Not everyone is a morning person.
And that's okay — it depends a lot on your biological predisposition, and there's no proof that morning birds are more successful than night owls.
But if you're finding that you're consistently late for work or skipping workouts, or if you're generally feeling like you don't have enough time in the day, you might want to consider moving back your wake-up time a little.
Lots of people have tried it, and have shared the tips and tricks that worked for them. Business Insider browsed a bunch of Quora and Reddit threads and rounded up the most creative strategies we found below.
Try them all and see what helps you — we promise it won't be as horrible as you're anticipating.
SEE ALSO: 7 things not to do when you first wake up
Limit your caffeine intake in the late afternoon and evening
"Some people are extremely sensitive to caffeine," says Quora user Kevin Jon, "and don't understand how it can still keep them awake much later."
One study found that consuming 400 milligrams of caffeine — that's about how much is in a Starbucks Venti coffee — even six hours before bedtime disrupted sleep. Specifically, those who consumed a caffeine pill six hours before bed slept about an hour less than they slept when they didn't consume caffeine.
The researchers suggest that people limit their caffeine consumption to before 5 p.m. at the latest. You can do your own experiment to see if cutting yourself off earlier helps you get a better night's rest and wake up feeling rejuvenated.
Take on the responsibility of waking someone else
That's a suggestion from Quora user Shikhar Gupta.
So tell your best friend or your brother that you'll be their human alarm clock by calling them when they're supposed to get up. That way, you'll be sabotaging someone else's success when you oversleep, giving you an even more pressing reason to get out of bed.
Set a bedtime alarm
It can take a lot of willpower to say to yourself, "I need to be up in eight hours. So I'm going to bed right now."
To make that behavior easier, Quora user Ben Mordecai says, "you just need to set an alarm both for when you want to wake up and when you will need to start going to bed."
The bedtime alarm won't necessarily force you to start putting on pajamas, but it will jolt you out of whatever non-sleeping activity you're currently doing, like browsing your Facebook News Feed.
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