On Alarms and waking up
-
-
Dunno about how caffeine is absorbed, but not all injections are intravenous. Insulin for example is done with subcutaneous injections.
If that is the only hole you can poke in my little scheme, you are not trying very hard...
-
-
I'll take two!
-
not trying very hard
low hanging fruit are easy, just pointing out that the real issues are different from the IV stuff.
-
-
However it varies by person, which is the main cause why some people are "night owls" and others are "early birds"
I'm currently in the lovely situation of spending all night trying to sleep, most of the day trying to be awake, and then being absolutely wide-awake and alert from about 7:00 PM to midnight. My body just doesn't line up with reality. Doesn't matter how much I sleep if I do sleep well, my brain is a vegetable in the mornings and early afternoon.
-
I am utterly unable to be productive until about 10:30. I wish I could put that into my contract clause somewhere so I wouldn't need to get here before that time.
-
I wish I could put that into my contract clause somewhere so I wouldn't need to get here before that time.
You need a better lawyer.
-
My body just doesn't line up with reality. Doesn't matter how much I sleep if I do sleep well, my brain is a vegetable in the mornings and early afternoon.
I am utterly unable to be productive until about 10:30. I wish I could put that into my contract clause somewhere so I wouldn't need to get here before that time.
this.
i'm lucky to have a job where i can manage my hours, so i come between 10-11 am.
if needed i can get up earlier. but my brain will not.
-
I like getting up early. Not always at the moment I'm doing it, but overall.
-
I don't suppose there's any possibility of changing your daily schedule?
Because during my last holidays I basically worked during the night and slept until lunch time, and I was pretty productive.
If only bosses realized that some time flexibility can be a very good thing...
-
Hah! The worst part is that I'm probably one of the most productive guys in the office. I just cannot gather myself to do anything until my brain has had some time to acclimatize.
-
I don't suppose there's any possibility of changing your daily schedule?
Nope. We used to have fairly flexible office hours but that got put to an end a couple months ago.
-
Might be DSPS. There is the caveat that lots of people think they have it but actually have bad sleep hygiene. I used to work with a guy whose insomnia got so bad that one day he didn't get to sleep until 8am, slept for a few hours, came in at lunch time then attempted a full 8 hours after that, until the cleaners kicked him out
-
Might be DSPS. There is the caveat that lots of people think they have it but actually have bad sleep hygiene
That's an actual thing? Maybe I should file for disability.
-
I'm rarely woken by the alarm these days, nor the children. I guess I want to be up before them so I'm subconsciously waking up earlier. The wife has the alarm for 6:30 and the 2yo twins are usually awake before then. We have a standard LED clock-radio on the bedside table. Can't trust the phones that randomly change timezones or what-not.
To give a clue when I wake up, I usually catch the 6:40 train and the station is a 10 minute walk away. :)
-
I like getting up early. Not always at the moment I'm doing it, but overall.
NEVER at that moment.
FTFM
Today: woke up 20 minutes before my alarm, good thing, too... it wasn't set.
-
I don't think I have that, it's just that I very rarely sleep a full 8 hours. More like an average of 6 or 7.
I am functional in the morning otherwise I wouldn't be able to drive to work, but my brain refuses to do any real work until some time has passed.
-
I very rarely sleep a full 8 hours. More like an average of 6 or 7.
The 8 hour thing is a myth. Anywhere between around 6 and 9 hours is probably fine
-
Might be DSPS.
I think this probably describes me. I finally had a good sleep schedule and pattern going last year, but the holidays ruined it. A few consecutive days of sleeping in will destroy months worth of sleep habits and my body returns to wanting to be a night owl.
-
As a corollary, I actually like waking up early on weekends. The smell of coffee in a sunny, mild autumn morning at 8 am, sitting at my desktop feels fucking amazing.
It's the I-need-to-go-to-work part of the whole deal that sucks ass.
