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Get up early in the morning hack

  • 25-06-2013 11:30pm
    #1
    iliketomoveit
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭


    I have been using this technique or "trap" as I like to call it for the past three years, and it is great for getting me up on important mornings, when I have a lot of work/study to do, or just if I want to be up early.

    Basically what you do is lock a pair of speakers connected to your alarm in a container of some sort (make sure the speakers are loud enough to wake you up, and that you cant plug them out, or muffle them). I use a padlock and small chain, and lock my wardrobe shut.

    Then you get the key of the lock, and put it securely under a big rock or something, a five minutes walk away.

    Then you set your alarm for whatever time, and then when it wakes you, you have to walk to the place the key is hidden, and back again, then unlock and turn off the alarm, and by the time you are back, you will be a bit awake, and if you have placed the key far enough away you won't want to go back to bed, or will be able to resist the temptation to.

    Its simple in theory, but it takes a bit of planning to be able to outwit your desperate to go back to bed, morning self.


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  • #2
    amazingemmet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,057 ✭✭✭amazingemmet


    I actually used the exact same tip but would put the key inside a basin of water, nothing gets you going like having to plunge your hand into cold water first thing in the am.


  • #3
    A Primal Nut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭A Primal Nut


    Good idea. There is also an app in Android (I Can't Wake Up, if I remember correctly) where you have to solve a mathematical puzzle to stop the alarm. Another option is to scan the barcode of something in your house. Then when you wake up you have to go to that object, wherever it is in your house and scan it in order to stop the alarm.

    The problem with these is after a couple of weeks your sleepy self figures out a workaround to just turn off the phone in a desperate attempt to get back to sleep. :D


  • #4
    Access
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,359 ✭✭✭Access


    Just have kids....

    There is nothing like getting a kick in the head at 6 in the morning from your 5 year old who is sleeping upside down between you and the missus after sneaking into your bed during the night. :D


  • #5
    LandoCalrissian
    Registered Users Posts: 246 ✭✭LandoCalrissian


    Access wrote: »
    Just have kids....

    There is nothing like getting a kick in the head at 6 in the morning from your 5 year old who is sleeping upside down between you and the missus after sneaking into your bed during the night. :D


    Kids? That's one very expensive alarm clock :p


  • #6
    Timmaay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,394 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    A Primal Nut wrote: »
    Good idea. There is also an app in Android (I Can't Wake Up, if I remember correctly) where you have to solve a mathematical puzzle to stop the alarm. Another option is to scan the barcode of something in your house. Then when you wake up you have to go to that object, wherever it is in your house and scan it in order to stop the alarm.

    The problem with these is after a couple of weeks your sleepy self figures out a workaround to just turn off the phone in a desperate attempt to get back to sleep. :D

    Ha yep, bloody battery saving app, I would just go into that and turn the alarm clock app straight off.

    But anyways, if I really can't be late for something early in the morning, I just put the phone up on a high shelf, but still reasonably close to the bed that its loud. Vibrate on full also on a timber surface makes it louder again! Just do not let yourself fall back into the bed!!!!!


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  • #7
    peterwhit
    Registered Users Posts: 41 ✭peterwhit


    amazingemmet wrote: »
    I actually used the exact same tip but would put the key inside a basin of water, nothing gets you going like having to plunge your hand into cold water first thing in the am.

    must try that with my phone...


  • #8
    akthung
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭akthung


    I've really no trouble waking up early. In fact sometimes i want to sleep more but my body already wants to wake up, have coffee and sit in a quiet corner. i still get 7 hours of sleep every night. no need for alarm. i guess it's my body clock.


  • #9
    SpaceTime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,088 ✭✭✭SpaceTime


    A Primal Nut wrote: »
    Good idea. There is also an app in Android (I Can't Wake Up, if I remember correctly) where you have to solve a mathematical puzzle to stop the alarm. Another option is to scan the barcode of something in your house. Then when you wake up you have to go to that object, wherever it is in your house and scan it in order to stop the alarm.

    The problem with these is after a couple of weeks your sleepy self figures out a workaround to just turn off the phone in a desperate attempt to get back to sleep. :D

    I tried this and woke up late to find I had simply thrown my mobile out the window my sleep!


  • #10
    WRECK TANGLE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭WRECK TANGLE


    http://sleepyti.me/
    and
    then
    http://7min.io/

































    me hole


  • #11
    mr96
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭mr96


    To stop yourself going back to bed/sleep get into a cold shower. Bit of a shock to the system at first but just breathe slowly and stay under as long as possible. Trust me you will feel amazing afterwards


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  • #12
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,382 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    I used to just have my extremely loud alarmclock in another room.

