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Yes, I have. In a desire to change some bad habits, I stopped using alarms to wake up, and I configured my router to stop providing me Internet access from 11pm
by Flimm 8y ago
Yes, I have. In a desire to change some bad habits, I stopped using alarms to wake up, and I configured my router to stop providing me Internet access from 11pm every day. I also put a sign on my bedroom door, saying "this is a phone-free zone". The sunshine wakes me up. I kept this up at least for a couple of years. I genuinely feel like a morning person now, instead of a night owl that I used to be.
- ThoAppelsin 8y agoI can second to waking up with the sun part and even more. I have been waking up like that for over 4 years now, started after I have realized my brain is capable of even waking up 3 minutes before my alarm rings, almost consistently. Without an alarm to rely on, it ticks even better, and even without the sun I can wake up the time I want. I think everybody can do this, with just a little courage, and perhaps less caffeine. It doesn't hurt if you set an alarm to a time that is absolute latest you should be getting out of bed, requiring you to take a cab in a rush without shower or anything alike, and then even being 5 minutes late to your appointment. That assumes you commute via some slower/cheaper means. This is what I do when there is something really important and I never had to take a cab. It is all about trust in yourself, and getting rid of kind assurances (grace alarms) and self-restrictions helps.
- taborj 8y agoI don't live in an area where the sun can wake me up regularly, and I have a spouse to boot, but I do wake up without alarms. It took a bit of doing, but after shifting my schedule so as to be a morning person about 18 years ago, after a couple years of waking up to an alarm, I found I was waking up 1-2 minutes before my alarm. So one day I stopped setting it, and for the last 15+ years I've found my body naturally wakes me up at the same 5:30am (+/- 5 minutes) every day.