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

Re: Ask HN: How do you wake up?

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Post by JshWright » Tue, Sep 08, 2009, 11:45 AM UTC

andyjenn wrote: post #19

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!

That sounds oddly similar to my morning routine. Except my 3 year old is a dog, and not quite as vocal.

Re: Ask HN: How do you wake up?

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Post by carterschonwald » Tue, Sep 08, 2009, 12:03 PM UTC

Lots of sunlight in the face, then about 20 minutes later an alarm to unwrap the last bits of stupor

Re: Ask HN: How do you wake up?

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Post by yef » Tue, Sep 08, 2009, 12:05 PM UTC

Sleep in a room with a window facing east, get up when the alarm goes off, drink a cold glass of water, take some deep breaths, hop on the computer and drink a cup of coffee, then go for a run. By the time I'm back from my run, I'm "very awake".

Re: Ask HN: How do you wake up?

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Post by piramida » Tue, Sep 08, 2009, 12:16 PM UTC

cakesy wrote: post #12

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.

so you are kind of like a robot now no?

Re: Ask HN: How do you wake up?

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Post by tptacek » Tue, Sep 08, 2009, 12:47 PM UTC

dimarco wrote: post #5

snooze my iphone about 3 times, zombie walk to the fridge for some orange juice and then a shower. it's not recommended.

Doesn't the iPhone alarm kick ass though? It's the best alarm clock I've ever had.

Re: Ask HN: How do you wake up?

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Post by wglb » Tue, Sep 08, 2009, 12:50 PM UTC

Haven't used an alarm for i don't know how long. Wake up at desired time, although often wake up earlier and try to sleep a little more.

Then walk to the next room and log on.

Re: Ask HN: How do you wake up?

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Post by Flemlord » Tue, Sep 08, 2009, 12:56 PM UTC

I leave my curtains open and wake up around 6:30 when the sun starts shining. No alarm clock. Then I work out for 30 minutes, eat a light breakfast, and walk downstairs to work.

Re: Ask HN: How do you wake up?

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Post by dimarco » Tue, Sep 08, 2009, 12:57 PM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #45

dimarco wrote: post #5

snooze my iphone about 3 times, zombie walk to the fridge for some orange juice and then a shower. it's not recommended.

Doesn't the iPhone alarm kick ass though? It's the best alarm clock I've ever had.

You have no idea how many times I've turned my blackberry alarm off and thought I had hit snooze. the iPhone alarm is a thousand time nicer with 2 different mechanisms, touch snooze and slide off.

Re: Ask HN: How do you wake up?

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Post by sp4rki » Tue, Sep 08, 2009, 1:21 PM UTC

I take a bath ALWAYS around 11pm to 1 am on weekdays and wake up at 5:30am... Kiss my girlfriend goodbye, get dressed and head to the office. Her iphone and my blackberry both have alarms at 5:30ish. The reason I take a bath always before sleeping is because although I wake up at that time, I am really just asleep and on automatic. I wake up, get dressed, have coffee, drive to the office, have a morning cig, power up my hardware, and then like at 7:30 or so I start going out of automatic mode and wonder how the hell I keep getting to work and not noticing.

Re: Ask HN: How do you wake up?

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Post by yellowbkpk » Tue, Sep 08, 2009, 1:25 PM UTC

dimarco wrote: post #48

tptacek wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doesn't the iPhone alarm kick ass though? It's the best alarm clock I've ever had.

You have no idea how many times I've turned my blackberry alarm off and thought I had hit snooze. the iPhone alarm is a thousand time nicer with 2 different mechanisms, touch snooze and slide off.

You can also hit the volume buttons on the side to snooze it.