Help me wake up for my Subuh prayers!

Early to bed,

Early to rise,

Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

Or in my case "Makes a woman" healthy, wealthy and wise.

Very true indeed.

To be honest I was not really a morning person myself, especially during my study years. But somehow after I joined the workforce, I discovered the beauty of rising up early and starting up the day.

Now all I know is I hate waking up late in the morning. One is because 24 hours is no longer enough for me, being a mom and all, and two, because I feel that my most productive time is now in the morning, when I feel all fresh and motivated to start a new day. There is this kind of "missing out" feeling that I get when I realize that I wake up late, those few hours of productivity that I missed which of course, cannot be retrieved again.

Although, there is one thing that I still have to improve : Waking up for Fajr (Subuh) prayers.

I am not going to lie her, I even confess:

I suck at waking up for Fajr prayers.

That is my biggest spirituality problem. And I hope that I can find a solution to it soon. You see there are days that I am so determined and I am so sure that I will wake up on time for the prayer (setting lots of alarms and such), but it always fails.

Sigh. How lahhhh..

Shame on me if I don't work on this. Like seriously am I thinking of living this way for the rest of my life? So much for being better today than tomorrow. Huhu. And I have my children to teach this to, how lah to teach if I don't lead by example.

I was googling about waking up early and here's one of the thing that I found (aaahh..this could be helpful) :

My dear brothers/sisters, every day when you read Surat Al-Fatiha, at least 17 times a day, you recite the verse “You Alone we Worship, and You Alone we Seek Help from”: You want to worship Allah? “Yes!” You need His help then. You want to wake up for Fajr? “Yes please!” Guess what, you need Allah. You cannot, I repeat, cannot, wake up for fajr without Allah’s help. Now ask yourself the question, what can I do to show Allah that I truly and utterly want to wake up for fajr?!

Read more: http://productivemuslim.com/how-to-wake-up-for-fajr-part-1/#ixzz2HggN5wTk

 

Readers, do you have this problem too? Besides what was shared in Productive Muslim  article above, do you have any other personal tips to share on how I can work on this? 

Help!

P/S: I better go to sleep now, perhaps one thing that hinders me from waking up early is because I sleep late!