Morning Person Plan

This is exactly how I feel!

     I have always hated going to bed and hated waking up. Every night my mind fills with random thoughts that keep me awake, sometimes until 9:00 am the next day, and every morning the self-control I had so much of the night before seems to have vanished completely!

Obviously, i'm not the first person in the world to have difficulty with this, so i'm determined to adjust my schedule and create good sleep habits.
I don't need to rise and set with the sun, there is no reason for it. Simply waking up at 5:00 am doesn't make you a productive person. I still want to enjoy evenings with my husband and friends but for me, personally, If I stay up and sleep too late I feel lazier and after the gym in the evenings, even if I only woke up a few hours before, physical exercise coupled with the sky getting dark tells my brain that it is time to be a lazy bum.
No one wants to do the dishes when their brain says it is time to lie on the couch.

My plan is to slowly adjust myself to an earlier schedule by moving my bed time and waking times 30 minutes earlier at a time. I've looked at other blogs and websites for ideas and most suggest 15 minutes but i'm currently waking up REALLY late and I think 30 minutes every 2-3 days will do nicely :). So about four hours earlier in three weeks.
Nine is obviously not the most ambitious time to wake up but after doing university online, and having random work days. I have rarely had a necessary reason to wake up early, and this time is perfect for me to get a good start on my day and still have time to relax in the evening. :)