Ask HN: How do you wake up? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: How do you wake up?

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Post by dasil003 » Tue, Sep 08, 2009, 7:20 AM UTC

neuromanta wrote: post #7

Try to get used to waking up always the same time. Every time I wake up early in the morning, I kiss my girlfriend, then get up, and after the bathroom I do some workout. Nothing serius, just to make myself fresher. And then, for about an hour, I work on my private project(s), until my girlfriend gots up too (she's a little sleepy :) ). Then have breakfast (ALWAYS have a substantial breakfast), and then I go to work…

I'm going to sleep right now so I can try this in 7 hours.

Re: Ask HN: How do you wake up?

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Post by cakesy » Tue, Sep 08, 2009, 7:22 AM UTC

I haven't used an alarm in about 10 years, and always manage to wake up at the correct time, even if it is 5am. My girlfriend is always amazed. I get up, have a shower, then go straight to work. I can be out of the house in 10 minutes. I find my housemates strange, the ones who fool around in the mornings having dinner, watching tv. I know I used to when I was a kid, but not anymore.

Re: Ask HN: How do you wake up?

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Post by cakesy » Tue, Sep 08, 2009, 7:22 AM UTC

dasil003 wrote: post #11

neuromanta wrote: post #7

Try to get used to waking up always the same time. Every time I wake up early in the morning, I kiss my girlfriend, then get up, and after the bathroom I do some workout. Nothing serius, just to make myself fresher. And then, for about an hour, I work on my private project(s), until my girlfriend gots up too (she's a little sleepy :) ). Then have breakfast (ALWAYS have a substantial breakfast), and then I go to work…

I'm going to sleep right now so I can try this in 7 hours.

You are going to try waking up and kissing his gf?? Good luck.

Re: Ask HN: How do you wake up?

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Post by michaelfairley » Tue, Sep 08, 2009, 7:42 AM UTC

Two alarms: One within arms reach, and another that I have to get up for, set 1 minute later than the close one. Always make sure you have an alarm out of arms reach from your bed.

Re: Ask HN: How do you wake up?

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Post by TeHCrAzY » Tue, Sep 08, 2009, 7:49 AM UTC

badtoken wrote: post #3

I've learned (and adapted) to the fact that I just can't get any reasonable work done in the first 3 hours or so of the day. I can ingest massive amounts of caffeine, go run a marathon, or whatever, but my brain just needs a few hours to get up to speed.

You might find that, like myself, you function much better in the evening and night. Even though I keep a normal daylight schedule for work reasons, I long to fall back to my natural rythmn: rise at 4pm, and sleep at 7 or 8am.

Re: Ask HN: How do you wake up?

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Post by taitems » Tue, Sep 08, 2009, 7:51 AM UTC

Sidenote: Mega annoyance. Why does the iPhone not wake for an alarm. I think pretty much every other phone in existance has nailed this?

Re: Ask HN: How do you wake up?

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Post by rmanocha » Tue, Sep 08, 2009, 7:52 AM UTC

Set a recurring alarm on my phone, snooze it a couple of times, head to the restroom, freshen up a bit and go play squash for an hour. Come back, take a shower, have breakfast and then get to work.

Re: Ask HN: How do you wake up?

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Post by grizzydot » Tue, Sep 08, 2009, 7:54 AM UTC

I've noticed I don't need an alarm to wake up. If I keep my blinds open, the sunlight along w/ any ambient noise always wakes me up after about 7-8 hours of sleep.

Re: Ask HN: How do you wake up?

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Post by andyjenn » Tue, Sep 08, 2009, 7:57 AM UTC

I have a small 3 year-old walk into my bedroom ~6am every day and jump up and down on the end of the bed saying, I want to have breakfast/watch Bob the Builder/brush the baby's teeth..

Funnily enough, this perfect alarm-clock never fails to wake me up!

Re: Ask HN: How do you wake up?

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Post by gwern » Tue, Sep 08, 2009, 8:01 AM UTC

How do I wake up?

I realize the inherent nonexistence of all entities and how they are all impermanent, and thus that all striving is striving for temporary results; the only true achievement is to dissolve one's karma and be liberated from the Wheel of Rebirth, never again to be born & suffer.

Then I have some tea and check my email.