Being a school teacher, sleep comes, but not too often. All too frequently I am up late at night, grading papers and creating lesson plans. I have to be up at 5 every morning, and often do no get to bed until after 11 at night.
Well, yesterday my alarm went off at 4, and I couldnt manage to drag myself out of bed. It was too warm, and I was too exhausted. I did manage to get to my stand around 12, and when I did I was pissed, cause there, right in front of my stand at 14 yards were three sets of massive buck tracks, and one large scrape.
So, I tell myself this morning I am going to hunt the trail that led to those scraps.
What happens at 4....the same thing. I wake up, feel totally beat and really tired, so I go back to sleep.
Now, I am totally obsessed with hunting, and want to be in the woods every chance that I get, but lately sleep has been at a premium, so I just cant manage to drag myself out of bed so early. I even had the coffee pot start auto-brewing at 4am, and the smell didnt even phase me as I reached for the alarm-off button.
I love hunting, but I guess I am smart enough to know that during the week sleep does not come all that often, so at least I am dedicated enough to my job to catch up with the shut-eye on the weekends.
Does anyone have any strategies for getting up early, asides from going to be at 9, which I have been doing, and coffee?