Sleep Surrender
Why am I incapable of waking up before 7am? Honestly, every day for the past 3 years I have been running late in the morning. I love mornings. I love being up in the morning, but the act of actually getting up out of bed is another story.A while back, when I realized that my small bedside alarm wasn't cutting it b/c I would just use it to continuously hit snooze until I would inevitably be late for work, I asked everyone on my Christmas list to get me a new alarm clock, one that would get me out of bed. Brian got me a super expensive CD-radio-everything else combo that had all the bells and whistles, and assured that one of it's many features would lure me from my pillow every morning. My mom got me a minimalistic but very trendy looking alarm clock from Target that had 2 settings, alarm on, and alarm off. She said "put it on the other side of the room and by the time you walk over to hit snooze, you will be awake."
It worked.
For a week. That was almost 2 years ago. And still, I set my alarm (on a clock that is 20 minutes fast) for 6:35 every day, and every day I stand up (in my sleep) find the alarm clock, turn it off, and get back in bed. Then I wake up at 7. And I'm late...for everything...again. Any suggestions before I give up?
posted by Libby @ 1:47 PM
5 Comments:
Give in and be late with the rest of us.
I agree with anonymous! I'm afraid I do the exact same thing as you, only my alarm clock is set for 6:01, and this morning I didn't get up until 6:51 :-/
I found that I have an alarm clock on my cell phone. I program it for 2 different times M-F. One goes off at 5:45, the second one at 6am. I put it on the other side of the room. Yes, that means I have to get out of bed twice. Usually by the 2nd time, I am up. Saves on the cost of an alarm clock and I remember to charge my phone every night too. Works for me (and I HATE mornings).
PS. That doesn't mean I don't go back to bed after getting Amber off to the bus stop at 6:40am every morning) and BTW - I don't set my alarm again. :)
Story of my life too...what's the answer? Mind over matter? Coffee? I thought the older you got, the easier it would be to wake up. Any tips - I am all ears...
Ha! Looks like I've struck a cord.
anonymous - this has worked for me for 2 years - I am tempted to stick with it
jon - you still get up earlier than me and for that I am jealous
anonymous (aka Mom Bev) - this sounds brilliant! I have used my cell as a back up but only for special things, like if I have to go to the airport. I have no problem on such occasions! Must be subconscious.
anonymous - I have tried setting the coffee pot to brew automatically hoping the aroma will lure me out of bed, like in the Maxwell House commercial (or is it Folgers?) but alas, I am still asleep 30 minutes after it's done brewing. Maybe if I move the coffee pot into my bedroom...
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