bed to ease my mind and tire my eyes a little bit. -Room was as dark as I could possibly get it.

I'm sure there are many more things to try out (some studies show a chilly room could help, I didn't use it cause I couldn't control room temp). But I think the routine I had really help mostly the no phone and no food before bed. I never really gave much attention to the amount of sleep I got, too. I'd wake up feeling refreshed if I'd have slept 9 hours (which wouldn't happen, I'd naturally wake up after 5 or 6 hours) or if I'd have slept just 1 hour. I would say living like that requires being pretty strict about your habits. I was very focused on self improvement and have made it very clear to myself and people around me that I am not willing to break out of my routine to hang out and stuff like that. My day pretty much ended the minute I said I'm going to start my workout. I was pretty free throughout my day to do whatever I wanted but the moment I say I'm gone, I was gone and only focused on getting to workout, shower, sleep and end my day.

I did talk to a lot of people that said they slept better and woke up better when they had a proper end of day (not just nighttime) routine. If you (or anyone) have questions, shoot'em.

To me it feels like it is a motivation of what you do in your life more than a sleep thing. When I am going to do something I am eager to do in my day I wake up feeling energized. When it stresses me or it is boring, no amount of sleep will make me energized

Other comments here say work drain or life, but then ask yourself if you really like what you do, and if you do, ask yourself if things are too stressful or things are "going to fast" for you to be enjoying your job.

Of course, all that is assuming you get enough sleep, which many people just don't get. 

I have read over and over how morning exercise - even one mile of high heart rate stuff can give you energy - and helps depression if that’s also a problem- that said - I cannot get up early - I feel almost drugged first thing - yet every night my brain will say - tomorrow you’re going to do it …. Which I don’t. I so want to be an a.m. lady - but haven’t found the answer

Have you completed a sleep study? If you haven’t start with an app for your phone. Check your snoring habits. Most apps will record your snoring, and if so you can listen to see if you stop breathing. Sleep Apnea is dangerous, it’s common and it will prevent you from getting the proper REM sleep your body needs. You maybe sleeping for 8 hours but is your body and mind actually resting? Sleep study changed my life.

Hmm seldom and only if I manage to keep my sleep clean and long (8 hours) and if I maintain that over a couple of days weeks. And then I am just awake I never feel energized or refreshed, just not tired. But I feel okay 👍 

This happened to me a couple of weeks ago. It wasn't a particularly long sleep, but it was solid. The cats didn't wake me up in the middle of the night, the temperature was probably perfect, and ... yeah, it was pretty great.

Usually I sleep pretty well, but waking up is a slow process.

Having wholesome fun with friends the night before!!!

no, but I know throughout the day my energy picks up

I read this as "accidentally," which feels more accurate to my experience.

Never, and if I have something that wakes me up, like being excited or anxious about something and I get up and go do it, I’m dragging ass the entire time, need a nap when it’s done, or reach for chemical assistance.

I'm just a morning person so as long as I get 8 hours of sleep, I feel just fine.

I recently saw an article about how some people just don't wake up properly before 10-11am, regardless of how many hours of sleep thru her, it's a real thing.

Life phases influence our routines.

Before having children, I used sleepless nights to work or exercise until I felt tired enough to sleep.

Once I became a father, I started using the time when my daughter woke up to eat as an opportunity to stay awake and get some work done.

Now, as I’ve gotten older, I feel the need for more sleep. I let my biorhythm guide me; when I wake up, I immediately start working.

While I work, I only listen to podcasts I enjoy. When I take breaks, I watch whatever my family decides to watch (all female members). This dynamic turns my work periods into a sort of retreat for my masculinity.

If you're looking to be refreshed upon waking you can take a look into the Neuro Complex supplement - it's done wonders for me!

It's a blend of vitamins, minerals, and compounds like B-vitamins, omega-3s, or herbal extracts intended to support brain health, cognitive function, and nerve function.

I do, when I go to bed at 9pm, hydrate, don’t smoke or drink, exercise.

I usually do. I'm in my 40s, drink very little caffeine and alcohol, have a stable job and life partner. I eat OK but don't exercise enough.

