Get up early in the morning hack

Chet T16 · 16-12-2013 1:38am

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.

BradClark · 20-01-2014 9:38am

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.

donvito99 · 22-01-2014 4:25pm

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.

jaqian · 23-01-2014 2:34pm

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

Capt'n Midnight · 27-01-2014 9:27pm

Or something to turn on the light / open curtains

e_e · 28-01-2014 11:07am

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:

Eeden · 29-01-2014 11:29pm

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....!)

nofeelings · 29-01-2014 11:31pm

Wouldnt be much use in ireland then so

DaveR1000 · 21-02-2014 12:51am

Ed Bryne sums it up

Linky

take everything · 20-03-2014 1:23am

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.

Cork selfbuild · 23-03-2014 9:58am

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.

hatchetshop · 11-05-2014 8:05pm

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.

Spring Onion · 15-05-2014 1:40pm

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?

06-06-2014 1:01pm

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.

FudgeBrownie · 22-06-2014 10:44pm

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

lovinit · 24-09-2014 9:54pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

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

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

take everything · 26-09-2014 3:47pm

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.

pwarren · 15-10-2014 6:34pm

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

kerry4sam · 17-10-2014 12:10am

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

syklops · 19-02-2015 6:03pm

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.

Ayrtonf7 · 20-02-2015 6:59am

I've been getting up at 6ish every morning (excluding weekends but even then I wake up a bit earlier) for the last few months.

Luckily I'm a decent sleeper so I hit the bed by 10, have all my food/bags packed for in the morning, and treat mysel with a cup of coffee if I get up on time! Really helps me

Alf Veedersane · 20-02-2015 7:06am

Clothes for the next day are left out the night before. Bag is packed the night before, especially if I'm going training after work.

Once the alarm goes, I throw my legs out of the bed and get up.

The time from alarm to out the door is less than 25 minutes

Alf Veedersane · 21-02-2015 10:59pm

syklops wrote: »

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.

My room isn't minimalist, per se, but everything is put away and there's no visible clutter. The wardrobes are reasonably 'organised' so I know there's no clutter behind the doors. Clutter would annoy me but also I think it helps sleep that the space around me is in order.

While I think of it, I don't give myself much time to spare in the morning between getting up and getting out. It's not overly rushed but there's no time for lying there after the alarm goes off thinking about getting up. I found that helps keep me moving.

But it takes my brain some time to switch on in the morning so everything had to be laid out that I can get to work with everything I need and without having to think

Skill Magill · 22-02-2015 8:15pm

Tune-in Radio has an alarm function (possibly only the professional version) But it works for me

Mint Aero · 09-03-2015 12:24am

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

I can't physically or mentally do this.

Kevin McCloud · 11-03-2015 12:01am

Install an electric fence to your bed, have it on a plug in timer to come on 5 minutes after your alarm.

SepTomBer · 14-03-2015 8:41am

I'm always stuck in the bed every five minutes my alarm snooze... Lets try this thing.

syklops · 16-03-2015 11:16pm

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

Nothing will make me more likely to climb back into bed after the trauma of getting out of it than having a cod shower.

Thargor · 18-03-2015 11:49pm

Most modern tvs have a wakeup function, I can tell my Samsung to come on at 07:30 am Monday to Fridays only, listening to Eamonn Holmes and his vapid guests talking sh1t on Sky News usually annoys me enough to keep me awake.

melbite · 26-04-2015 7:45pm

I can imagine I'd still find a way to crawl back to bed

Get up early in the morning hack

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