But she can write in quiet from 5:30 a.m. “I still fight it for the first post-alarm minute most days,” she says. Elisabeth McKetta stopped snoozing when she realized that, between her job and her family, early mornings were her only time to write. You can achieve a similar dynamic by doing something you really want to do when you first wake up. You were just too excited to see what the day would bring. When you were a kid, you probably felt no temptation to hit snooze on Christmas morning or your birthday. If you’re moving around anyway, it’s less painful to get up. The app “really helped since it times the alarm to my lighter sleeping, so I am not awakened from a deep sleep,” she says. People naturally go in and out of deep, don’t-disturb-me sleep and lighter sleeping (when you might wake up anyway if you hear a noise or need to go to the bathroom). Moriak also started to use a Jawbone, which has an app that monitors sleep cycles. If you have trouble winding down on time, try setting a “bedtime alarm” just like you’d set a waking alarm. “I decided I wanted to aim for eight hours a night, so I moved my bed time to 10:00 p.m.” Most nights she makes it into bed by 10:15 p.m., and is asleep before 10:30 p.m., meaning she gets her eight hours, and wakes up rested. ![]() and need to be up by 6:15-6:30 a.m.” This was not enough sleep for her. Monica Moriak quit the snooze button after realizing that “I was going to bed at around 11:00-11:30 p.m. If it’s not possible to sleep later in the morning, you can “sleep in” by going to bed earlier. One obvious reason people hit snooze is that they’re tired.
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