Comments on: How to get up early http://pileofindexcards.org/blog/2006/08/26/how-to-get-up-early/ as a cultural genetic code Thu, 17 May 2012 22:12:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Hawk http://pileofindexcards.org/blog/2006/08/26/how-to-get-up-early/#comment-5741 Sat, 26 May 2007 09:30:18 +0000 http://pileofindexcards.org/blog/2006/08/26/how-to-get-up-early/#comment-5741 It sounds so effective. I'll try it :) About Pavlov's dog. Every morning I drink two cups of coffee. I set it before grooming. While I'm grooming, I hear a sound of coffee maker boiling water, poko poko poko... One day, the sound become a trigger of my grooming. When I hear the sound, I cannot stop myself grooming. So, If I feel difficult to get up, I imagine about a coffee first in a bed. O.K. wake up for coffee. Then it triggers grooming. This is my reverse usage of Pavlov's dog :) It sounds so effective. I’ll try it :)

About Pavlov’s dog.

Every morning I drink two cups of coffee. I set it before grooming. While I’m grooming, I hear a sound of coffee maker boiling water, poko poko poko…

One day, the sound become a trigger of my grooming. When I hear the sound, I cannot stop myself grooming.

So, If I feel difficult to get up, I imagine about a coffee first in a bed. O.K. wake up for coffee. Then it triggers grooming.

This is my reverse usage of Pavlov’s dog :)

]]> by: Kyotocutie http://pileofindexcards.org/blog/2006/08/26/how-to-get-up-early/#comment-5740 Sat, 26 May 2007 09:29:41 +0000 http://pileofindexcards.org/blog/2006/08/26/how-to-get-up-early/#comment-5740 Before I go to bed, I think of something I want to do. Not something extraordinary, just something I enjoy like reading a book or playing video games. I promise myself I can do it if I get up on time and do the things I MUST do first. Even on a busy day, I can plan 15 minutes to do something I like. It is a reward for working hard. As I fall asleep, I am looking forward to it. When my alarm rings, I jump out of bed so I can get everything done and get to my reward! Maybe it's a little childish, or like Pavlov's dogs, but it works! Before I go to bed, I think of something I want to do. Not something extraordinary, just something I enjoy like reading a book or playing video games. I promise myself I can do it if I get up on time and do the things I MUST do first. Even on a busy day, I can plan 15 minutes to do something I like. It is a reward for working hard. As I fall asleep, I am looking forward to it. When my alarm rings, I jump out of bed so I can get everything done and get to my reward! Maybe it’s a little childish, or like Pavlov’s dogs, but it works!

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