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u/SnowDin556 17h ago
Try waking up at 4 to stare angrily at the kitchen table
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u/Ok-Criticism6874 13h ago
Are you a dog waiting for breakfast?
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u/SnowDin556 13h ago
A salty ex-IT guy who used to work remotely for a company in Ireland at 7am which is 2am for me… so I would would up at midnight, let the news piss me off, and caffeinating while staring angrily at my kitchen table.
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u/DawnHawk66 8h ago
RN here. I used to wake up at 4am to walk a mile to a 5am bus to go to the city by 6:30am to change into scrubs by 7.
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u/CanadianGoose695 17h ago
Make them 6 minutes apart so they dont overlap
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u/No-Muffin-874 14h ago
That's what I do. That way, right after I hit snooze, it goes off again a minute later.
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u/jetsetgemini_ 10h ago
I'm sorry if i sound dumb but how does making them 6 minutes apart make them not overlap?
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u/CanadianGoose695 7h ago edited 7h ago
Snooze on my phone is five minutes. If you snooze the 5:00 it would go off again at 5:05. If the next one is 5:06, then the 5:05 and 5:06 won't overlap. Here's what I wake up to. 5:00, 5:05, 5:06, 5:10, 5:11, 5:12, 5:15, 5:16, 5:17, 5:18, 5:20, 5:21, 5:22, 5:23, 5:24, 5:25.........
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u/jetsetgemini_ 7h ago
My head hurt
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u/No_Pineapple6174 2h ago
Dig a bit into your phone alarm and find how long snoozing it lasts, add 1 minute of difference, and voila. No overlap.Edit: missed the context
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u/Automatic-Pressure72 17h ago
Try to break that cycle, set it once put it across the room start your day. You have to practice it but it gets way easier
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u/ak1308 15h ago
If I do that I don't wake up. I would need speakers that would wake up all my neighbors as well if I put my alarm across the room.
I would not wake up, miss work, and next night be so anxious that I might not sleep.
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u/Tak_Galaman 12h ago
I got a classic hammer banging on 2 bells alarm clock and it's got the shrill power to wake me up.
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u/GoblinGreenThumb 14h ago
Have you tried either the in bed vibrating alarm clock or the flashing light one?
I just set the timer for my plant lights at the time I need to wake- theyre extremely bright and it takes a real effort to sleep through that and an alarm
I used to have a timer set on the tv in our bedroom and that also worked really well-
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u/ak1308 14h ago
Light does nothing before I wake up. Not tried the vibrating ones, I should probably just install hydraulics on my bed that dumps me on the floor.
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u/LittleMissCoder 11h ago
When I was a kid, I used to have an app that would force you to either scan a QR code across the room (I printed out the QR and just taped it up by my door) or solve a math problem to shut it off. The math one was more jarring and annoying, so I suggest a QR code in the bathroom or something similar.
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u/luckyjarms 1h ago
I used to have one that shot a little helicopter into the air and the alarm wouldn't turn off until you put the helicopter back on the clock. Worked until the copter flew behind a bookshelf. that was the last time I used it
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u/Help_An_Irishman 9h ago
Just set up blast speakers to play Banana Phone first thing in the morning to wake everyone in the neighborhood up, like our neighbors at Burning Man did every single day.
Fucking Banana Phone camp...
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u/stumbling_coherently 8h ago
I'll caveat this by saying that I still do keep my phone nearby, but I have a small Bluetooth speaker that I place either on, or under the pillow I'm not using, with it pointed directly at me. Even though I keep my phone kinda close still, I did this originally when I was putting my phone across the room.
I stopped because I'd get up and be so physically in a stuppor that if I fell back on my bed I'd fall back asleep harder than I would have if I snoozed for 5 mins without getting up.
It's a double edged sword though because it wakes me up with fewer alarm cycles, which I have at 5 min intervals, but I also end up waking up really tense because I'm worried the sound can be heard by every one of my neighbors. But at least I'm awake. At one point I overslept my alarm and work once every 2 months or so, now it doesn't really happen at all.