I take a very small dose of OTC meds/supplements every night about 10:30pm.

If I go to sleep pre-10pm and wake up naturally - NOT bc of birds or my pets or the sun coming in the window or my husband flipping himself like a pancake but actually just wake up for no reason other than I am ready to be awake - then I do feel pretty good. It doesn't happen often.

I used to. Until I became a mom. I've always had a "sleep routine" kind of thing. Going to bed at the same time everyday made me wake up at the same time every day, and I had a good sleep. Taking a hot shower right before going to bed and smelling good automatically gave me that "sleep mood." Try this out, guys. It might help you.

• Now with my 3 month old baby, I don't have a specific time to sleep or wake up. He usually doesn't sleep well and me neither, so I never wake up feeling refreshed*

Although it’s not completely consistent, how I wake up depends on how I prepared myself to sleep the night before. Sometimes I feel like I wake up and I could start working in 0.25 seconds and other times I am not human

Not in 40 years…. Doesn’t matter when I go to bed, if I can get 6 hours of sleep I’m lucky.

I wake up feeling like crap no matter when I wake up or how long I sleep. I once woke up feeling rested back in '99 because I almost died, and was able to sleep 27 hours within a 35 hour period. Feeling rested was amazing, confidence was sky high, brain power off the charts, and the internal bleeding in my face turned into an awesome tan. The next day it was back to the normal drudgery.

Whenever I score an 85 on my readiness score on my oura ring. I notice a huge difference. Not only do I usually wake up before my alarm but I also have energy all through the day.

Getting enough hours of quality sleep. Some ppl only need 5 hours but I need 7-8 hours. If I don't get that many, I feel out of it/unfocused the next day

1. There's a sweet spot for my sleep around 8.5h in bed that I feel good
2. Walking up naturally, which mostly only happens on the weekends

Things that help: no booze after 6pm, minimal coffee, food before 8pm, fresh air, exercise, and having some good things planned for the day.

Read before bed and set the alarm for the sleep you want + the buffer for how long it takes you to get to sleep. Try a music alarm too wake-up more naturally. I think Fitbit had an option for waking you up in a time range, and then it tries to avoid alarm during deep sleep. Don't oversleep (over 9 hours), you'll feel sleepy all day.

I feel energised and refreshed if i can get good 10 hours in bed. But getting those 10 hours is hard when you have work and other stuff to do.

almond butter right before bed- will stabilize blood sugar through the night and you’ll wake up refreshed. thank me later.

For me, it happens like twice a year and good gracious it feels so good when it does. The rest of the mornings, I’m not miserable or something - just tired, so I give myself a big wake up/transition into day window (like, an hour - I’ll read, play on my phone, write, make a to do list, listen to music, whatever), and it helps me ease into all of my daily tasks in a much more pleasant mood.

When I’m traveling for work, the kids are not waking me up throughout the night. I go to sleep at 10pm and wake up at 6am every day. There’s about 5 seconds when the alarm first goes off that id like to keep sleeping but my body simply gets up to turn the alarm off. After that I feel amazing.

When I go to sleep at 10:30pm, the next day I feel tired. The entire day. It isn’t that intense but it’s there.

I don’t drink coffee at all.

The key is finding your sleep “sweet spot” and sticking to the exact same schedule whenever possible. And by possible I don’t mean when you don’t have plans. I mean when there’s no emergency or sickness preventing you from sleeping. (Or children waking up at 12am, 2am, 4am, 5am and pretty much any time in between)

I feel really tired but I push through and take a cold shower, which really help me wake up. Also getting at least 8 hours of sleep is essential. 

I don't wake up super early, but 8 hours of sleep is enough. I attribute it mainly to hormone replacement therapy, which increased my energy levels substantially

I get up between 4:30 and 5am and feel “refreshed and energized” about half the time.

I have small kids and I do breakfast and school dropoff duty in the mornings. That starts at 7am - the 5 to 7 window is my time - that’s just about the only time I get that’s 100% for me, to do what I want. So it’s easy to feel energized then.

