I do this, though only on the clocks we use in the morning while getting ready with the kids - not the phones, not on other clocks. I'm about a decade into it,

I do this, though only on the clocks we use in the morning while getting ready with the kids - not the phones, not on other clocks. I'm about a decade into it, and like to think I'm otherwise reasonable. I hypothesize that it's effective not because I'm fooled, but because there's both an instinctive/intuitive process and a cognitive process that occurs when glancing at the clock. The former yields a sense of urgency while the latter is busy doing clock arithmetic.