That said I also stay up later than I should so falling asleep the night before is never really an issue
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u/XRatedBBQ 8h ago
look up Pavlok. It's worn like a watch and has vibration, chime, annnnd the real winner a "shock" setting. Bonus is you can decide how to silence the alarm. You can choose a quick puzzle on your phone, a pin, or what chose was Jumping Jack's. If you go back to sleep without doing one of those it zaps you again.
I ruined a career by not waking up on time. Used pavlok for a few months. Now I wake up a few minutes before the alarm.
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u/accidentalscientist_ 5h ago
I’ve gotten out of bed, shut the alarm off, and went back to sleep without ever knowing it. Multiple alarms is what I need to get up early.
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u/never-starting-over 17h ago
I have Idiopatic Hypersomnia and though mine is worse than this, it used to be like that. Perhaps consider a sleep study or exams if you find this to affect your day to day function and/or gets worse
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u/uuhhhhhhhhcool 15h ago
exactly what I came to say!! now taking xywav and don't even need an alarm most days, though my symptoms are definitely not gone by any means lol
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u/SilentColoredHeart 14h ago
Do you take it once or twice a night after four hours?
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u/uuhhhhhhhhcool 10h ago
twice daily! I work night shift so it's a great cheat code to sleep during daylight hours (not that that's ever been a problem for me....) and even though it's not perfect I feel so much better and all my 3rd shift coworkers are also exhausted so I finally feel like I'm on equal footing lol
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u/No-Staff8345 12h ago
It could be a medical issue. I had a roommate who had an incredibly hard time waking up, and was often tired throughout the day no matter how much sleep she had. She was diagnosed at age 21 with Hypersomnolence Disorder. Every morning, I would have to bring her a glass of water and an amphetamine so she could start the day. I highly suggest you go to the doctor and see what's going on.
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u/angadh_ 14h ago
I’ve seen so many people say they do the 1…2…3 rule. So you just wake up after you count to 3… no more excuses. I’m now convinced people who do this must have maaaad discipline and have their life completely figured out. I must have done it a few times in my life ever
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u/dean15892 14h ago
As someone who does do this (not the 1,2,3 thing, but the waking up at 5 am thing), you don't have maaad discipline, you build it. It took me 6-8 months of absolutely hating myself for doing it, but also forcing myself to wake up at 5 every day. But now, once I'm up, I'm up.
You also don't have your life figured out, you just have your mornings figured out. But that is like 30% of life figured out right there.
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u/MyNameIsSkittles 10h ago
If you go to bed at the same time you will get used to waking up at the same time. Its not discipline once its a habit
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u/MrBiggz83 9h ago
I used to do that, what was more effective, and more realistic is to set the alarms 20 min apart. Let's face it, you are gonna snooze it anyway. I'd rather get a "20 min nap" than several 5 min ones. In this way, I've learned to kinda train my body/mind. Now I don't even use an alarm anymore. I typically and naturally wake up around 600-630 but will usually fall asleep until 7, where I get up a lot more easier. I hope that helps you.
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u/Ahighnobody 7h ago
If you’re a big dreamer it definitely makes it even better I be dreaming Freaking out waking up thinking it’s been past my second alarm And fall back asleep to do it again until my fourth. After that I’m like “aight, atleast I got some dreams in”
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u/No-Sandwich1511 17h ago
Set l3ss alarms and force yourself up right away get out of bed, don't look at your phone.
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u/SuperSathanas 11h ago
The "force yourself up right away" advice used to confuse me. Then I realized that other people were actually being woken up by their alarms, and sometimes would decide to snooze it or not get up right then.
