I’d bet my lukewarm coffee that in 1997 you woke up every morning to one of the following horrific sounds.
“Bee Bee Bee Beep… Bee Bee Bee Beep….”
or
“Bwaahhh… Bwahhh… Bwahhh… Bwahhh…”
Now, most of us have replaced our digital clock radios with our cell phones that offer less obtrusive sounds like a harp, a symphony, or a steamboat foghorn. But, let’s be honest. No sound is soothing enough to ease the pain of waking up suddenly. None of us have ever rolled over and thought, “What beautiful music. I’m so glad to be awake. I think I’ll immediately get out of bed and help a homeless person”
We spend the majority of our lives hating to wake up.
Not me.
I’ve learned how to wake up everyday at exactly the right time feeling good* with no alarm clock. It’s fantastic, but it takes some effort at first. Here are the steps I took.
1. Take all clocks out of your room.
2. Decide when you want to wake up.
3. Go to sleep.
4. When you wake up, get up.
5. Repeat this every day for two weeks (try to wake up at the exact same time every day)
That’s it. This method requires some faith and some trial and error, but it works.
You’ll be tempted to try this on nights that it would be okay to sleep in. Don’t do that, because you will. A healthy fear of oversleeping is the key ingredient your body needs to remember when to wake.
This isn’t a prank. I’ve been waking up this way for years, and let me assure you. Waking up naturally to silence is 1000 times better than having your unicorn dreams interrupted by a high pitched electronic scream.
Who’s willing to try this and report back?
NOTE: I still use an alarm clock on mornings after late nights or on mornings I have to get up especially early.
*exceptions: mornings after buffalo wings, mornings after someone I love dies, mornings Tyler has a better blog post than me, mornings I wake up in my parents bed
04/29/2010
Seriously