    You can get special alarmclocks that make you work to turn them off. This one is a helicopter which takes off and will land randomly somewhere else each day

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Flying-Helicopter-Novelty-Alarm-Gadget/dp/B00BFCHSB6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1379423467&sr=8-2&keywords=helicopter+alarm


  • #13
    BeerWolf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭BeerWolf


    Put your alarm on the other end of the room, forcing you to get up - instead of you just reaching over to smack the SNOOZE button.


  • #14
    Cork selfbuild
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 649 ✭✭✭Cork selfbuild


    If you have to get up earlier than your OH, set your phone alarm on her side of the bed, she won't be long giving you a kick to get up and turn it off thinking its on your side of the bed when half asleep!


  • #15
    treeoflife145
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭treeoflife145


    mr96 wrote: »
    To stop yourself going back to bed/sleep get into a cold shower. Bit of a shock to the system at first but just breathe slowly and stay under as long as possible. Trust me you will feel amazing afterwards
    This is true. I do this sometimes. It's terrible and then it's great. :)


  • #16
    dmcg90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,778 ✭✭✭dmcg90


    I just sleep with the blinds open enough to let light in, lets you wake up naturally!


  • #17
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    dmcg90 wrote: »
    I just sleep with the blinds open enough to let light in, lets you wake up naturally!

    I did this during the summer months and it works great, however since the mornings are darker now it doesn't work. A good alternative is putting your bedside lamp on a timer switch.


  • #18
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,483 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    from Bargain Alerts

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=86965231#post86965231

    Sunrise Alarm Clock, Aldi Specials on Sunday - €29.99
    Potential bargain alert, if you have considered getting one of those well reviewed Philips wake up lights thingees in the past as they cost well over 100 euro.


    also this tip for the receipt ( I try to leave them in the battery compartment )

    +1, and not to mention Aldi's 3 year warranty. As soon as you take it out of the box, put the receipt in a small plastic sleeve and tape it to the bottom of this yoke. 3 years warranty assured.


  • #19
    TheCruiser
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭TheCruiser


    I had this yoke

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Suck-Almond-Clocky-Clock-Runaway/dp/B000PWLTNA

    and put it in my shower so I'd have to actually get in there to turn it off, by that stage, it was easier to turn on the shower than go to bed. Unfortunately the shower dripped on it and it died a death :(


  • #20
    TheCruiser
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭TheCruiser


    Has anyone heard of any android apps that use a preset radio station as the alarm? Would help to have loud human voices to wake me up...


  • #21
    Cork selfbuild
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 649 ✭✭✭Cork selfbuild


    Try something like this? This is only for Samsung but I'm sure a search around the Play Store will sort you out.l.

    FM ALARM


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  • #22
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,483 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


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  • #23
    Cork selfbuild
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 649 ✭✭✭Cork selfbuild


    Just came across this, don't know how google thought it was related to what I was actually looking for, but this would certainly make you jump out of bed...

    Wake Up With An Electric Shock

    Clicky

    be486da71292c346302f558155e6a6ee.jpg


  • #24
    Vinz Mesrine
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,833 ✭✭✭Vinz Mesrine


    Have a child!


  • #25
    Cork selfbuild
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 649 ✭✭✭Cork selfbuild


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  • #26
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,483 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Don't forget a good nights sleep, easier to get up when not tired.


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  • #27
    Mucco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 714 ✭✭✭Mucco


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    Just load it up with a few 50s


  • #28
    Cork selfbuild
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 649 ✭✭✭Cork selfbuild


    That's just the ultimate cruelness!!


  • #29
    oxygen
    Registered Users Posts: 852 ✭✭✭oxygen


    Cork selfbuild wrote: »
    Just came across this, don't know how google thought it was related to what I was actually looking for, but this would certainly make you jump out of bed...

    Wake Up With An Electric Shock

    Clicky

    be486da71292c346302f558155e6a6ee.jpg

    Can you actually buy this or is it just concept?


  • #30
    Cork selfbuild
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 649 ✭✭✭Cork selfbuild


    Think it's a concept fow now, but wouldn't be surprised to see it on shelves soon...

    Singnshock


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  • #31
    neilaccountant
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭neilaccountant


    seems reasonable.. might give what OP has suggested see if it works :)


  • #32
    Chet T16
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭Chet T16


    OK, after months of using my phones "smart alarm" i set an alarm without it this morning and it was greeted with a f*ck off and turned off. I woke up 2 hours later.

    The smart alarm starts going off 3 minutes before the actual alarm time starting really quietly and playing a fairly sedate and inoffensive tone. Without fail it has woken me up gently after 1 or 2 minutes. In 3 months i never heard my actual alarm tone and i never woke the missus or the kids with it.


  • #33
    BradClark
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭BradClark


    I tried using my smartphone (samsung note2) as a wake up alarm. Didn't go down so well when it woke up my gf and she threw it across the room. :/


  • #34
    donvito99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭donvito99


    What I do is set my alarm to full volume, and then fúck it across the bedroom on to an old sofa.

    Occasionally doesn;t work.