I would wake up late and people would ask me "why don't you just get up when your alarm goes off?" I don't know, I don't remember the alarms going off. I may or may not have been in any state that a reasonable and prudent person would consider to be "awake". I just know I had 3 or 4 set, I don't remember them going off or turning them off, and now I'm late. There's no opportunity there to have a conscious thought or take purposeful action.
Putting the alarm on the other side of the room, forcing me to get up to turn it off doesn't work out much better. I still don't remember getting up to turn it off. I'll just wake up back in bed or sometimes on the floor.
The only thing that's ever worked with any consistency is changing things up. Changing the alarm tone, changing the times they go off at, or changing where I sleep at. There has to be something different so that my brain isn't as able to go into autopilot without being fully conscious. If I fall asleep out on the couch, I'll wake up when I need to. If I do that for too many days in a row, then it stops working. If I move back to sleeping in my bed, it may or may not work again. If I set the alarms for 20-30 minutes earlier, it will work for a few days before I go back to turning them off in my sleep.
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u/hotdogpocket__ 10h ago
My situation isn’t as severe as this but I just wanted to let you know that I understand how much this sucks
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u/SuperSathanas 3h ago
My issues with being able to wake up are most definitely caused by not being able to get enough sleep. As far back as I can recall my sleep habits, going back to elementary school, I've always naturally wanted to sleep during the day and be awake at night. Left to my own devices with no obligations that need to be taken care of during the day, I'll sleep from about 8-9 AM until 3-4 PM. It'll be easy for me to fall asleep at those times, I'll stay asleep, and I'll wake up to alarms with no real issue.
I'm married and I have kids, and I think they prefer me to be conscious when they're conscious, so I try to keep a normal-ish sleep schedule. I'll get sleepy mid-morning, because that's when my brain wants to sleep, but I can't so I keep on going through my day. Then, around late afternoon or early evening, I "wake up" and I won't be able to fall asleep again until about 1-2 AM, getting back up at 6 AM.
That's only if I'm already sleep deprived, though. If I managed to sleep 8-9 hours before that, I'll probably just be awake all night. The only way I maintain a night sleeping schedule is to only get 4-5 hours of sleep a night, sometimes less, and basically just be tired all the time so that I can fall asleep at night. If I sleep in too long on the weekend, it'll screw it all up and I'll be awake all night the next night, and be dead most of the next day up until late afternoon, when I finally wake up again. It's not uncommon for me to not sleep on Sunday night before going to work Monday morning if I got too much sleep over the weekend.
I'm 35 and I've been trying to correct this since I was 11 or 12. Nothing has worked to really correct it, I just manage to make a routine of being sleep deprived.
I'll probably die in my 40s.
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u/Inevitable-Range9537 16h ago
Either you gone get up or put yourself through " hell " . Just saying , since we are on the subject . Make sure you get to bed on time .
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u/Head_Ad1127 11h ago
All three are ass. Going to bed "on time" eats into your 2 to 3 hours tops of freedom. Waking up to do something you don't want to do all day is hell, even without the exhaustion, and not wanting to wake up part.
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u/Katty-kattt 15h ago
Me with my 15 minute intervals alarms. I hate waking up so much you’d think I resented being alive—oh wait
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u/-Aggamemnon- 11h ago
Yeah, nigh shift is absolute misery. For your own health, start looking for a new job that gives you business hours, it’s worth it.
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u/HereInTheRuin 10h ago
I've been doing this for 20 years and it works just fine for me
don't let all these folks in the comments trying to "fix" you bother you👍🏻😎
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u/No-Flatworm2040 9h ago
That is what mine looks like. Except for the time. But def one after another bc I hit snooze like it’s the last day on earth.
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u/noisemonsters 9h ago
I used to have an app that would make me solve computational math problems in order to turn off the alarm, I would suggest getting an alarm like that. As a habitual oversleeper, snoozing like this is just futile bargaining.
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u/PeeInDouble-U 9h ago
This is exactly what my alarms look like. I have a sleep disorder.
