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I have a hard time getting up in the morning
I've just devised a system of alarms that I think is foolproof for myself:
1. I set three alarms on my phone x:55, y:00, y:05, where y is the hour I need to be up. My phone is loud, but the alarms only go off for one minute and don't repeat, so it has failed me more than once. The first two are songs, and the last one is the same as my phone ringing. My phone is on the other side of the room.
2. I set a dresser alarm clock to y:00. It's not that loud, but it will go off until I turn it off. The clock is also on the other side of the room.
3. My phone goes off at x:55. This at least wakes me for a moment, even if I do not get up and turn it off. I have a tendency, in my supremely groggy waking time, to turn off future alarms, but 3 of them is too much trouble.
4. At y:00, both my phone and the clock go off. This is too annoying, I must get up and turn them off. I have to turn on the light to find my phone (that's important).
5. This is the important part. It is still y:00. I don't want my phone to start ringing in 5 minutes like someone is calling me, because that is supremely annoying, but it's the last alarm, and I know if I turn it off and go back to bed I know I won't get up. So I turn it off and actually start doing things! It works!
Comments
What you need is one of these:
http://www.momastore.org/museum/moma/ProductDisplay_Clocky%20Alarm%20Clock_10451_10001_34315_-1_11451_11628_null__