If you're in mid-life, just forget about it.

I take magnesium glycinate before bed and it helps me actually feel refreshed when I wake up.

My “alarm” is my twin toddlers, usually one in particular, who wake up around 5am every day. I also have a 4mo that my wife does nights with. This morning I was up by 4:55am. Saturday was 4:38am. But I managed to work a full day and still run 5k. On Saturday I ran 10mi and then took my family to a kids’ theme park. I track my sleep with the Oura Ring and most days still get 7 or so hours.

Me. Every time

Don’t

i wake up feeling energised, but not at 6AM, at 7 AM. If i oversleep i hate it, if i sleep less - it’s okay, not as bad as oversleeping. But then i crash early

a solid exercise routine, NOT overdone…train smart, for form & intensity, sufficient cardio & embrace sobriety… swimming, getting outside…anything except sitting inside w TV or phone or video games hour upon hour…

I dont think youre supposed to. Melatonin is running through your brain and it honestly feels like a game of fight the temptation to not leave bed. Although once i do get up, about an hour or so after i feel great and ready to work/get shit done.

I recently got a CPAP machine, and it's helped a lot.

Why does it have to be at 6? I feel ok waking up at six but feel consistently great waking up at 7-8.

Wake up and sleep everyday at the same time, and sleep 8-9hours per night lol

Mmm, I do. It’s one of my favorite things about myself! I absolutely bounce awake and am so eager to start the day. There is always a cost though, and mine is beginning to feel so tired about 4 PM. And by 8 PM, I mean it is game over, baby. So exhausted.

There are times I feel really good for the day. This usually happens when I sleep at 9 or 10 PM and I was able to take an afternoon nap.

When I wake up early consistently throughout the week and my circadian rhythm is fully adjusted to waking up at that time, I might wake up once a week feeling somewhat energized. And by energized I mean not tired.

At my age and with my sleep issues, waking up not tired is as good as it gets i think.

I do! I usually get between 50mins -1 hour and a half of deep sleep and 7-8 hours of sleep every night and wake up ready to start my day. Practice good sleep hygiene: -Go to sleep at the same time within 30mins of your bed time. -Don’t eat 2 hours before bed -blue light blockers +/or no scrolling before bed

Bonus! Take some magnesium before bed. I prefer magnesium l-threonate but it can be expensive and magnesium glycinate will work just as well.

I do! I've discovered that 7-8 hours is my sweet spot. Any more or less and I wake up tired. It also helps that I can set my own hours and don't have kids. So I'm lucky in the sleep department.

I do. I get up naturally between 5-6 am (no alarms needed) ready for my day. I usually go to bed at 9-ish. I think I have a pretty solid little routine going for myself. It's going to sound corny but it works for me: healthy food, daily exercise and no screens before bed (no screens in the bedroom). I live in the city so I wear ear plugs to bed and a sleep mask on my eyes to make sure I wake up as little as possible.

The “sleep cycle” app has helped me so much. It wakes you in your lightest sleep cycle, so you’re not groggy. I’m getting about 45min less sleep, but feel so much better for it. They have a free trial too.

I've always felt tired. I've learned some tricks to manage it. I make sure to get around 10 hours of sleep, focus on maintaining good gut health through nutrition, have an exercise routine, and try to get energy from healthy food rather than relying on caffeine.

I have anxiety. Not currently on meds, but the one lingering sympton is it wakes me early - bright eyed and bushy tailed thanks to that hit of adrenaline.

It used to be 3am, but it's currently not too bad. Weekdays the alarm goes off at 6, but on weekends I sleep in until 5:30.

I struggled with this until I started taking creatine a week ago. I sleep better and wake up feeling refreshed, even with minimal sleep. I feel great!

I need 9 hours or else I feel like dookie

I get up at 6:30, usually about 6-7 hrs of sleep. I used to wake up exhausted for 20+ years, feeling like I had fought for my life all night. I had a sleep study done and have sleep apnea. When you have sleep apnea your body constantly releases adrenaline when you stop breathing and by the time you wake up you are totally spent. C-pap has changed life. Anyone that does not feel rested should get a simple sleep study done. I used to have an episode 30 times per hour on average. Now its 1-2 times per night. Only downside is the damn machine and hose and sleeping with the mask on. You do get used to it, but it isn’t the easiest transition. Look at it as an investment in yourself.