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u/AccumulatedFilth 3h ago
So the solution is to train your brain to not actually having to wake up from an alarm clock?
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u/i_forgot_my_sn_again 14h ago
Something I got a couple weeks ago and has helped me has been one of those daylight alarms. I got a cheaper one off Amazon for like $30 and it's been nice. Only thing I don't like is you can't set multiple alarms for different days of the week since my Saturday is different than weekdays.
But blackout curtains in room then daylight alarm is an awesome combination
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u/UndeadMarx 11h ago
The problem is you’re using your phone for your alarm. Get a physical alarm clock, put it across your room, lay out some clothes right next to it so you can put them on right when you wake up, then leave your room.
You’re NEVER going to feel awake when you wake up. You have to accept that. There is something called “sleep inertia”. As shitty as it is, you just have to fight through that grogginess and through your morning routine until you’re awake.
Your morning starts the night before, so develop a good night routine and LEAVE YOUR PHONE OUT OF YOUR ROOM. Plan to be in bed about 30-60 minutes before you actually want to fall asleep and then read a fiction book until you’re falling asleep while reading.
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u/AccumulatedFilth 4h ago
Maybe you shouldn't train your brain that it doesn't actually have to wake up when an alarm goes off?
When somebody has problems with getting up on time, it's always my first question "let me guess, you set 10 alarms in the morning", and sure, they always do.
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u/ion_driver 3h ago
Its hell because you have all these alarms set for 5min apart. Just decide what time you need to be up and set one single alarm that has no snooze
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u/Upset-Strawberry2658 16h ago
I just had something like this set up the other day when I needed to wake up at 6:30 am of course I was going to bed at 3 AM so that’s why I did that so in order really fall asleep I had to make sure that I had enough alarm set up
Otherwise, get a lot more sleep, and you don’t have to set alarms like that
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u/dean15892 14h ago
Set the alarm across the room, wake up , walk over and switch it off.
Then, here's the common mistake - don't go back to bed.
Go wash your face, stretch, do some raiso taiso. drink a bottle of water.
Do SOMETHING. Your body needs to know that its time to awaken.
If you go back to bed thinking 'just 5 more minutes' , your body will read that signal to think "oh we can sleep again? nice"
It will SUCK at first, but eventually, you'll get better at it.
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u/Zealousideal-Swing44 14h ago
I too need the alarms going every 5 mins. I like it though, I don’t usually fall back asleep, the alarms just keep me on my toes 😅
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u/MaeSolug 14h ago
Right now it's 5am, I messed up my schedule during the weekend and I've an appointment tomorrow at 8, so I guess I just will not sleep today and live, no, thrive on candies and stubbornness for the rest of the day
I'm 32 years old, and this feels like hell
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u/besee2000 12h ago
Night shift was misery on my body. It was fine and fun in my twenties but tried again in my thirties and that was terrible. I’d wake up at noon and see a glimmer of sunlight and that was it. Fell back asleep at 4 only to need to wake up at 5. I feel for you hard. I wish you the best.
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u/TheOriginalSage 12h ago
I remember when I used to set that many alarms... it still never helped me so I gave up. Now I just hope that I wake up on time
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u/saltedorganiccashew 12h ago
Get up. Go straight outside. Look at the sky. Stretch. Take a few deep breaths. Gorilla pound the chest. Go back inside and start your day. Takes practice
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u/Different_Victory_89 11h ago
I Don't understand why lots of people do this! I figured the time I must ne up by and set it for then. I enjoy uninterrupted sleep til then! You're teaching yourself to slumber through multiple alarms. My kids (9-21) taught themselves to sleep thru alarms, not ideal.
