> One thing that's helped me in general is a light alarm - 30 minutes before the alarm, it gradually starts turning a light on. I can’t recommend this enough.

> One thing that's helped me in general is a light alarm - 30 minutes before the alarm, it gradually starts turning a light on. I can’t recommend this enough. I suffer from horrible seasonal depression which only makes getting out of bed during the darker months that much more difficult. I bought a light alarm last Winter and it was an amazing switch. Rather than waking up in an awful mood from a blaring alarm I wake up a few minutes before due to the light about 95% of the time and feel a lot less cranky and depressed in the morning.