Waking Up

[whytheheckme]

OK, so I need some advice.

It's really hard for me to wake up in the morning. The doctor says it has something to do with 2-4 hours of sleep, but I think hes lying...

Anyway. Here's the deal. My mom says that she's tired of trying relentlessly to wake me up every morning, and that she is going to stop trying. And she also said, that if I miss the bus, then she's going to charge me $50 to drive me into school, and there is no possible way that I can miss school.

Now for the second part of the dilemma. Alarm Clock. For me to set my alarm clock loud enough for me to wake up, it wakes up the whole rest of the family, and doesn't always wake me up. I have a surround sound in my bed, but again, this is very loud, and wakes everyone else up. This just makes them angrier.

So what should I do? The only solution that I have thought of was wearing headphones to sleep that is hooked up to my computer to wake me up on time (wireless headphones of course. Safety issues with cords.)

Any suggestions? I can't afford too many 'motherly' rides into school...

Jacob

[Alex Cormier]

How about something inside the pillow case that vibrates when it's time to wake up?

or!!!

you can make some robot that smacks you upside the head numerous time until you get up and turn it off via the backside of the robot in a 4 digit shut off code.

but, yeah. i like number 2 better.

[whytheheckme]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

How about something inside the pillow case that vibrates when it's time to wake up?

Great Idea!

We are teamed with the American School for the Deaf, and thats what they use to wake up (vibrating blankets, I think.)

I will try this tomorrow night. Sounds like a little EE project for tomorrow!

EDIT: Forget the EE project.. This is already built!

Originally Posted by Clark Gilbert

Bed shaking alarm clock!

http://www.soundclarity.com/productd...asp_Q_id_E_870

It's the best help I've got.

Jacob

[Clark Gilbert]

Bed shaking alarm clock!

http://www.soundclarity.com/productd...asp_Q_id_E_870

It's the best help I've got.

[Elgin Clock]

Mornings suck. I've always had a problem there. As of recently I have 5 Alarm clocks, and barely get up in the morning. (3 normal alarm clocks, cell phone, and computer alarm via mp3 to stereo).

Recently I discovered this: https://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/8f1a/

The most uniqe thing about that is not the mission statement, if you will call it that, of "This alarm clock will get you up. It's alarm is louder than a jackhammer!"

It's the "bed shaker" part that is attached to it. For less than your one time payment of 50 bucks for missing the bus, you can get this clock.

I'm going to purchase it now that finances have slowed (yay offseason lol)

Maybe make a deal with your Mom to front you some money for this, and then if it doesn't work.. idk.. lol

But I'm certainly trying it.

Good luck from one insomniac/deep sleeper to another.

Edit: Darn it Clark, thanks for getting the jump on me on this one. lol <rolls eyes>

[whytheheckme]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Mornings suck. I've always had a problem there. As of recently I have 5 Alarm clocks, and barely get up in the morning. (3 normal alarm clocks, cell phone, and computer alarm via mp3 to stereo).

Recently I discovered this: https://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/8f1a/

The most uniqe thing about that is not the mission statement, if you will call it that, of "This alarm clock will get you up. It's alarm is louder than a jackhammer!"

It's the "bed shaker" part that is attached to it. For less than your one time payment of 50 bucks for missing the bus, you can get this clock.

I'm going to purchase it now that finances have slowed (yay offseason lol)

Maybe make a deal with your Mom to front you some money for this, and then if it doesn't work.. idk.. lol

But I'm certainly trying it.

Good luck from one insomniac/deep sleeper to another.

Thank you so much for the suggestion. I just ordered one. I have enough dough in the old PayPal cougher to cover this... And it's cheaper than a ride into school!

OK. Now how about thinking of some ways to have a robot wake me up...

Jacob

[alphaone]

You could try getting a few more hours of sleep.. just throwing that out there..
Me, I used to have trouble waking up in the morning (well not waking up, just not wanting to because I felt dead tired). Then I discovered that if I left my blinds open just a crack, so that the morning light could come in as the sun came up, it allowed me to wake up much easier.

[Bharat Nain]

Sleep works in patterns so once you train your biological clock to wake up in the morning, it will automatically wake you up. The key is to set a schedule for yourself and follow it. The first few days might be harder but it gets easier. Read this page for more info.