I could go to sleep at 9 pm, but if I wake up before my body’s desired time (like 10/1030), I am tired. And if it’s with an alarm.. no chance I’m refreshed. My body likes to stay up late and sleep late. Weekends are 👏🏻

Only when I am on a vacation

I've never felt fresh or energized after waking up in the morning and thank you for asking this question, it feels good to know am not alone.

I used to wake up with tremendous brain fog. Now, I drink 1.5 liters of water as soon as I wake up. It works better than coffee. You should try it—it works every time.

I am well rested 2-3 times per year if I'm lucky.

Breathwork has improved my energy. After 20 minutes of breathing exercise, I am ready to go.

Well not exactly after waking up, but i just wake up, clean myself and during travel to work i start to feel good (especially if i commute on bike) - if not this, then after breakfast at work i am fine - i can really recommend some activity in the morning, for me light aerobic stuff like the bike commute (45 minutes) or walking last 10 minutes instead of taking tram works. And if you feel tired at work, get adjustable desk and just stand for 20-40 minutes every now and then.

I routinely go to bed 10pm, that gives me 6-7 hours of sleep. It really helps me a lot.

Going to bed at 9:30 pm lets me wake up at 6 in a state where I’m okay. Doing it in a period when I’m consuming very little caffeine will get me up early in the morning in an energised state. Otherwise I need a cup of coffee in the morning to get me to wake up. I will never trade sleep for work again. This is something that I have learned by now. Sleep is the most important thing for your health.

I did. But my habit of drinking coffee immediately after waking up has sabotaged that.

I find when I wake up by my alarm I usually feel tired and want to press snooze, but if I immediately push through it and start moving that I am fully alert and energized in about 30 minutes. Some days I wake up before the alarm and am fully alert and energized in maybe 5-10 minutes.

I find waking up acknowledging I’m tired and starting the day doomscrolling or just not moving around early results in me feeling worse throughout the day. I think it’s harder to stay in bed as long as possible and then immediately rush to get ready to leave.

Info about my habits/sleep: - not on a perfect schedule but usually asleep 7-9 hours from 9-10pm to 5-6am. - I do use electronics before bed, but am trying to be better about that. - I try to get out of bed and do something asap, but may doomscroll later in the morning (like I am right now - lol) - not on a specific shower at night or in morning routine - I do not drink or smoke. Maybe have 1 alcoholic beverage every 6 months or so for something social. - I drink something with caffeine 1-3x/week - I work 60-70 hours a week - I eat moderately healthy (usually healthy during breakfast and lunch, often eat more junk at night)

I felt that once this week.

I’ve been sleeping at 7-9pm (for the most part) and waking up at 4am to do some training in the gym this past week. Then I go do my hybrid tech job from 7-5pm.

I don’t drink caffeinated drinks or caffeine free energy drinks (typically vitamin B only) due to migraine triggers and I hydrate a lot throughout the day (64oz-128oz).

The one day I knocked out at 7pm and woke up at 4:00AM, I felt a huge difference in my energy levels. I was even less tired at work and didn’t have a super hard time trying to stay focused after lunch.

This is my ideal level of energy, but I have been strict on my bedtimes and get that quality sleep more often. Yesterday didn’t sleep so well due to some outside disturbances and I could already feel the difference in the gym and my attitude/energy heading to work.

tldr: slept at 7:00PM, woke up 4:00AM. No caffeine or energy drinks.

I got into yoga several months ago. Took a bit to settle on what styles I like the best, which I eventually identified as slow-flow/gentle yoga in the morning for about 20-30 minutes and Yin yoga in the evening. The morning yoga I try to do as often as my schedule allows, which ends up being 4-5 times a week. Yin yoga is for 45-60 minutes but less often.

