How do you wake up?
alanl: My radio alarm clock goes off at about 8:30am. The radio slowly soothes me awake, so that I gradually wake over the next 30 mins or so  Using this method puts me in a better mood more consistently than when I used to get up immediately and/or earlier. 
I would love to get up early and work on some personal projects before I went in to work, but my brain just doesn’t start running until about 11am,  and I cant figure out how to change this.