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Posted by: Iluha Feb 2 2008, 09:51 PM

I'm serving in the Israeli army as some of you now, and I got just 11 months left now and I want to make this final year as stress free as possible! and one of the most stressing things I encounter is waking up in the morning(6 am), every morning is really a struggle to get myself out of bed, I think it's mostly related to the fact I'm waking up with an alarm clock but if I won't use it I just won't wake up in time..

So my question is if anyone who is in a similar situation has found a way to make waking up an easier task?

Sorry if the question is too odd

Posted by: fkalich Feb 2 2008, 09:54 PM

get 8 cats, and don't fill the dinner bowls before you go to sleep. you'll get up.

Posted by: Iluha Feb 2 2008, 09:56 PM

Yeah I can only imagine the horror :X but I need something more practical

Posted by: Smikey2006 Feb 2 2008, 10:25 PM

set the alarm for 5:30.. then set a second alarm at 6:00.. you'll get up to turn off the 5:30 alarm.. this is when you put on coffee.. back to bed.. 6am arrives.. and the coffee is done.. the morning becomes enjoyable ... or just go to bed earlier...

Posted by: Mr T Feb 2 2008, 10:32 PM

You probably don't have the luxury of having a stereo near where you are sleeping. But maybe this helps in other situations.

I use my stereo as an alarm clock and it will play a cd of my choice (no annoying sound). Then I just lie awake in bed for one song and get up after that.

Posted by: Iluha Feb 2 2008, 10:34 PM

I do a similar thing.. I use my cellphone as an alarm clock, and it's preety loud and I try changing the song it will play every now and then, but it doesn't work

Posted by: Melvyn Feb 2 2008, 10:38 PM

generally i wake up dead, dunno about most other people but thats just me.

What helps me get up in the morning is if i sleep in multiples of 1.30 (one and a half) hours, such as if you have to be up at 6.00 Am, then go to bed at about 12.00, or 10.30 PM

Posted by: Smells Feb 2 2008, 10:40 PM

similar waking up issues here for me too! I really should get to bed a little earlier tho, thats half my problem.

I use my mobile phone alarm as well has a 7 minute snooze on it, I should really be up by 7.30am but I set my alarm for 6.45am and hit snooze for 45 minutes I`ve usually come round enough by then to actually get myself out of bed.

whens 6am?? thats like the middle of the night init??

Posted by: Mr T Feb 2 2008, 10:44 PM

Snoozing is terrible. At least for me, I need to be asleep or awake and anything in between only aggrevates things. It will only make it harder to get out of bed when it's really needed. If you're not getting enough sleep I guess the remedy would be to go to bed a little earlier if possible.

Posted by: mattacuk Feb 3 2008, 12:01 AM

Fkalich is the cat man...

I just dont wake up this time of year with it being dark and all. In the summer i wake up naturally with the sunlight and I feel so much better to wake up natural

Posted by: Milenkovic Ivan Feb 3 2008, 12:36 AM

Well, if I wanna wake up early I make sure I go to bed early, like 8 hours minimum beofre I need to wake up. So if you wanna wake up in 6.00 without problems lay in bed by 10 o'clock. It is simple as that. Your day will be much healthier too.

Posted by: The Uncreator Feb 3 2008, 01:35 AM

I wake up and immediately listen to some kind of soft soothing song, and eat some good food, and take a nice warm shower, always gets me up right

Posted by: chast Feb 3 2008, 01:47 AM

I wake up and fall asleep again after 2 minutes, after some minutes I wake up again, try to keep awake, but that doesn't work that good
I just need some time to really get out of the bed, it's so nice and warm there
Especially if I dont have school, I wake up at 12:00 but when I get out of my bed it's 14:00-16:00.
If I have school I get out of bed, because I have to (well sometimes I dont get up evne if I have to )

Posted by: Iluha Feb 3 2008, 05:35 AM

I allready tried preety much everything you suggested.
More hours of sleep didn't help, and actually the ideal time to sleep is 7 hours, this is the time that is easiest for me to wake up, but even than it takes me a minumum of 10 minutes and lots of headaches and walking around like a zombie to wake up
Waking up 30 minutes before I need to.. tried that once, man it was depressing
In the winter it's too cold to get out of bed, and in the summer it's hot
I can't eat in the morning, it makes me nauchious..

Thanks for all the suggestions though ^^

Posted by: Stevie·Ray·Vaughn Feb 3 2008, 05:47 AM

I fell asleep in the shower and missed my bus once, my mom noticed when the shower kept running

Posted by: Mr T Feb 3 2008, 09:31 AM

Hmmm, have you tried lots of coffee?

Posted by: The Spartan Feb 3 2008, 09:44 AM

Take like 1 mg of Melatonin half an hour before u go to bed.You'll sleep like a baby and wake up like a horse

Posted by: fkalich Feb 3 2008, 10:58 AM

actually dogs are #1 to me.

Posted by: The Uncreator Feb 3 2008, 03:21 PM

Ha, Ive done this as well

Posted by: DeepRoots Feb 3 2008, 03:27 PM

Perhaps meditating before bed?

Works for some.

