Comments on: The art of the snooze http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/the-art-of-the-snooze/ Random musings from the radical feminist Christian antiracist left - some having to do with Ubuntu Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:45:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Eternalmoonlight.net » Life tips #8 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/the-art-of-the-snooze/comment-page-2/#comment-977 Eternalmoonlight.net » Life tips #8 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:14:17 +0000 http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/?p=218#comment-977 [...] The art of the snooze. [...] [...] The art of the snooze. [...]

]]> By: Mr. Boogie http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/the-art-of-the-snooze/comment-page-2/#comment-976 Mr. Boogie Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:13:52 +0000 http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/?p=218#comment-976 I don't really get this at all. I haven't used an alarm clock in many years and I have never had a problem getting up on time. Even when I have to get up earlier-than-usual for some special reason. I think you people are just making this stuff up or else you don't go to bed early enough so you can get enough sleep. I don’t really get this at all. I haven’t used an alarm clock in many years and I have never had a problem getting up on time. Even when I have to get up earlier-than-usual for some special reason.

I think you people are just making this stuff up or else you don’t go to bed early enough so you can get enough sleep.

]]> By: Marcus http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/the-art-of-the-snooze/comment-page-2/#comment-975 Marcus Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:14:42 +0000 http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/?p=218#comment-975 Great comments and suggestions. 2 Techniques work for me in the morning: Firstly, seeing as how the REM sleep cycle is about 4 hours, only sleep in multiples of 4 hours. So many nights near the end of a semester were only 4 hours long but I was more alert than my schoolmates who slept 6 hours or 10 hours. Quite often I'll wake up a little before the alarm because my REM time is over right on schedule. Second, I programmed a song that seriously irritates my girlfriend. Her squeals of rage at the sound of that song cut the haze of my dreams better than any alarm. :) Great comments and suggestions.

2 Techniques work for me in the morning:

Firstly, seeing as how the REM sleep cycle is about 4 hours, only sleep in multiples of 4 hours. So many nights near the end of a semester were only 4 hours long but I was more alert than my schoolmates who slept 6 hours or 10 hours. Quite often I’ll wake up a little before the alarm because my REM time is over right on schedule.

Second, I programmed a song that seriously irritates my girlfriend. Her squeals of rage at the sound of that song cut the haze of my dreams better than any alarm. :)

]]> By: jazz http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/the-art-of-the-snooze/comment-page-2/#comment-974 jazz Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:51:24 +0000 http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/?p=218#comment-974 The solution is very simple - DO NOT EVEN USE AN ALARM! People seem to rely on alarms instead of their natural instinct to just wake up. The people I know who oversleep the most often are those that have that stupid snooze button. Try this - do not set your alarm on an important morning. Believe me, you will start waking up a few minutes before your normal time because your body will know its time to get up and you will be so worried that you won't that you'll be staring at the clock all morning. The solution is very simple – DO NOT EVEN USE AN ALARM!

People seem to rely on alarms instead of their natural instinct to just wake up. The people I know who oversleep the most often are those that have that stupid snooze button.

Try this – do not set your alarm on an important morning. Believe me, you will start waking up a few minutes before your normal time because your body will know its time to get up and you will be so worried that you won’t that you’ll be staring at the clock all morning.

]]> By: KI http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/the-art-of-the-snooze/comment-page-2/#comment-994 KI Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:15:47 +0000 http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/?p=218#comment-994 Get divorced. Yep, i lived with someone who worked third shift and could not set my clock radio very loud in the mornings. So it was just loud enough for me to hear...and hit snooze 5 or 10 or 50 times a morning! Now that I live on my own, I put the clock radio across the room and turn the volume up so that it's just short of uncomfortably loud. I won't get out of bed for about 20 minutes, but I don't fall back to sleep either. Having my laptop next to my bed helps too, as I've found starting to surf RSS feeds in bed helps my brain leave that groggy state. I suffer from a couple of sleep disorders that are only partly resolved with medication, but this method has worked for me so far. Get divorced. Yep, i lived with someone who worked third shift and could not set my clock radio very loud in the mornings. So it was just loud enough for me to hear…and hit snooze 5 or 10 or 50 times a morning!

Now that I live on my own, I put the clock radio across the room and turn the volume up so that it’s just short of uncomfortably loud. I won’t get out of bed for about 20 minutes, but I don’t fall back to sleep either. Having my laptop next to my bed helps too, as I’ve found starting to surf RSS feeds in bed helps my brain leave that groggy state. I suffer from a couple of sleep disorders that are only partly resolved with medication, but this method has worked for me so far.

]]> By: alex http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/the-art-of-the-snooze/comment-page-2/#comment-972 alex Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:59:21 +0000 http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/?p=218#comment-972 My stereo system has a line-in, and I have an alarm program on my laptop. Between the two, I wake up to Avenge Sevenfold every morning at volumes that make my windows rattle and my neighbors complain! My stereo system has a line-in, and I have an alarm program on my laptop. Between the two, I wake up to Avenge Sevenfold every morning at volumes that make my windows rattle and my neighbors complain!

]]> By: Suzanne/Miraanda http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/the-art-of-the-snooze/comment-page-2/#comment-1006 Suzanne/Miraanda Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:02:22 +0000 http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/?p=218#comment-1006 I sit up and make sure I don't lie down again. Sometimes, though, since I'm pretty flexible, I almost fall back asleep in a "touching-toes" position. I sit up and make sure I don’t lie down again. Sometimes, though, since I’m pretty flexible, I almost fall back asleep in a “touching-toes” position.

]]> By: How Do You Make Sure You Wake Up? [Ask The Readers] | SyncEXPERT :: Synchronizes Data in a Bliss http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/the-art-of-the-snooze/comment-page-2/#comment-1008 How Do You Make Sure You Wake Up? [Ask The Readers] | SyncEXPERT :: Synchronizes Data in a Bliss Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:26:26 +0000 http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/?p=218#comment-1008 [...] working persona will regret? Share your tips, philosophies and wake-up war stories in the comments. The art of the snooze [...] [...] working persona will regret? Share your tips, philosophies and wake-up war stories in the comments. The art of the snooze [...]

]]> By: Puneet http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/the-art-of-the-snooze/comment-page-2/#comment-973 Puneet Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:21:35 +0000 http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/?p=218#comment-973 hi ... i once wrote a blog entry related to this topic. here is the link - http://puneetatsunysb.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-get-out-of-bed-in-morning.html i've tried a couple of things and finally found the most effective solution - i sleep facing the window. this way i manage to keep some track of time (like, how sunny is it outside) but, still, it doesnt work on a cloudy day :( hi … i once wrote a blog entry related to this topic. here is the link – http://puneetatsunysb.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-get-out-of-bed-in-morning.html

i’ve tried a couple of things and finally found the most effective solution – i sleep facing the window. this way i manage to keep some track of time (like, how sunny is it outside) but, still, it doesnt work on a cloudy day :(

]]> By: How Do You Make Sure You Wake Up? [Ask The Readers] | Life of a College Entrepreneur http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/the-art-of-the-snooze/comment-page-2/#comment-993 How Do You Make Sure You Wake Up? [Ask The Readers] | Life of a College Entrepreneur Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:21:05 +0000 http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/?p=218#comment-993 [...] working persona will regret? Share your tips, philosophies and wake-up war stories in the comments. The art of the snooze [...] [...] working persona will regret? Share your tips, philosophies and wake-up war stories in the comments. The art of the snooze [...]

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