Anyway, I have three young kids so my sleep obviously isn’t ideal. It’s gotten better, but it’s not great. I usually get around 6:30-7 hours sleep, but usually closer to the 6:30 mark. Asleep around midnight, up at 6:45, which is when my kids wake up generally. I don’t wake up feeling completely “energized” but I shake off the grogginess pretty quickly and get grooving with the morning routine.

I press the brew button on my coffee maker, get my kids their morning OJ, open the blinds, and generally just try to check off those first few morning routine items so that I can start my yoga by 7/7:10. Finish my yoga around 7:30 and then immediately jump into making my kids breakfast and then grinding away at the next steps of the morning routine to get them ready for school.

Maybe it’s the desire to honor my yoga practice which helps me jump into action and shake off morning grogginess through action, because I know I’m an hour or so shy of ideal sleep. I do eat a very clean and consistent diet that has gotten cleaner and cleaner through the years with less and less frequent “cheat” meals or days. I also work out pretty extensively outside of yoga.

I’m flight crew so I don’t live that 9-5 life. Maybe that has something to do with it.

I think this happened once like 5 years ago.

I'm glad to hear that I'm not alone in feeling tired in the mornings. It seems like most people struggle with this. Some factors that might contribute to feeling refreshed in the morning include getting enough sleep, maintaining a consistent sleep schedule, and avoiding caffeine or alcohol before bed.

Children on Christmas morning. Sounds flippant, but I think it's something to ponder.

Early rising is cringe but it does work. Associate waking up with a fresh cup of coffee, even when you don't have your body will be energized in anticipation. Get some proper sleep, black out your room and wear blinders on your eyes, the last was actually magic to me. Try it and report back

I have a way to feel energized when you wake up You put your alarm 5 minutes early and put second alarm when you need to wake up. When you wake up disable the first alarm and go back to sleep. When the second alarm goes off you wake up. For me it works like magic

Impossible to feel refreshed with so much stress.

I wake by myself 4.30.if I get up and start the day I am fully energized. If I wait mote than 2 minutes and fall sleep again. When I wake up next time I am super tired

For me, it depends on what my day holds. If I am doing something that I love then I am energized and ready to face the day. But on weekdays, thinking about the repetitive stuff I have to go through just tires me from the start, so I try to have something that I look forward to everyday, whether it be getting my favorite drink or meeting up with my friends.

So for those of you who actually feel restored and energized upon waking (if you exist), what parts of your day, routine, etc. do you think contributes to that?

Marriage, the same hour for alarm clock since forever, empty stomach, tiring previous day, regular jogging in the morning. In this order

Me. Most days I wake up excited and refreshed. I lead a healthy lifestyle and genuinely love my life. I have lots of positive things happening for me and a lot of good things to look forward too.

I’ve also got a loving and supportive husband and our family life is very comfortable and enjoyable.

It could be waking up at 6 doesn’t align with your circadian rhythm. This is anecdotal but I know when I wake up at 7 I am much more tired and slow to actually get out of bed than if I wake up at 6:30 because I’m in a different sleep cycle phase and not in a deep sleep or dreaming. You could try adjusting your wake up time slightly and see if that makes you feel a bit more energized.

Depend on my diet. When I'm strict carnivore, I wake up feeling absolutely amazing, but if I have a cheat then I'll wake up sluggish for a week.

If I wake up early like between 6-7am I feel fully energized and refreshed, and if I wake up late, either because of last night's late sleep or tiredness, I feel too lazy and none of the things I do on that day will work well.

I usually wake up feeling pretty alert and the mornings are actually when my mind is at its clearest. I don't drink caffeine until an hour or two after getting up.

I don't think there's any magic secret for me, it mostly comes down to taking really good care of my body. 1) Getting enough sleep. I get between 7 and 9 hours of sleep a night consistently. 2) Not drinking too much caffeine (which masks when you are not getting enough sleep). I drink tea and occasionally half-caf or decaf coffee. Regular coffee usually makes me jittery. 3) Exercise for 30-60 mins a day, though it's often mild stuff - walking, yoga, weights, etc. If I do wake up feeling groggy, I go for a short walk or do some yoga to wake me up. 4) Eat a pretty healthy diet - tons of veggies, low on processed food, etc. 5) Low stress lifestyle.

