If you're like me, it's hard to find something to motivate you to get up in the morning. Whether it’s a long day ahead or simply the fact that your bed is like an everlasting dream of warmth and comfort, getting up and active is the last thing I want to be doing. Sometimes I find myself hitting the snooze button five times before I am scrambling to find an outfit to wear or swipe some mascara on.

Here are five things that I do (and you can, too) to drag our a** out of bed:

Use Sleep Cycle:

Sleep Cycle is a sleep monitoring app that gradually wakes you up from deep to light sleep. Setting your alarm to one of its calming sounds alleviates the stress that sounds like the generic phone beeping causes. Also, you can check out how well you slept that night before, by looking at your patterns of sleep and your level of disturbance.

Lay out your stuff before bed:

I normally don’t do this one, but some of my friends swear by it. They will pick out the next days outfit and lay it on the desk so that the next morning, they aren’t stressing about what they have to wear. Or, they set up the homework they need to complete before class starts, which is something I find myself doing very often.

Get into a routine:

Wash your face every morning? Straighten your hair after you brush your teeth? Make a habit of keeping the same daily routine so that your instinct is to follow that schedule.

Eat breakfast:

This one is important. I eat breakfast every day in some way or another. Whether it’s a granola bar or some full feast of eggs, hash browns and toast, it gives you instant energy and motivation for your day. Also, who doesn’t love the sound of food?

Make a morning playlist:

When I was younger and at camp, my consular played the same morning playlist every morning while we cleaned our cabin. By doing so, it made us excited to get up. Now, I play some music while finishing up homework due that day or while applying makeup to give a soundtrack to begin my day on a good note.