Posted by: Iluha Feb 3 2008, 04:47 PM

If I drink anything but tea in the morning I get a bad stomach ache the entire day :x

Posted by: Mr T Feb 3 2008, 05:23 PM

Got the same problem with coffee, but half a litre of tea helps me. I guess it doesn't help you... I'm out of suggestions

Posted by: Ayen Feb 4 2008, 04:54 AM

I usually set my phone to Calendar Alarm with custom messages, so when it starts ringing and I wake up, if you look at the outside of the phone it reads "Wake up, Neo". That somehow gets me out of bed

Posted by: The Uncreator Feb 4 2008, 04:55 AM

Haha, i gotta do that

Posted by: Iron King Feb 4 2008, 02:22 PM

How do I wake up in the morning?
hah, I don't, I wake up around 15:00 !!!

anyway
I know how you feel man, during my life I've gone through 2 periods of early mornings

The first was during a wilderness survival course in Northern Quebec. We had to wake up at 05:30 every morning. It was awe full. Getting out of the shelter and into the frosty morning was hell... the only reason I was able to do it was because I had a sergeant yelling at me the whole time.

The second time was when I worked for Electronic Arts. They expected us to be in at 07:00 which meant I had to get up at 04:30. I have never been so ready to give up at life... EVER. I would finish work at 22:00 and go right to bed (no guitar time!)

What I did was I had a coworker that had more luck in the morning call me. I instructed her not to hang up until I was out of bed and had the shower running. I found talking to a friend early in the morning really woke me up, you should try it

In the past I've also tried plugging my iPod into the radio, so when the alarm went off it would blast some Metallica to wake me up. Try staying asleep while some killer solo is being played on the radio... only problem with that was that I was sometimes late because the music inspired me to play some guitar before work

Posted by: DeepRoots Feb 4 2008, 02:25 PM

or to just stay wrapped up in bed listening to metal

haha i love giving that excuse to my school "sorry im late; Maiden were playing"

Posted by: coffeeman Feb 4 2008, 02:33 PM

I dont use any alarms or anything like that. When I go to sleep , I concentrate on my breathing and think in the hour that I want to wake up the next morning , normally is 5:30, and thats it your biological clock is the more acurrate clock that exists. I go to bed around 11 pm normally.

Posted by: The Uncreator Feb 4 2008, 08:25 PM

Best Excuse Ever.

Posted by: Iluha Feb 4 2008, 08:31 PM

Iv'e done that during school, most times it worked, but sometimes it didn't and while being at school I can afford being late or missing a class, I can't really be late to the army =p

I love the suggestion about a friend wake up call, but unfortunatly I don't know anyone that wakes up as early as me right now

And that Callender suggestion is preety intresting... only problem with it for me is that I put my cellphone to recharge overnight, so it sits preety far away from me, but if I'll manage to get it close I'll try it it sounds like it might just work

Thanks all!

Posted by: Mr T Feb 4 2008, 10:51 PM

What you need is a bucket of icewater and an alarm clock at the bottom of the bucket. This alarm should make tons of noice and the only way to deactivate it is to scan your eyes at the bottom of the bucket
Or, an alarm goes of and you have 3 seconds to move or something heavy will drop down on you.

Posted by: botoxfox Feb 4 2008, 10:53 PM

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Posted by: The Uncreator Feb 4 2008, 10:59 PM

Hah, i get up at 7:30 at latest, 9:00 am is sleeping in for me, everyone says im weird because of it

Posted by: Davidian Feb 4 2008, 11:03 PM

Uncreator... You're weird!




Sorry! Couldn't resist!

I always get up with the alarm of my cellphone. I try to pick the most annoying sound, so I have to get up to put it off.
It works... sometimes.

Posted by: Owen Feb 4 2008, 11:04 PM

Left undisturbed I will easily sleep till 1-2pm.

On school days I am awoken by the blazing overhead light in my room, its the most effective way to wake me up, a sudden dose of bright light, not pleasant but everything else I sleep through. ugh.. 7am

Posted by: The Uncreator Feb 5 2008, 12:12 AM

Hah, man i remember when i could sleep in for school, now i get up at 5:30 am

Posted by: Ayen Feb 5 2008, 05:56 AM

Hah, 1-2 is early for me

I'm usually up around 4 or 5, but I've woken up at 6 a few times.

I consider this a sport.

Posted by: slak Feb 6 2008, 07:06 PM

I used to do that and would always wake up 3-5 min before the alarm went off. Now I have kids so I don't need an alarm or anything else, they have best biological clock of all. It's spooky really, they can't read a clock but they always now if I'm late or early for anything.

Posted by: Bogdan Feb 7 2008, 02:19 AM

I actually not get up in the morning at all! But at 12-1-2 pm ehhehe I know its a bad habit but I can't change it easily

Posted by: jammer91 Feb 8 2008, 08:49 PM

OMG! Thats what i do. Except i set three. And still most of the time i turn all of them off. I once even woke up threw alarms at the floor and jumped back to bed. I was really unconcious and my mom walked past my room and was shocked when she saw small bits of my alarm all over the floor. Ever since then ive strategically placed my alarm clocks at the end of my room so i have to walk a bit.

Reading before going to bed really does help to. I find playing guitar without the amp suits me.

Posted by: Paul Coutts Feb 11 2008, 06:14 AM

yeah that's what I do.
I find I actually get a little freaked if I put anything heavy on....so I put ska on, puts me in the best mood.

(imagine, "I'm walking on sunshine" playing as your pulling the curtains open...like a cheesy cornflakes ad)