Madhav at college used to wake up at around 7:30 every day. His reason for the delay was that his college would begin only by 10 am. Even though he wakes up by 7:30, that too on account of the calls, pulls and pressures of his mother, he still had a good wait time before the coffee mug. He usually consumes more than half an hour to empty his coffee mug. Even after the energy drink, he used to yawn. The night owl Madhav used to slowly stretch his hands and legs to get himself fully out of his sleep. He would then start walking from his bed at the slowest pace of the day. The slouching postures, the facial expressions, the heavy kind of walk all was indicative of the laziness and sleepiness hanging on with Madhav. His mother from the kitchen still yells, to get him under the showers for a bath. The clock was never lazy and time never felt sleepy. It usually runs up to 9:00 clock, when Madhav comes out of his bath, to get dressed up, once again thanks to his mother who has ironed it so well. With little time, left for the breakfast, he just takes a grab of it to catch hold of his college bus. In the college bus, he enjoys the window seat for another spell of sleep. Finally, he wakes up from his world to walk up to his class. He often felt sleepy while in class also, and he starting accusing the professors for their boring sessions. The bulky Madhav used to pass the day sans energy, even though he had lot of fast food. As a night owl, he used to spend time on social media and watch movies, before he goes to sleep with lights on at around 1:30 in the night.  However, one of his successful classmates Rajesh shared certain strategies to win the battle with the bed. Madhav was deeply moved by the strategies of Rajesh and the benefits of waking up early.

Here are certain salient points of the strategy shared by Rajesh.

1. Find out a purpose to wake up early.
2. Plan a morning routine to rejuvenate your mind, body and soul.
3. Make it a practice to switch off lights and sleep earlier.
4. Month-on- month make it a practise to get to bed further earlier and better
5. Get out of the night owl syndrome.
6. Create a mindset to wake up early, by going for affirmations.
7. Practice the habit of getting up early by initially placing alarm and reminders.
8. If you are still not able to do so, seek the help of your mother.
9. Create a strong will power to wake up early and take up responsibility and accountability for the same.
10. Improve upon your wake up time, month-on –month by altering the settings of the alarm to ring further earlier.
11. After few months, you should reach out and set your standard time for bed and wake up.
12. Get into the habit of sticking on to the time you have set.

Advantages of getting up early

1. Makes you relaxed and concentrated in the quietness.
2. Makes you feel peaceful to get connected to your creator through prayers and meditation.
3. Gets you time for physical exercises.
4. Healthy habits of the morn, oxygenates your blood and makes your skin healthy.
5. Since you are out of your rush, you can have a healthy breakfast.
6. Will get you enough time to recharge your mind, body and soul in the morning   to keep you live, happy and purposeful, the rest of the day.