Come celebrate Mothers Day with Blisstree! This month we are showing how much we love mom’s by giving away something different each day

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Today’s item is a Dawn Simulator. The new model 320 is the brightest BlueMax™ dawn simulator featuring a spectrum rich in 470nm blue light. The integral lamp mimics a natural morning sunrise or evening sunset using long-life LED bulbs. You’ll feel rested each morning with the Dawn Simulator!

For more information, please visit www.bluemaxlighting.com.

This giveaway is CLOSED.

Congrats to Erma H!

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Today’s theme is all about the alarm clock. I have posted a poll in the sidebar, asking if you use an alarm clock in order to wake up.

Please vote in the poll, and then come back here - and let us know what effective method you use for waking up on time…if you use one at all. If you don’t have a method, that’s fine too - just let us know how you wake up.

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Every morning at 5 am, my radio is set to play selections from the classical music station. I listen to the music for an hour, before starting my day.

This is the only way for me to wake up properly. I can not wake up without assistance. If I decided to wake up, when my body (and mind) was ready - I might now get out of bed until well after noon (such is my curse of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). The 5 am start is necessary - I have a job, where I need to be everyday - and it takes about an hour to get there.

The 1 hour of listening is imperative. First it brings enjoyment to my day (important!). It gives me an opportunity to awaken my senses in a way that is calming and energizing at the same time. Because of the genre of the station - the music is rarely of a jarring nature. Although, occasionally they will play a jig - or something by Vaughn-Williams - and then it becomes harder for me to wake up in a good mood. Often when this happens, I usually close my mind off, and roll over and fall back to sleep. It happens, when I am forced to listen to music that I do not like.

My point to this, is that it is much easier to wake up to sounds that are gentle, than something extremely high energy first thing in the morning. Pop music belongs on the ipod, dance floor, or the car stereo, and not in the bedroom. An equally good substitute is listening to sounds of nature. But usually that can happen naturally in the spring and summer (at least in my neighborhood).

Another trick is to remain consistent. Don’t let yourself sleep in on the weekends.

What do you to start your day on a good note?