Don’t make drastic (adj.剧烈的) changes. Start slowly, by waking just 15-30 minutes earlier than usual. Get used to this for a few days. Then cut back（减少）another 15 minutes. Do this gradually until you get to your goal time.

Allow yourself to sleep earlier. You might be used to staying up late (熬夜), perhaps watching TV or surfing the Internet (上网). But if you continue this habit, while trying to get up earlier, sooner or later one is going to give.

Put your alarm clock far from you bed. If it’s right next to your bed, you’ll shut it off or hit snooze (打盹). Never hit snooze.

Go out of the bedroom as soon as you shut off the alarm. Don’t allow yourself to rationalize (v.合理化) going back to bed. Just force yourself to go out of the room. My habit is to stumble (v.跌跌撞撞地) into the bathroom and go pee（[非正式]上厕所）. By the time I’ve done that, and flushed(v.抽手) the toilet and washed my hands and looked at my ugly mug（[非正式]脸）in the mirror, I’m awake enough to face the day.

Make waking up early a reward. Yes, it might seem at first that you’re forcing yourself to do something hard, but if you make it pleasurable, soon you will look forward to (+doing 期待做某事) waking up early. My reward used to be to make a hot cup of coffee and read a book.

Take advantage of all that extra time. Don’t wake up an hour or two early just to read your blogs, unless that’s a major goal of yours. Don’t wake up early and waste that extra time.

Enjoy the break of dawn(n.黎明，破晓)! As much as you can, look outside (or better yet, get outside!) and watch the sky turn light. It’s beautiful. And it’s quiet and peaceful. It’s now my favorite time of day. Getting up early is a reward in itself for me.

参考翻译：

1．不要做巨大的改变。慢慢地开始，比原来早起15到30分钟。用一段时间来习惯它。然后再缩短15分钟。循序渐进中达到你的目标。

2．让你自己早睡。你也许已经习惯晚睡了或许是看电视或者上网。不过如果你继续你这样的习惯，又想早起的话，迟早你要放弃其中一个。

3．将你的闹钟远离你的床。如果它就在你床边，你将会把它关上然后继续打盹。千万不要打盹了。

4．当你关掉闹钟那刻，离开卧室。不要让你自己找借口再回到床上。逼迫你自己离开房间。我的习惯是跌跌撞撞的离开卧室去上厕所。当我做完这些，然后冲完厕所，洗完手，在镜子里看到我丑陋的脸时，我就足够清醒去面对新的一天了。

5．给早起一个奖励。是的，一开始你是逼迫自己在努力做一件事情，但是如果你把它变成一件快乐的事情，你就会非常期待早起。我的奖励一般是一杯热咖啡和读一本书。

6．利用好多余的时间。不要早起一到两个小时只是为了阅读你的博客，除非那是你的主要目标。不要早起后浪费多余的时间。

7．享受日出。只要你能，请往外看，或者更好的是出去，看天空一点点变亮。这是很美丽的景象。非常的安静。这是我一天中最喜欢的时间。现在早起变成了对我自己的一种奖励。