Early Morning Meetings. If I know I HAVE to get out of bed I will get up. If not I will snooze for longer than I would like.
Additional motivators:
1. Light - Before bed I open all the curtains
2. Tasks - I lay out all my tasks the night before. Less stress thinking about all the things I have to do. Wunderlist everything and then stop stressing.
3. Fun First - I try to put a fun task at the top of the list each morning. Makes it fun to get up.
4. Alarm not near bed - Having the alarm away from the bed I have to get up to turn it off. Once I'm up and moving I rarely feel the need to get back into bed.
Cash! Should the company go bust, you get fired, you can't work, etc. you must have a backup! I keep 3 to 6 months worth of cash on hand in a savings account that is at a bank not accessible from my day to day bank. That way I am not tempted to spend it. I never look at it. Ever.
If you do decide to go with the stock options have $50 of your direct deposit each paycheck go into the above mentioned savings account.
Have you thought about creating it as a Spotify app. Also have you thought of FB integration to add friends easily. Additionally once they have FB auth'd you could add in FB stories. There is always a careful balance with sharing, you don't want to be one of those auto follow sites or push to many spammy stories. It is amazing what people will share given the option. I like the site!
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