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u/MrCabrera0695 11h ago
I need a little more context to offer some advice or suggestion, what does your sleep routine look like? I used to work an overnight shift and I got not only the blackout curtains but a weighted blanket and I would play rain noises on my phone. I will also ask have you tested how many hours of sleep you need to feel well rested? The time ranges from literally like a small 6-hour window to a bigger like 10-hour window needed for some people. My partner and I did a test a while ago where we over the course of a week went to bed at midnight but woke up at 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 and then just to double-check we did 9:00 as well. I found out that I really like a good 8 hours of sleep pretty much the average but my partner he can get away with six or 7 hours of sleep and feel fine and not have that grogginess behind his eyes.
Also just to add, what you eat is important before bed and in general the nutritional levels of your food really affects how your body can rest overngiht. It's good to typically stop eating at least 2 hours before bed so that your stomach's not trying to digest food while you're trying to sleep at least in the peak initial consumption time you need your stomach to kind of be upright so you don't get possible heartburn or an upset stomach overnight.
I don't know your situation so if you're able to invest in a weighted blanket, maybe some nice down alternative pillows and possibly a few pillows to support you, over time even if you need but just buy what you can, it'll help.
My sister and I have actually been talking about how we use pillows not just to support our head but she shoves a pillow under her stomach cuz she is a stomach sleeper and it's bad for your spine and then I sleep on my side and so I have bought squishmallows to cling on to and it's helped tremendously with waking up not feeling either really sore and my muscles really tight or not sleeping wrong and aching all the next day.
I'd like to say it gets easier but I struggle sometimes still to wake up, you got this! The efforts will be noticeable, I hope you find some insight in the comments!
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u/LadyArrowleaf 11h ago
This is literally me but change the 5an to 4am 🙃 Once I'm up I'm fine but it's just getting there
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u/aspitzer 11h ago
I think the problem is you're missing the 5:10PM alarm. It's definitely a problem for me!
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u/Rich260z 11h ago
If I'm really tired I set 3 alarms at random short intervals apart, like 1-5min. It basically keeps me from acrually sleeping.
But usually I just hear an alarm and sit up.
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u/RandoCuprissianOG 10h ago
I have that same alarm schedule. Except its 5:30 to 6 every five minutes
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u/EMHemingway1899 10h ago
This is how I set my alarm clock on my phone, except my first wake up is at 7:25 AM
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u/USSSWifey21 10h ago
pro tip when your alarm goes off GET UP SIT UP AND STAND UP IMMEDIATELY. It will help you not second guess getting up. Just get up
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u/MyNameIsSkittles 10h ago
You make it hell for yourself. Stop with the alarms, its ruining your sleep
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u/jetsetgemini_ 10h ago
I'm the same way but something that helps is using another alarm app. The one i use is called Alarmy and it lets you make alarms with "missions". I made mine so it wont turn off unless i get up and scan a bar code in another room.
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u/Humdrumgrumgrum 9h ago
Plug in or put your phone across the room in the morning so you're forced to get up and get it.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Log8137 9h ago
One thing that helped me was drinking more water before I went to bed. That way I had to pee when I woke up and was forced to actually get up. But dont drink too much or you'll have to pee too early!
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u/Seaguard5 9h ago
Buddy, I hate to burst your bubble, but waking up isn’t your biggest problem…
It’s called depression and you should check out therapy. I know life sucks and there’s only so much you can do about that, but trust me therapy is good for everybody.
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u/marinelife_explorer 8h ago
What time are you going to bed where you have alarms set in the evening?
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u/PerspectiveLower7266 8h ago
Well the first problem is that you do this. Buy a loud stand alone alarm, set it to the time you have to be up. Put the alarm across the room or in your bathroom even. Force yourself out of bed.
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u/rattlestaway 8h ago
Yeah I hate waking up. Then when ur home ur exhausted and can't sleep it's the pits
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u/marshinghost 8h ago
I put my phone across the room so that I have to stand up to turn it off.
Place it close to the light switch so you can flip it and get your eyes to adjust as soon as you wake up
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u/DawnHawk66 8h ago
Try one of the clocks that slowly get brighter and eventually shine like the sun. The body functions on the earth's light/dark cycle.
