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I am naturally a morning person and if I’m not sick, I’ll wake up around 7am without and alarm clock. But my favourite time of the morning is actually in the pre-sunrise part fo the morning when it feels like the world is still asleep, and I am in a little cocooned head bubble of quiet time. This means that if I need to wake up around 6 am in order to get at least a solid hour of “I feel like I’m the only person in the world right now” time. Unfortunately, my snooze habit usually pushes my actual wakeup time to around 7am. So I just set my clock 15 minutes a head, and shortened the time of my snooze button to 5 minutes.
This trick works in 2 ways. Firstly, setting my actual clock 15 minutes a head, and not my actual alarm 15 minutes a head means that when I wake up and look at my alarm clock, my sleepy brain thinks it’s the same time, so I can still feel like I have the same wake-up time, as opposed to feeling deprived of anything. It’s one of those mind over matter things. Secondly, setting my snooze time to only 5 minutes means I still go through the process of pressing snooze and waking up, and pressing snooze, and waking up, and pressing snooze and waking up. But after a while, I go through the motions enough time that I fulfil the physical acts of the habit, and I feel psychologically fulfilled. And then I get out of bed! On time! And then I get to go to the cafeteria in time for hot breakfast! Yay! If you’ve been trying to figure out a way to get up when you want to, try this and see if it works. If this doesn’t, try Stefan K.’s tips and see if they help. And if you’re still stuck, e-mail me and tell me about your gripes. I’ve recently become quite fascinated with the idea of changing habits by working with yourself, as opposed to against yourself. We can talk!
If you are a chronic snooze button hitter in the morning, I want to propose an idea to you about why you keep sleeping in, even though you want to get out of bed at a particular time: It’s because you might have formed a habit of hitting the snooze button multiple times. So now, your body has just developed a particular wake up routine, which is a good thing! Routines when it comes to sleep are important in maintaining quality in said sleep. But if you’re serious about getting up when you say you want to get up, I recently discovered a quick and easy trick that can help your sleepy brain go through the same morning sleep routine, and allow your awake brain to kick in when you need it to.
pen tablet said
am February 4 2010 @ 5:24 am
I’m a standard night owl, getting early in the morning is a torment for me. Maybe I’ll try some of your tips and getting up early won’t be so difficult for me?
Laptop Briefcases said
am February 4 2010 @ 7:53 pm
I guess I am a morning person. I’ve never been one to repeatedly press the snooze button. For me, I do have to put the alarm clock away from my bed. If the alarm is too close, a lot of the time I end up turning the alarm completely off and then falling back asleep.
used tires said
am February 5 2010 @ 4:32 am
I use a computer alarm which plays a song of my choice at the time I want to wake up. I set the volume pretty loud and chose my current favorite song so I wake up to something impactful and positive. Then I reduce the volume a little and go back to bed and usually I’m up completely with 5-10 minutes of that.
Till then,
Jean
A.Y. Daring said
am February 6 2010 @ 11:39 am
used tires said
am February 7 2010 @ 8:58 am
@ A.Y. Daring, I use David De Groot’s Alarm v.2.0.4.
You can download it here.. http://bluefive.pair.com/
Till then,
Jean
library software said
am February 9 2010 @ 2:25 am
There are different types of processing in the brain. Some processing can be influenced by things that we know, like when we see a train, we know that it is a train and can put the word to it.
A.Y. Daring said
am February 9 2010 @ 3:07 am
I downloaded it, and I am absolutely adoring it! I wake up to Tik Tok every morning now, which is nice. I’ve been feeling like P.Diddy since long before Ke$ha sang about it, haha!
Thanks a milli!
used tires said
am February 10 2010 @ 10:13 am
@A.Y. Daring: Haha, that is awesome. Glad to see you like it so much. Sweet dreams.
Till then,
Jean
Dan Northern said
am February 11 2010 @ 11:06 am
I have the same problem of hitting the snooze button over & over. I have recently move my phone ( alarm) to the foot of my bed. This causes me to actually sit up, so it wakes me up more.
sázky said
am February 14 2010 @ 11:22 am
great post,super tops,have to try,thanks
sázky said
am February 14 2010 @ 11:24 am
great post,great tips,have to try one
Beautiful Beaches Resorts said
am February 17 2010 @ 6:56 am
What is the website that plays videos and fools your brain into thinking you are on drugs?
Digital SLR Camera said
am February 18 2010 @ 5:19 am
never push the snooze button again since my quality sleep help me wake in the morning with fresh mind and body.
just search on web how to get quality sleep.
you dont need a clock waker anymore
hizlindir said
am February 21 2010 @ 5:19 pm
l agree with you
thank so much
pc said
am February 23 2010 @ 3:40 pm
great post,great tips thanks so much.
Emre
Beautiful Beaches Resorts said
am March 2 2010 @ 8:14 am
eh, not interesting. How about going to sleep on an empty stomach - you will def. wake up on time to eat early breakfast
Laptop Briefcases said
am March 2 2010 @ 8:10 pm
I don’t think I’d want to mess around changing clocks to the wrong time in an effort to wake up on time. I would be too worried about it biting me in the ass one day.
library software said
am March 3 2010 @ 2:23 am
I have to disagree with your second question. It depends on what you are imagining… If you asked someone to imagine a bridge falling below them they’ll experience fear- it’ll be a lessened reaction becuase they know they are not on a bridge and about to die.
used tires said
am March 4 2010 @ 5:21 am
@Beautiful Beaches Resorts: I don’t think it’s a good idea to deprive your body of food just to wake up on time. It might affect your health on the long run.
Till then,
Jean
library software said
am March 6 2010 @ 2:00 am
There are lots of ways to trick meat eaters into eating veggies, especially if your meat-eater is a kid. Get light, diet or low fat Ranch dressing and serve it as a dipping sauce for raw veggies, like carrots, celery, peppers, cukes, etc.
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am March 9 2010 @ 6:03 am
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study skills said
am March 9 2010 @ 11:30 pm
This is an awesome method. I never though you could trick yourself into doing this.
India said
am March 13 2010 @ 2:34 am
Excellent lay out of all that information. I applaud you.
Every bit of it is true, when you go through point by point.
As you said, much is exactly opposite of what most people are used to seeing, but it’s all real and verifiable.
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lol, seems like the democrats are of the opinion that details are not a good idea. Maybe they want you to promote your candidates like they did? Like Britney Spears promoters do? You need a star! even though he’s totally clueless about how to run the country, democrats don’t know the difference, it’s only important if Saturday Night Live and MTV think they are cool! Get with it man! hahahahahahaahaha!
Jet Airways India said
am March 17 2010 @ 2:29 am
I have used this trick once but my sleepy mind is too strong to get deceived. Anyway I am trying to rise early from last 7-8 months without any success, but still I am positive.
denim leggings said
am March 17 2010 @ 12:29 pm
This is something new to me but I think I will try! Let’s hope it works!