EPTAs for the alarm i like to have it so i can hit snooze a couple of times, and i keep curtains open so the sun wakes me up.
The good old "Turn off" button the alarm clock - Page 15
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inFeZa
Australia556 Posts
As for the alarm i like to have it so i can hit snooze a couple of times, and i keep curtains open so the sun wakes me up. | ||
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fatfail
United States386 Posts
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Synapze
Canada563 Posts
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iTzSnypah
United States1738 Posts
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
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suxN
Finland1167 Posts
1. Adrenaline, sometimes i wake up scared shitless and i definately feel like im totally awake. Some examples when this has happened have been nightmares or some loud noise irl, like firealarm or window breaking. 2. Anxiousness, sometimes it ruins sleep completely, usually its very easy to wake up. Example when im going to play floorball, its super easy to wake up, pack up my stuff and go. When im going to a job interview or something important like that, it can be hard to sleep but easy to get up. 3. Pain, you know the feeling when you wiggle your toes while sleeping and changing position, suddenly a wild cat appears. Then there are these things that make waking up difficult. 1. Youre sick, ie hangover or some actual disease. 2. You havent slept enough or you have slept too much, i guess something between 6-10 hours is something to aim for. 3. You have to do something that sucks, like work or school and you feel like you can be a little late. 4. You have nothing to do and feel like sleeping is awesome way to spend time 5. Medicine, some make you sleepy. For example sometimes i have tough time getting up after using sleeping pills. Mysterious stuff huh 6. Coldness. Bed is all nice and warm and youre supposed to climb up to a cold, cruel world? No thanks says the brain. Personally my wakeup routine is something like this, works around 80% of the time, so its not that great. 1. Wake up, put lights on immediately. - First dangerzone here, sometimes i never hear the alarm clock i have shut it down before my brain can function at all. 2. Shut the alarm - This is the second dangerzone, sometimes instead of springing out of the bed i sit on the bed, thinking "i wonder how it feels if i lie down, i bet i could willpower my way off the sleep and just lie there for a moment, even close my eyes for a while" 3. Dress up properly 4. Grab something to eat and finish it during the next step 5. Check out the internet, how NHL has been going, which bets have failed. 6. Figure out what am i supposed to do next, ie how to prepare for school/work. - This is the third and last dangerzone, if im supposed to do something less than pleasant and im feeling sleepy, its time to textmessage "im coming a bit late" 7. Jump on my shoes and after that its safe to say i've beaten the morning. | ||
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FliedLice
Germany7494 Posts
even putting that damn thing on the other end of the room doesn't help, i get up turn it off, get back in bed... can't fight it... too weak. | ||
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suxN
Finland1167 Posts
What i mean is that you have to decide "Thats it, im starting to train my willpower" and then simply say NO to harmful pleasantries, if you slip up once and you start slipping up all the time. | ||
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Exempt.
United States470 Posts
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Grndr101
Belgium125 Posts
But sometimes it's one of those days and none will help, I'll be getting up in the nick of time and curse myself for not getting up earlier. | ||
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gosublade
632 Posts
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wtchuwahmon
Australia63 Posts
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a9arnn
United States1537 Posts
 Edit: I also have to get to classes  . And I don't want to piss off my suitemates with the alarm. This provides more than enough motivation in my case | ||
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ninini
Sweden1204 Posts
I don't understand ppl who forces themselves to go up in the morning without a sufficient amount of sleep. If you go to bed at like 2AM, you're not lazy if you don't get up in time. You just need to sleep earlier. This is not a question of getting up in time, it's a question of going to bed in time. If you have to force yourself to get up, you're either not sleeping enough, or you're depressed to the point that you need to get help. Either way, the alarm clock is not the answer. I think the alarm clock have its purpose, but I see it as a safety net. If the alarm clock triggers your awakening most nights, you're doing it wrong. If you have a healthy sleep schedule, you wake up most mornings around 15-30 minutes before the alarm clock rings. If you wake up by the alarm clock most nights, first of all, you're not sleeping enough, and secondly, you're desensitizing yourself to the alarm, since it becomes the norm, and this greatly increases your chance of turning it off and going back to sleep. My tip: Sleep earlier. | ||
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Megaliskuu
United States5123 Posts
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Wafflelisk
Canada1061 Posts
This may have been mentioned already, but I did search the first few pages for a mention of this. | ||
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Divinek
Canada4045 Posts
On January 09 2012 18:13 ninini wrote: Who would have thought that in the 21st century, ppl forces themselves to get up by setting up timed noise machines on the other side of their bedroom. I don't understand ppl who forces themselves to go up in the morning without a sufficient amount of sleep. If you go to bed at like 2AM, you're not lazy if you don't get up in time. You just need to sleep earlier. This is not a question of getting up in time, it's a question of going to bed in time. If you have to force yourself to get up, you're either not sleeping enough, or you're depressed to the point that you need to get help. Either way, the alarm clock is not the answer. I think the alarm clock have its purpose, but I see it as a safety net. If the alarm clock triggers your awakening most nights, you're doing it wrong. If you have a healthy sleep schedule, you wake up most mornings around 15-30 minutes before the alarm clock rings. If you wake up by the alarm clock most nights, first of all, you're not sleeping enough, and secondly, you're desensitizing yourself to the alarm, since it becomes the norm, and this greatly increases your chance of turning it off and going back to sleep. My tip: Sleep earlier. That is so not the case for many people, most would oversleep without the use of alarm clocks and this would be worse for their health long term (anything over 8 is considered bad in almost every dimension that I've come across). So many people have different circadian rhythm scales that you can't say dumb things like "go to sleep sooner" because some people CAN'T . I have what is best described as delayed sleep phase syndrome. I cannot go to sleep before midnight, never been able to since I was born, and getting up before like 8 is the hardest thing of my day, always. Like without an alarm clock or something to get me up I can sleep 10+ hours a day no problem, but if I sleep 6 every day I feel just as good, usually better, plus I have wayyy more time to do stuff. Alarm clocks are awesome They also have an alarm clock that rolls around and forces you to chase it but that's only if you dont turn it off for a while, so doesnt solve that problem but it's still pretty sweet. (oh also I feel your pain OP, alot of the time I need multiple alarm clocks cause if I have just 1 I dont exit stage 1 sleep, even if i walk all the way across the room to turn off my alarm. So i always wake up having overslept with a dream that i shut my alarm clock off lol) | ||
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coffecup
50 Posts
Edit: So getting up when the alarm hits is a combination of necessity and pleasure/pain principle for me. :O | ||
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