How do you wake up like a workshop elf?

[PsykoDragon]

I'm having trouble waking up! I've already missed quite a few classes in college from oversleeping, & I KNOW there's more to come.

Let me tell you how I TRY to wake up first:

I always sleep at a time such that I can get at least 5 hours of sleep, which should be plenty (though of course everyone is different). If it was a holiday, I'd sleep for 12 hours at a time.

My cellphone wakes me up to the tunes of Sephiroth's theme from Advent Children. I snooze it multiple times & eventually, apparently, throw it across the room in my sleep.

15 minutes later my clock rings across the room, which I get up to turn off then go straight back to bed (not back to sleep, I never woke up in the first place).

So how am I supposed to wake up fully & easily? Please take into consideration that I prolly can't buy whacky gadgets like a shocker-clock or one of those alarms with which you need to solve a puzzle to stop.

Final note: Whenever any of my alarms ring, my first thought is that I don't wanna wake anyone up in my house, so I rush to turn it off. If I sleep THROUGH the alarm, I wake up to a faceful of fists (metaphorically speaking).

 

[Ballistic Bum]

Just find a reason to get up in the morning. Get up earlier to do something you like? That's what I do when I know I don't want to go to work on some days. Then I'm up, so I go to work.

That probably wouldn't work for a lot of people because that would mean waking up earlier, but it works for me.

 

[Fire Daemon]

Get more sleep. Take whatever amount of time you are over sleeping and minus that to the time you go to sleep. For example if you go to sleep at 12 and get up at 8 when you have to be up at 7 go to sleep at 11. Five hours does not seem like enough sleep for anyone and seeing as how you sleep for 12 hours on holidays. Your body clearly wants to get more sleep, you would be doing yourself a favour by listening to it.

 

[Ballistic Bum]

Yeah, that's probably the better option. Just go to sleep earlier.

What is it that keeps you up at night so late?

 

[stevetastic]

get someone to wake you up

 

[Reaperman Wompa]

Get an alarm clock with an annoying ring, sleep more and try to sleep with access to fresh air, an open window helps a lot also try to start training yourself with multiple alarm clocks, eventually you will wake up before your alarm goes off, maybe just by a few minutes.

 

[Yog Sothoth]

Yeah, you need more than five hours of sleep at night, that's exactly why you're having trouble getting up. Five hours is not even close to "plenty". Most adults need at least seven to eight hours a night. When you deprive your body of sleep, it adds up and you'll eventually have to make up that lost rest because your body keeps track of your "sleep debt". That's why your sleeping 12 or more hours on days off...

 

[zen5887]

Get more sleep.. Simple enough.

 

[Noamuth]

Sleep more and get a better alarm tone, something very uppity and almost annoying works well.

 

[Steeveeo]

Get a corgi.

It will TELL you when it's time to get up (and play).

 

[The_Prophet]

Sleep more, seriously. Go to bed earlier.

 

[Kaboose the Moose]

I use to fall asleep really late so I ended up getting up really really late. The minute you fall asleep sooner the easier it is to wake up earlier.

 

[EnzoHonda]

Sleep on the floor. Seriously. Fold a quilt in half and sleep on that (makes the floor a little softer without making it like a bed/futon). You will wake up waaaay easier.

 

[Graustein]

A simple alarm clock has always been enough for me. Granted, I need a shower before I can function, but I get up within seconds of the alarm going off.

 

[fedpayne]

NWA's Express Yourself is a very good alarm tone for me.

I used to have this awesome alarm clock when I was a kid, my Dad found it in some Moroccan market or something. It was shaped like a mosque, and played the Call to Prayer. LOUDLY. Also when I was younger I used to sleep up in this giant cabin bed, so I had to get up and climb down the ladder to turn it off.

But, like everyone else is saying, more sleep is the key. I always aim for 8 hours a night plus, and don't have any problems.

 

[GothmogII]

Simple answer: Guilt?*

No need for alarm clocks, or even sleep. A good healthy sense of guilt with maybe a little dash of looming failure will get anyone up! Doesn't matter it you don't have anything to feel guilty about, just tell yourself how much you're letting yourself and everyone else down, whether it's true or not, just to get things moving.

(Warning: Side-effects may include insomnia, depression, paranoia, stomach cramps, weight loss, and other various un-specified crippling emotional problems, please consult you doctor before use.)

 

[orifice]

Attach electrodes to painful parts of your anatomy and wire them into your alarm clock! An electric shock to the nuts should do the trick!

 

[Kaboose the Moose]

Have multiple alarms as well. Like 20 scattered across your room in hard to reach places. That way you'll have to get up to turn them all off and you will start the day with a nice game of treasure hunt.

 

[Frizzle]

well, you need minimum of 2 hours straight every day to not die after a while.
4 hours if you sleep more than once a day
6 makes you able to function coherently.
8 is prefered for most adults, though most don't get it. As others have said, go to sleep earlier than you're used to.
I work shift work, so my sleep schedule rotates about every 2 days. The best thing to do is wake up to a song that you like. Usually something that starts out soft and works its way up in intensity. I used to use "New Born" by Muse. It's a great tune.

After that, as soon as you wake up, you have to sit up. You don't have to get out of bed, but you have to sit up to make your body realize that it's not getting any more sleep.

Also, do the fresh air thing, and keep a window unblocked so that the sun can come in. Natural light plays a huge factor, especially if you can aim it at your face!

Oh, and last point. Exercise. That's the most underrated thing. Go on a run during the day or something. Do some physical activity, and it will help you regulate your sleep.

 

[Eagle Est1986]

I have my TV set to turn on in the next room, it comes on at "indoor voice" volume and slowly drags me out of my sleep until my main alarm goes off 5 minutes later.

Also, exercise is important, I know it makes a huge difference to my sleep patterns, today for example, I feel like death because I haven't exercised for a few days.

I think the main thing is though, get more sleep dude, 5 hours just isn't enough.