Snoozed your alarm clock for 5 minutes and woke up after an hour, rushed to freshen up, grabbed some biscuits and ran to work - sounds familiar? If this is your regular schedule and you are looking for a way to get rid of your habit of oversleeping almost every day, we can help you. Follow these simple tips and move a step ahead towards waking up on time.

Being an early riser is essential for overall health. Also, it gives you more positive energy, more time in the day and a fresh start. Oversleeping usually leads to a lazy mood hanging over the entire day. It can make you sluggish, irritable and inefficient. Follow these simple tips and avoid being a sloth bear.

1.Sleep Early

As the popular saying goes, “Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise", start sleeping on time. Naturally, if you sleep early, it will be easier for you to complete the needed hours of sleep and then wake up on time.

2. Set Multiple Alarm Clocks

If you are a deep sleeper or a habitual snooze-button hitter, set multiple alarm clocks. As odd as it may sound, this will actually help you wake up quicker. You will eventually give in after your sleep gets interrupted multiple times. You won’t have a choice but to get up.

3. Keep Your Alarm Far Away

Keep your alarm clock somewhere at a distance from your bed. Don’t keep it so far away that you don't hear it. Keep it somewhere out of your reach without getting up. If you use the alarm in your phone it will have the add on benefit of keeping you away from checking your phone while you are trying to sleep. Yes, two problems - one solution.

4.Set 'Unrealistic' Goals

Challenge yourself. Set targets to achieve early in the morning: Make a commitment at work to complete a task at a certain time, get to work earlier than usual, set up an early-morning meeting and likewise. Once you start setting such goals, waking up early will come naturally.

5. Set a Musical Alarm 

Switch your alarm clock to your favorite song. Once you hear it in the morning, you will instead of being irritated, actually enjoy it and your mood will be positively lifted and motivate you to wake up.

Bonus Tip - Try a combination of all

If you are too stubborn you may try a combination of all and that might just work out for you.

Waking up early is definitely not easy, but if you try to give yourself a boost of positive motivation and start with these simple steps, it is not that difficult either. And once your body adapts to the pattern, in no time it will become a habit. Good luck trying. :)

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jun 22, 2018 07:23 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).