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If you're having trouble getting out of bed, you can try using the 5 second rule to break your brain's patterns and activate the prefrontal cortex. Basically yo
by stevewodil 7y ago
If you're having trouble getting out of bed, you can try using the 5 second rule to break your brain's patterns and activate the prefrontal cortex. Basically you count down from 5 out loud (saying the numbers aloud is important) and at 1 you just jump out of that damn bed like NASA launching a rocket.
Mel Robbins is the one to credit for this, there's more information here: https://melrobbins.com/blog/the-5-second-rule/ https://melrobbins.com/blog/the-5-second-rule/