First, as someone already mentioned, you might need more sleep. What's your sleep duration if you sleep until you wake up by yourself? I'd test that on a quiet

First, as someone already mentioned, you might need more sleep. What's your sleep duration if you sleep until you wake up by yourself? I'd test that on a quiet long weekend, not during a busy day. Second, while I now use a lamp which ramps up the light before it starts to chime, I used music (instrumental and not to hectic) to wake me up. Music might get you something else to concentrate on while finally waking up. BTW, both ramping up lights and playing music at "alarm time" looks like a nice side project for a Raspi. Does somebody know about such a solution?