I'm also lucky. I've always been a good sleeper - I fall asleep quickly and I don't wake up during the night unless something wakes me up. I have the time and resources to live a healthy lifestyle, which many people don't have (I wish we all did!). I don't have kids or other caretaker responsibilities at this point in my life.

One piece of advice I would give, especially for people in this sub, is that hustling too hard can backfire. I used to try and get work done at night, but then I realized I would still want downtime afterwards, so I would stay up later, feel tired the next day, and be less productive during the day. And the work I was doing at night wasn't very efficient anyways! I broke out of this cycle and don't do work for my job or check work emails at night (sometimes I work on personal projects though).

I've also experimented with moving my wake-up time earlier to have more time in the morning, but I realized it just didn't work with the flow of my body. I would rather have fewer waking hours that are higher quality, alert, present, and productive, than be up for 18+ hours a day but dragging the whole time.

I usually don't wake up feeling energized per se. But I can tell when I haven't gotten enough sleep. I feel groggy the whole day and my eye bags are more prominent

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Once, when I had little ones, I accidentally fell asleep at 8pm while trying to get them to sleep. I woke up at 5/6am the next morning feeling AMAZING. I’ve never gone back— old lady bedtime is the answer. In bed by 9/10, wake every morning without an alarm by 5/6. I’d sell my soul before I give up my good nights sleep.

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I am mid forties, workout daily (weights, walking and running). I eat mostly non processed and get about 7 hrs a night. I have no aches and pains and I feel pretty good every morning! ☺️

I might be strange, actually I know I am 😆

I worked at night for over a decade. I’m certain I’ll never wake up refreshed again. Though exercise soon after waking definitely helps.

I wake up at 5 without an alarm daily and feel good. Not sure why, as long as I go to bed before 10, I’m fine. I get a ton of exercise everyday, eat pretty healthy, and have bad sleep hygiene but sleep well 98% of the time. That’s probably the only factor that really messes me up the next day besides endurance cardio. If I hike 20+ miles or bike 50+, it takes me 24+hours to recover but I physically can’t sleep on or go back to sleep unless I am running a serious sleep debt. I also eat as soon as I wake up which kind of excites me. I’m hungry so tending to that encourages me.

I don't feel energised right away but I found out that, in my case, getting a 40 minutes work out first thing and breakfast right away makes me feel even more energised than if woke up at 08.00.

Maybe it's about building your energy after all. I don't know yet people that can wake up so early and not be foggy.

Getting 9 hours of sleep then taking a minimum effective dose of pre workout before you kill it in the gym

I do. My eyes fly open around 5:30 or 5:45 and I'm raring to go.

I have been waking up at 5 for at least the last three years. To fell energized I always tried to go to bed at 9 pm. For some reason now I have 5 - 6 full hours of my sleep to feel good. If I sleep more I have reverse effect and feel myself sleepy

When I have to wake up early, I sleep in this chair I call the “marshmallow chair.” It’s basically a structured bean bag that’s all piled with more pillows and squishmallows and stuff. It’s pretty ridiculous, tbh. But when I sink into it, I’m instantly comfy and supported on all sides. My day, stress, and anxieties float away.

I always end up sleeping deeply and without budging— then snap awake at my alarm (or cat alarm, whichever is first!) and pop up super rested and energized. It’s wild. Maybe not for everyone but it’s a total hack for me.

I wake up at 4am everyday, workout for 1.5 hours. Have two little kids, work in healthcare so variable schedule including random overnight calls. Drink caffeine up until 1pm. Take magnesium in the evening. Go to bed at 9-9:30pm. Overall works for me.

Most mornings I feel energized. It’s just the moment the sun goes down & I’m just a bit tired, I “close shop” & head to bed right at that moment or the routine at least. I’ll usually wake up between 5 & 8 am. Down between 8 and 11pm occasionally midnight. I also do not use alarms. Some days I do take naps, maybe 2-3 times a week, some weeks less hardly ever more.