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The Night owls guide to 6am

Nathan Kallman on October 05, 2020

Cover photo by Manidip Mandal on Unsplash I'm a night owl at heart. Hand me a controller or remote and I'll be happy 'til 2am. But after 4 yea...
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Nathan Kallman

Honorable mention: Drink water before anything else

This didn't make the cut as it is not something I do. Other people swear by it though, so I'll leave it down here.

Take a full glass of cold water and drink it completely before leaving the bed.

Personally I felt sick trying to drink that much water on an empty stomach, but it did wake me up. You do you I guess.

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denvermullets

the water trick is great, i used to do that until the cats became a problem with it. i didn't need to drink a full cup though, usually a sip or two was enough.

a thing i recently added to my routine a little while ago that seems to help a bunch with waking up - vitamin d supplements. it could be bs, it could not, i just know that i jump out of bed so much easier (and i was already a morning person) since i started taking them with my lunch.

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Ian Turton

I have a radio alarm clock, it only stays on for an hour so if I haven't woken up and moved by 8 am then this isn't going to be a work day. The only downside is if the internet is down in defaults to buzzer mode (and there is no point getting up if there is no internet as I WFH),

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Nathan Kallman

My alarm clock at university would only continue for half an hour! I learned the hard way how snoozing leads to missed classes.

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Junxiao Shi

Don't use any alarm clock! Always wake up naturally.
The only exception is on the days you have to catch a morning flight. However, nobody should fly this year.

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Nathan Kallman

That's great if you can do that daily! (also a sign that you have a very healthy bedtime schedule) I "wake up" at 10 when left to my own devices though...

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Junxiao Shi • Edited

My bedtime is all over the place: evening conference calls, late night bugfix, TV, Doom, …
As planned, it should be 23:00±0:30 ~ 06:00±0:30.
In reality, it's more like 00:00±2:30 ~ 06:00±3:30.
But still, no alarm clock. Natural wakeup only!

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Alex Janke

You guys get sleep.. ?

For me, I cannot remember anything in the mornings. Put a gun to my head and ask what I needed to do; just pull the trigger because I am incapable of remembering.

I heavily relate to this. Started to enter all my reminders in my google calendar and when I get up I just say "good morning" to my phone and a routine kicks in to tell me all the stuff I need to know (weather, meetings, my reminders, ...)

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Ricardo Enrique

my best alarm clock is the smell of fresh coffee.
bought a machine that you can program to grinder and brew coffee at a scheduled time (7am in my case), and it works every time!

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Phippsy

When I wake up, first thing I do is call the coffee shop and order a pick up coffee. It motivates me to get up, shower, get dressed and leave the house in a timely manner.

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Nathan Kallman

Needing to go somewhere definitely adds a motivation I don't otherwise have!

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JimCMorrison

Super valid points here Nathan. While I tend to run closer to the 6 1/2 hour mark on sleep, setting my phone out of reach has been a game changer for me!