[technoL]

Originally Posted by whytheheckme

OK. Now how about thinking of some ways to have a robot wake me up...

Now you just have to acquire the match starting sound and I'm sure you'll pop right out of bed every morning, autonomously carrying on with your daily routines.

[whytheheckme]

Originally Posted by alphaone

Me, I used to have trouble waking up in the morning (well not waking up, just not wanting to because I felt dead tired). Then I discovered that if I left my blinds open just a crack, so that the morning light could come in as the sun came up, it allowed me to wake up much easier.

I actually have a Skylight directly above my bed (I have a loft in my room. The skylight is about 4 feet from my head). This has actually helped me quite a bit since it has been installed.

Originally Posted by Bharat Nain

Sleep works in patterns so once you train your biological clock to wake up in the morning, it will automatically wake you up. The key is to set a schedule for yourself and follow it. The first few days might be harder but it gets easier. Read this page for more info.

Thanks for the greating reading info! Yeah, I hope that after a few weeks of using my 113dB vibrating bed device (which PayPal just accepted) that I can turn it down and let my body help get me up.

Originally Posted by technoL

Now you just have to acquire the match starting sound and I'm sure you'll pop right out of bed every morning, autonomously carrying on with your daily routines.

YES!!!!!! I REALLY WANT TO DO THIS!!!! All of those sounds are not available, at least not the official ones (I think.. right?) I'm sure the CHARGE sound would not be hard to find though.

Originally Posted by alphaone

You could try getting a few more hours of sleep.. just throwing that out there..

Yeah.... Think of all that wasted TIME though!

But you are probably right. I'm going to bed now.

Jacob

[Jeff Rodriguez]

I have to say it:

Go to bed earlier.

[Billfred]

I agree, go to bed earlier--but at the same time, consider some alarm where the ability to shut it off requires leaving your bed.

I know this works because I'm living proof. My alarm clock is on the far side of my desk, a couple of steps away over a precarious trek of Standard Dorm Room Pile Of Something. Meanwhile, my iBook (which I have an alarm set on that I use more frequently) is within arm's reach--and it usually gets a snooze button that puts myself half an hour off the pace before I roll out of bed.

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Originally Posted by Billfred

I agree, go to bed earlier--but at the same time, consider some alarm where the ability to shut it off requires leaving your bed.

I know this works because I'm living proof. My alarm clock is on the far side of my desk, a couple of steps away over a precarious trek of Standard Dorm Room Pile Of Something. Meanwhile, my iBook (which I have an alarm set on that I use more frequently) is within arm's reach--and it usually gets a snooze button that puts myself half an hour off the pace before I roll out of bed.

My alarm is across my room... however, I just go right back into bed after I turn it off... I've missed several 8AM math classes because of this... no big deal though. Heh...

[MGoelz]

Originally Posted by Budda648

My alarm is across my room... however, I just go right back into bed after I turn it off... I've missed several 8AM math classes because of this... no big deal though. Heh...

I have a problem with alarm clocks as well. I think I turn them off in my sleep. If I manage to not turn it off in my sleep (only happened when I found a corner on the opposite side of the room to put it), I wake up to a horse sound. Actually, it is rather amusing, because normal alarm clocks don't wake me up. I got this alarm clock free (I don't remember where) but it sounds like a neighing horse. It's really annoying though. The only thing that saves me from waking the rest of my family up with it is the fact that their bedroom are upstairs, and mine is down.

So maybe just trying abnormal, random sounding alarm clocks.

Also maybe try different psychological approaches. I once did an experiment about waking up. In one, I fell asleep thinking about what time I had to wake up, and I ended up waking up a few minutes before that time. I don't know if that was just a fluke or if it would really work.

Yeah, I do agree with setting a sort of pattern though. That used to work for me. You go to bed at the same time, wake up at the same time, and establish a cycle. It would take some effort, but it might work.

[John Gutmann]

I hate to say it but go to bed earlier. Trust all of us and trust me I am the same way and college was a big eye opener and I get up easier now. No offense but I highly doubt that your too busy to get everything done to go to sleep early. What do you have to do that you HAVE to do. go to school, come home do hw, eat and shower. there is no was you have 6 hours of homework every night. How much time do you spend on CD? How much time do you spend on aim? How much time do you spend watching tv?

-John