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How do you wake up in the morning?

Posted 25 Oct, 2005 at 09:14 by wendy in /Home | Permanent link

This guy has a really interesting suggestion for using two alarm clocks to wake yourself up, the first one is very quiet and the second is just a backup. Personally I've never really needed the backup alarm, I usually find that a very quiet alarm is enough to wake me, and has the advantage of waking you up slowly if you're very deeply asleep. Sky manages to set his alarm for 30 minutes before he actually wants to get up, goes back to sleep, and then actually wakes up in 30 minutes. This does not work for me...if I go back to sleep after the alarm goes off, I'm asleep for hours. OTOH, he doesn't generally wake up to my really quiet alarm...

How do you guys use alarm clocks?

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My problem is that my sleep schedule has nothing resembling regularity. I can end up going to bed anywhere between 9pm and 2am, and wake up anywhere between 5:30am and noon. So generally, I need an alarm to wake up at the time I'm required to wake up, and usually it's set the way Sky's is.

It's a sucky way to get up, and I've considered getting a "natural" light hooked to a timer to give me a daylight feel when I need to wake up. The problem is I haven't figured out how to build a gradual brightner (negative dimmer) to it.

Posted 2005/10/26 21:28:38 by Kael
I use two alarms, or sometimes three if I really want to make sure I'm up by a given time. They're all incorporated into my phones: my cellphone has an alarm function, as does my home voice-mail service. I tend to set them on the early side, because I really enjoy being asleep while simultaneously being conscious of being asleep.

Back when I lived in residence, I would use my stereo system as an alarm clock. I'm fairly sure I levitated two feet out of bed the first time I woke up to "If I should fall from grace with God" by the Pogues at full volume.
Posted 2005/10/26 23:45:15 by Matt
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