5 minutes before if you don’t struggle to get out of bed. 10 minutes before if you have average difficulty. 20-30 minutes if you have a lot of difficulty waking up.
If your family members are light sleepers, make sure that having your alarm on for a long time will not wake them up. Everyone will be annoyed if your alarm goes off for five minutes because you can’t find it. If you hide the alarm or put it in a hard to reach place, make sure the sound isn’t muffled. You still need to be able to hear the alarm.
If you are an insomniac, it is recommended that you do not do this as melatonin is needed to help you sleep better.
Eat an apple. Apples provide natural sugars and help your stomach to digest. Drink orange juice in a clear glass. Orange juice has natural sugars just like apples. The colour orange is found to be stimulating and may help you to perk up in the morning. Drink coffee after 9:30 am if you are a coffee drinker. Your body naturally produces higher amounts of cortisol (a stress hormone that regulates energy) between 8 and 9am. If you drink coffee before that, your body will produce less cortisol, giving you less overall energy throughout the day. [4] X Research source