  • #35
    jaqian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,724 ✭✭✭jaqian


    I've a fail safe system for getting up. My phone is across the room with a really loud tune as the alarm. As soon as it goes off I get a dig in the ribs from the missus "turn that fecking alarm off" and thats it I'm up. Works every time lol


  • #36
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,483 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


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    Or something to turn on the light / open curtains


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  • #37
    e_e
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,464 ✭✭✭e_e


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Or something to turn on the light / open curtains
    I remember somebody on Dragon's Den had an invention that opened the curtains at a specific time.

    Only problem is it won't do much good here if it's half 7 on a December morning. :pac:


  • #38
    Eeden
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,912 ✭✭✭✭Eeden


    I could get up, get dressed, go downstairs, put out the bins, and yet still talk myself into getting back into bed for "just another five minutes"... (this has actually happened....!)


  • #39
    nofeelings
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭nofeelings


    Wouldnt be much use in ireland then so :)


  • #40
    DaveR1000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72 ✭✭DaveR1000


    Ed Bryne sums it up

    Linky


  • #41
    take everything
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,807 ✭✭✭take everything


    Any good android alarm apps that gradually increase in volume (natural sounds- birds tweeting etc) /increase in brightness.

    I have a thing called "i can't wake up" but it's either crap or i'm using it wrongly.


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  • #42
    Cork selfbuild
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 649 ✭✭✭Cork selfbuild


    My Samsung android build in alarm, has a "Smart Alarm" function, goes off 3 min before actual alarm set, soft low music, find it great, but I do set 3 alarms on the phone 4 or 5 min apart, I don't trust myself with snooze, eventually it annoys me into getting up.


  • #43
    hatchetshop
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭hatchetshop


    If I need to get up early I keep my watch on when I'm going to sleep. And I make sure it's tight. Not a foolproof method but decent.


  • #44
    Spring Onion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭Spring Onion


    hatchetshop wrote: »
    If I need to get up early I keep my watch on when I'm going to sleep. And I make sure it's tight. Not a foolproof method but decent.

    I don't get you, do you use poor blood circulation to wake you?


  • #45
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Cork selfbuild wrote: »
    Just came across this, don't know how google thought it was related to what I was actually looking for, but this would certainly make you jump out of bed...

    Wake Up With An Electric Shock

    I've often thought of a ghetto version of this but never implemented it. AC wall timer into a 12v transformer into an electric cattle fence pulse generator tied to the mattress springs. The mattress cover would dampen it a fair bit but it might work.


  • #46
    FudgeBrownie
    Registered Users Posts: 157 ✭✭FudgeBrownie


    I just use the most annoying alarm on my phone which annoys me so much I can't help but wake up.


  • #47
    lovinit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 227 ✭✭lovinit


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Don't forget a good nights sleep, easier to get up when not tired.


    p6W1vHI.jpg
    on an entirely different note this site lifehackable.com is brilliant :pac:


  • #48
    take everything
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,807 ✭✭✭take everything


    An eye mask helps get a deeper night sleep IMO. And as refreshed after 6-7 hours as I used to be with 8 tbh.
    Has certainly helped me. Tenner on eBay.


  • #49
    pwarren
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭pwarren


    Just drink a couple of glasses of water the night before. Works like a charm


  • #50
    kerry4sam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    What I do is set 3alarms!
    ~ One to 'Wake Up'
    ~ Two to 'Get Up'
    ~ Three to 'Get up or Be Late'

    Very seldom do I reach the third thankfully. Normally have 10-15mins between each setting.
    That's what works for me,
    kerry4sam


  • #51
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    I came on here looking for advice on this very issue.

    As a night owl all my life, I now have to leave the house at 7am on the dot to be in time for work. So for the past week couple of weeks I have been getting up at just after 6 to do just that.

    Number 1 life hack, to achieve this is go to bed early. I know it sounds obvious, but for me at least, there is no amount of caffiene in the world that even compares to getting enough sleep. For me enough sleep is about 7.5 hours. If I consistently get 7.5 hours per night, waking up is no longer the issue.

    Getting up and getting out are the next hurdles. Sometimes I go through what I need to do in the morning in my head, admittedly as a way of delaying actually getting up. The things I find help, is make sure all the clothes you plan to wear are off the clothes horse and in your bedroom the night before. Avoids unnecessary exploratory missions around the rest of the house/flat. Seemingly obvious stuff like having your bag packed the night before helps a lot as well. Its only 2 minutes in the evening and its the same 2 minutes in the morning, but in the morning that 2 minutes could mean the difference between catching your bus or luas, and not catching it.

    I'll post back with any more ideas I come with, but obviously doing as much stuff the night before is a big one.

    My bedroom is like a bomb hit it and I have read and been told that having a neat and minimalist bedroom aides both sleep and organisation in the morning so that will be something I'll be experimenting with next.


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