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Best time to wake up

sophie_chillisophie_chilli
edited February 2012 in Buddhism Basics
Hello everyone. I was just wondering how people feel about waking up early? Does it work for you and if so what time is the best time to achieve? I'm told there are many benefits to waking up early and where as I usually get up for work about 6am I am now trying to awake at 05:45am to be able to spend time reading or writing (me time), but it's really hard.
Is there any Buddhist hard and fast rules about this area? Many thanks.

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  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    my body-clock usually chimes in at 05.30, sometimes before....
    i have to leave the house by 06.45 latest, or the traffic build-up can add anything up to 1hr.30 to my journey time, it gets that busy....
    I travel 45km to work, the same back, in the evenings, and i often don't get home until nearly 8pm.

    My husband came to work with me the other day, and in the evening told me - "I don't know how you do this every day...."

    needs must.....

    When I get up, having 2 other people in the house means we have to co-ordinate our use of the bathroom and kitchen.
    So I don't have any me time at all. ever.

    Oh sure, I have two days off - but I have to cram all housework, washing/cleaning/shopping and anything else that needs doing, into those.....
    I have these 10 minutes of me-time.
    and I'm devoting them to you. :)
  • AMHAMH
    i can get up early but then Ihave to start waking the teenager. It is really counter productive to sit for 5 minutes and then yell ' are you up?'. I have an easier time after I have gotten all the work of getting him to school and then if nothng is interfering I can sit before leaving for work. It is pretty sporadic right now.

    federica, wow. I have been in similar situations and that is rough, exhausting over time for sure.
  • vinlynvinlyn Colorado...for now Veteran
    For me it doesn't matter early or late (I am retired)...but just that I get about 8 hours of sleep each night.

    Lately I have been staying up until about 2 a.m., and not waking up until about 10 a.m. But, I have been feeling fine. There are times I go to bed at 10 or midnight, but then wake up at 6 or8...again, I feel fine.
  • sophie_chillisophie_chilli
    Thanks Federica, you sound like you have a very hectic life. I work from home a lot so the pull to go back to sleep sometimes is too string. I want to be able to make the best use of any time I have available so I thought waking up earlier might help as I would like to eventually change careers which isn't that possible while doing the normal 9-5 etc. I think Vinlyn is is quite natural to have a later body clock too.
  • RavenRaven
    I'm not a "morning person" but often now I start around 730, 8am. I telecommute so at least I'm not having to get up super-early.

    I'm definitely more of a night person. I can be awake as early as you want, but don't talk to me or look at me or need anything from me until I've had at least one cup of tea!

    Your body has its own rhythm. As much as your life/job/etc will allow, it's good to respect that.
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    Mines screwed all over the place. When thai classes start again I must get up at around 10-11am, but if not then I have been known to sleep at around 5-9am. My gf wakes up at 4.50am nearly every day, the Thais seem to be troopers at working like this, it is crazy. In my school days I only needed 4-5 hours sleep a day, now I need at least 9 or I am a zombie for the day, maybe because I have a build up of benzos insidemy body, I dunno.
  • ZeroZero Veteran
    Is there any Buddhist hard and fast rules about this area? Many thanks.
    I'm not aware of any hard and fast Buddhist rules on exactly when you should wake up.

    Research shows that waking naturally is best (as opposed to having your sleep cycle interrupted by an alarm) - guess if you dont do that you can be tired and cranky which may lead you to do stuff that is un-buddhist?

    So maybe the lesson is sleep long enough so you dont cause suffering to yourself or others...?
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    If I ever set an alarm, I normally wake up just before it goes off anyway. lol, strange. Unless I have been highly intoxicated the previous night/day
  • vinlynvinlyn Colorado...for now Veteran
    @ThailandTom...yes, that used to happen to me a lot, also. Sort of an inner alarm clock.
  • sophie_chillisophie_chilli
    If I ever set an alarm, I normally wake up just before it goes off anyway. lol, strange. Unless I have been highly intoxicated the previous night/day
    I decided not to set my alarm clock this morning and strangely I awoke just after 6am which I didn't think was bad going.
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    ...Unless, of course, you needed to be up a 05.00...... :p
  • sophie_chillisophie_chilli
    Very true, fortunately not!
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