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Re: Ask HN: How you wake up?

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Post by wallflower »

Please try, if you can, to get your phone out of the bedroom. Turn the ringer up if you need to receive calls at night. If you need an alarm, use an old fashioned alarm clock and put it as far away as possible.

If you are not in the habit of making your bed, making your bed is a quick win that can get your day off to a good start (as you have accomplished something, albeit small but it will be a habit).

There are many yoga stretches that can be done lazily while in bed. Like child pose.

Re: Ask HN: How you wake up?

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Post by michalpt »

I recently moved to San Diego from Central Europe and because some of my projects are based in Europe, my mornings (well if we can call them like that) are a bit tough :) as I wake up at 3:35 AM in order to be available to my European team during noon.

It is very surprising though, how a body can adapt to situation like this and after some adjustment period you feel rested even after 4-5 hours of sleep. The key for me is:

1. do a physical activity at least 4-5x times per week - swimming or running. 2. use Sleep Cycle app for iPhone 3. take my favourite DMAE pills 4. eat healthy

Re: Ask HN: How you wake up?

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Post by jungletek »

mattbgates wrote: post #11
viral_krieger wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>If I do set an alarm, I usually set two: one to remind me that I'm alive. The second to remind me that I have to get up. The first is normally set an hour beforehand, while the latter is an alarm set around a half hour before I have to actually wake up to let me know: Seriously, get up. Would you benefit from an extra half an hour of uninterrupted sleep instead of setting two alarms? I find myself worse off in the m…

I need the first and second alarm because if I don't set 2 alarms, I'll actually turn off whatever alarm there is and go right back to sleep. The second one tends to serve as a warning and I might hit snooze once, but that's all that is necessary, usually. I've set one alarm and slept right through it. I guess its a reminder to me to take life more seriously on the second one.

I use an alarm clock app on my phone (I Can't Wake Up!) which has an option to force me to complete small tasks (simple math problems in my case) to ensure I'm awake enough so that I don't turn off the alarm and go right back to sleep.

Re: Ask HN: How you wake up?

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Post by happyente »

I have a raspberry pi with mopidy connected to my stereo. There is a neat plugin called alarmclock that you can setup to choose a random song from any playlist provided by mopify. I usually use 666 paradox [1] if I really need to wakeup, it also helps that you cant easily turn it off without standing up.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxMmsGVzzb8

Re: Ask HN: How you wake up?

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Post by azdle »

I built a sunrise alarm clock. It's just two ikea lamps, two lamp dimmer modules, and a SmartThings Hub. The lights start dimming-on at 6:37 every morning (30 minutes 0-100%). I do have my alarm on my phone set still, but I'm normally up before it goes off, it's more a reminder to get out of bed on slow days. This setup works great for me, I've had it going for about three years now, I'm, no longer shocked to awake-ness by an annoying alarm rather as I slowly wake up as I become more aware of the light in the room.

FD: I'm just about to start working for ST, but I've had this setup for years already.

Re: Ask HN: How you wake up?

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Post by natemeier »

I feel kind of silly writing this, but when I started sleeping more (~8 hours/night) I stopped needing an alarm click. I naturally rise around 0700~0730 every day.

I try to keep other morning activities (web browsing, reading, etc) separate from time in bed. I go straight to the kitchen to boil water for coffee.

Re: Ask HN: How you wake up?

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Post by tikwidd »

I didn't really start waking up early on a regular basis until I started making my spouse lunches in the morning before she left for work. There is something about the sense of responsibility that gets you on your feet.
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