Waking Up Early + Steampunk Event

I am not a morning person. I am SO NOT a morning person. But my goal is to get myself to that magical 5 AM wake-up-and-write that I've heard about. I'm not there yet. If you are trying to make the same transition, here are a few things that are helping me:

1. Gradual change. I set my alarm 15 minutes earlier. When I manage to wake up and stay up, three times, I adjust the alarm again.

2. Vitamin D + happy light as soon as I sit at my desk with my mug of tea.

3. Feeding the cats first thing, so they encourage me to get out of bed! I fear that this is not reversible.

4. Getting excited about what I'm going to do the next morning, before I go to sleep. It's a lot easier to wake up when you want to do something.

 

I have hopes that the end of daylight savings time will get me all the way to my goal.

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What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:

I have an event coming up! If you like steampunk--swashbuckling steampunk adventure, Weird West steampunk, post-apocalyptic steampunk, or steampunk mystery--you'll like it. Come listen to me and three other authors read from their steampunk novels and then discuss steampunk. Bring your questions! Registration link: https://convergence-con-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sz53PUPiSFulsXmrogwI-Q


(This is the personal bit from my markets newsletter--the whole thing can be found here: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2020.html#101820)