Well this is quite annoying. My alarm clock doesn’t function anymore. That is, it works fine, it would still scare the shit out of all the customers like it did that day in the store when I bought it. But nothing wakes me up anymore. I’m supposed to wake up at 5:00am, but there are a few scenarios that occur almost daily. Option one, I switch off my alarm clock in my sleep and I wake up later. Much later. I’ve only once overslept later than 7 am, but I generally oversleep at least an hour. Today I woke up on my own at 7. Option two, I snooze. And snooze. And snooze. And snooze. Until it’s at least past 6. Then I think, ‘wait how many times did I hit that button?’, and I calculate it must have been at least 6 times… but I never recall any of that. And then there’s option number three, I switch on the radio in order to wake up a bit and I end up falling asleep to the sound of a lullaby (when you’re tired, AC/DC songs are lullabies too).
Well apparently this means I have some catching up to do when it comes to sleeping. I realise now that I have been so incredibly sleep-deprived for so long, that it’s made me accept that 4 hours a night with regular disturbances in the middle of the night was all I got. Now I go to bed at 9 or 10 pm and I don’t even wake up at 5. This started me thinking, because I have two options: panic and try to keep up with the ‘get up at 5′ schedule, or take that extra sleep and go to work later. Given my flexible work times I’ve decided to go for the latter, which means I’m actually awake when I show up for work nowadays.
In the mean time, I’m going to have to find a new alternative for waking up in the morning. I’m considering getting me one of those Philips Wake-up Lights, but I don’t know, that’s mighty expensive for something that might not even work for me. Currently I’m quite out of other options though. A wake-up light, a foghorn, a bucket of icy cold water over my face and a marching band in my bedroom, now that might work. Hey percussion dudes, you might want to try a little harder. And bring more drums.
Eh thanks Billy ;)
Liessa, I’ve thought about getting myself one of those but I think that’s the surefire way to get extraspecial stress ;)
Let me see how I get on with getting up on time next week. If it turns out I don’t need my wakeuplight you are welcome to test it for a week or so :)
Also in response to the above: maybe ‘clocky’? http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/91f2/ (I’ve seen them in Amsterdam as well so you don’t need to wait for the shipment. Not cheap though :))
Or get something like this :)
I got a similar issue, and I just put my alarm somewhere else in the room, out of reach. Until I get used to it, and then move it again. Works ok enough for me.