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Strangely I feel dizzy without alarm clock and it takes a bit too much time to get to high energy. With alarm clock there's a certain rush to jump into action.

by AhtiK 12y ago

Strangely I feel dizzy without alarm clock and it takes a bit too much time to get to high energy. With alarm clock there's a certain rush to jump into action. I wish I had the same rush without an alarm clock.

vanderZwan 12y ago
I know I'm going to state something obvious, but have you tried going to bed earlier? I've honestly met people who try to get up earlier, but don't realize the easiest way to get up early (in the longer term, of course) is to catch sleep early.
- AhtiK 12y ago
  My wakeup time is flexible so I have tried the whole spectrum, going to bed earlier (10pm) or later ~12am, ~2-3am. Waking up without alarm for all these sleeptimes feels roughly the same so I'm not sure if I'm a "lark" or "owl". My focus is definitely the best in the evening, just hate the slow fogginess in the morning and would like to switch to "lark" mode, unsuccessfully. Waking up with alarm makes me more sharp than without alarm but as the wakeup time is flexible it feels stupid to do so and I fallback to dizzy mornings and late-night work against ma inner will.
- garrickvanburen 12y ago
  This. It took me years to realize simply going to be easier was, not only the obvious answer, but also the cheapest & most sustainable. https://garrickvanburen.com/archive/how-i-learned-to-get-up-before-my-kids/ https://garrickvanburen.com/archive/how-i-learned-to-get-up-...
  - AhtiK 12y ago
    hah! Thank you for the link! Your experience definitely rings a bell -- I'm now a father of a 6 months old and I did my fair share of experiments with Zeo a few years ago. By the way, there is a special firmware going around for Zeo that if installed will store the data unencrypted and also enables sending "real-time" info to the serial port located at the back of the device (I managed to read this data successfully using a python script that was also provided). If you're interested in that custom firmware and realtime data schematics&code and not finding from the web, ping me and I'll look up from the archives! For me wearing zeo more than 5 days in a row became unfomfortable, how long did you use it constantly to get to this 6.30am wakeup time? You mention 18 months but I guess it's not possible to wear the headband for that many months in a row comforably?
    - garrickvanburen 12y ago
      Thanks. In my 18 months with the Zeo, I went through at least 5 headband sensors. In that time I wore it all the days I was home - which was most days.

by AhtiK 12y ago

vanderZwan 12y ago

I know I'm going to state something obvious, but have you tried going to bed earlier? I've honestly met people who try to get up earlier, but don't realize the easiest way to get up early (in the longer term, of course) is to catch sleep early.

AhtiK 12y ago
My wakeup time is flexible so I have tried the whole spectrum, going to bed earlier (10pm) or later ~12am, ~2-3am. Waking up without alarm for all these sleeptimes feels roughly the same so I'm not sure if I'm a "lark" or "owl". My focus is definitely the best in the evening, just hate the slow fogginess in the morning and would like to switch to "lark" mode, unsuccessfully. Waking up with alarm makes me more sharp than without alarm but as the wakeup time is flexible it feels stupid to do so and I fallback to dizzy mornings and late-night work against ma inner will.
garrickvanburen 12y ago
This. It took me years to realize simply going to be easier was, not only the obvious answer, but also the cheapest & most sustainable. https://garrickvanburen.com/archive/how-i-learned-to-get-up-before-my-kids/ https://garrickvanburen.com/archive/how-i-learned-to-get-up-...
- AhtiK 12y ago
  hah! Thank you for the link! Your experience definitely rings a bell -- I'm now a father of a 6 months old and I did my fair share of experiments with Zeo a few years ago. By the way, there is a special firmware going around for Zeo that if installed will store the data unencrypted and also enables sending "real-time" info to the serial port located at the back of the device (I managed to read this data successfully using a python script that was also provided). If you're interested in that custom firmware and realtime data schematics&code and not finding from the web, ping me and I'll look up from the archives! For me wearing zeo more than 5 days in a row became unfomfortable, how long did you use it constantly to get to this 6.30am wakeup time? You mention 18 months but I guess it's not possible to wear the headband for that many months in a row comforably?
  - garrickvanburen 12y ago
    Thanks. In my 18 months with the Zeo, I went through at least 5 headband sensors. In that time I wore it all the days I was home - which was most days.