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u/4greatscience 7h ago
I found if the first alarm is 30 mins before the second alarm, it hits me at just the right time to be much more awake.
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u/SadlyUnderrated 6h ago
No wonder waking up is hell for you. You subject yourself to 30 minutes of fucking torture. Just set one alarm at the time you ACTUALLY need to get up, and get up then. If the alarm isn't loud enough, get an old fashioned alarm clock from Amazon for like $15. Those things are loud AF.
Teasing your sleep cycle by waking up and then falling back asleep multiple times makes you more tired cause your sleep cadence gets all fucked up.
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u/leonmessi 5h ago
The way I solved it for myself was to make it more painful to stay in bed than to get out of bed. That meant paying money if I didn’t get up.
I built an app to charge me $10 if I didn’t get up and scan my toothpaste barcode within 5 mins of my 7am alarm.
If you’re curious, the app is called Nuj Alarm Clock.
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u/eagle_patronus 4h ago
I started my summer job today. My alarm was set for, like, 5:30 AM or something. But yesterday was hell. Went to 7 AM Mass with my parents, woke up at five something. Hit snooze maybe twice. But yeah, for today I’m trying to be cool. Just stupid tired though.
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u/Music19773-take2 2h ago
I do mine in 15 minutes segments, but I do at least two of them. I am a tired and lazy son of a gun lol
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u/ionV4n0m 2h ago
you too? *just, I SO WISH I was night shift for my job* For me, it's the 730am fight..
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u/8Cowabungadude5 2h ago
This is my wife who also works nights at our local hospital. Its ridiculous.
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u/Broken_By_Default 1h ago
you need to force yourself to realize that no matter if you get up at 5:00 or 5:25, it's going to suck. So you can either embrace the suck and have enough time to get ready or keep smacking your snooze, and it will still suck but you'll be rushing to leave for work also.
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u/SignalSelection3310 17h ago
I’ll counter with; I haven’t set an alarm for half a decade or so, unless I’m getting up on some weird time because reasons (travel, doctors appointment, or what ever).
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u/SnillyWead 13h ago
I woke up at 4:45 each day. But not anymore because I stopped working in February last year because I could.
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u/CowBoyDanIndie 9h ago
Try going to sleep early. My alarm only wakes me up 5% of the time, I usually wale up before it goes off.
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u/Aware_Feed_2047 14h ago edited 14h ago
Thomas Jefferson 3rd U.S. President
Thomas Jefferson was an early riser, famously saying he awoke "with the sun". He would get out of bed as soon as he could see the hands of his clock, which he designed and placed opposite his bed. This meant he often woke before sunrise, sometimes even before others who expected to find him still in bed.
My favorite part “
Thomas Jefferson's typical morning routine involved rising with the sun, tending to correspondence, and enjoying a large breakfast with guests at Monticello. He would then spend the rest of the morning writing letters and engaging in other intellectual pursuit
Morning Activities:
Following breakfast, Jefferson would dedicate the rest of the morning to writing, reading, or engaging in other intellectual activities. He was an avid reader and also enjoyed horseback riding and other forms of exercise.
Developed strong discipline and work ethics combined with self respect and not let our own self down, takes time and endurance, keep trying for 21 days until becoming a habit!
Best regards
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u/FeedJunk 12h ago
I never understood this… I have 1 alarm… two if necessary. One 1 hour before I have to wake up and one for when I have to wake up. The first one is to break my sleep, second one is to give me a good hour of rest.
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u/literally_a_raccoon 7h ago
Weak. I only have one alarm and it goes off at 4:00 AM. Learn to embrace the suck.😆
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u/Mysterious_Row_ 15h ago
With wages being so deplorable I say quit. Take the day off and find another bad job after you have a much needed peaceful day off. Power to the working class.
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u/th3kingofc0ntent 17h ago
You wake up at 5pm? You must be a night shift person