-
I've read of people that just take a caffeine pill 45 minutes before and go back to sleep.
Some sunlight (natural or artificial) also helps. I just reach my arm out for the light switch though. Without light I'm 90% likely to fall asleep again in 10 seconds.
-
Some sunlight (natural or artificial) also helps. I just reach my arm out for the light switch though. Without light I'm 90% likely to fall asleep again in 10 seconds.
Light does relatively little to me. I have even put lamps on timers. I will just pull the covers over my head.
Mostly, I just hate mornings.
-
To give a clue when I wake up, I usually catch the 6:40 train and the station is a 10 minute walk away.
I set my alarm for 7am last night and ended up being 5 minutes late to my 7am meeting.
I am not a morning person and I hate when people schedule meetings while I'm asleep that require my presence when my alarm goes off.
Oh well, it is a global work place and I'm the one that moved...
-
This morning my wife and I had this exchange:
Wife: "Honey, it's 7am."
Me: (rolls over and looks at the clock, it shows 7am.) "No it isnt, it is 6am."
Wife: "Noooo, despite DST, it is still 7am."
Me: "168 hours ago, it was 6am."
Wife: "So if someone wanted a meeting at 8am, you would show up at 9am and say you were on time?"
Me: "I wouldn't tell them that. If they want to meet at 8am, I would tell them to fuck off."
I hate mornings.
-
At Christmas I bought a stocking-stuffer that illustrated various handy knots - specifically for fisherfolk.
(Apparently) becuase of that I rec'd a Fishing Catalog in the mail yesterday.
I read the fool thing for 30 minutes last night when I should have been going to bed...
I hate the DST timechange.
-
Wife: "Honey, it's 7am."
Me: (rolls over and looks at the clock, it shows 7am.) "No it isnt, it is 6am."
Wife: "Noooo, despite DST, it is still 7am."
Me: "168 hours ago, it was 6am."
Wife: "So if someone wanted a meeting at 8am, you would show up at 9am and say you were on time?"
Me: "I wouldn't tell them that. If they want to meet at 8am, I would tell them to fuck off."
Somebody tell Google Calendar that when I set an appointment for 11am a week in the future, and 48 other states then decide to screw with their clocks before it happens, it does not mean I want the appointment rescheduled for 10am.
-
??? What states don't observe DST? Well, besides that weird ass area of the SW where you cross Indian reservations.
-
Hawaii doesn't, IIRC. Which makes sense, being at such a low latitude.
-
I read that first as "low altitude" and my reaction was, " does altitude have to do with it??"
-
been spending too much time around me you've started autocorrecting other people's posts?
-
She says as her post shifts around as she corrects it and the ninja edit is AJAX'd in... ;)
-
at least i've started self correcting my posts.... now i just gotta start doing it before i hit CtrlEnter
-
"On today's episode of @accalia's edits…"
-
One thing that helped me get the hell up in the mornings was a QR code in the bathroom - you neet to scan it to turn the alarm off. Sleep as Android (too lazy for a Google link, but it's an awesome app - @Onyx, might be worth a try) has this option, along with a few other puzzle modes. Also a sleep phase detector, but I found this rather useless.
There's nothing that can help you, though, if half the time all you can think about in the morning is just how flexible you can make your working hours...
-
What states don't observe DST? Well, besides that weird ass area of the SW where you cross Indian reservations.
Arizona. (And as previously noted, Hawaii)
-
-
Utah is considering it!
-
-
That's not a very good set of dominoes; all the pieces are the same…
-
it was the smallest gif of dominos i could quickly find. i wanted to avoid a 30MB gif. (or a 400MB one.... why did..... do not want!
-
Dominoes that wake me up aren't enough. I need dominoes that will make me breakfast:
-
@Polygeekery said:
What states don't observe DST? Well, besides that weird ass area of the SW where you cross Indian reservations.
Arizona.Bits and pieces of it anyway:
-
The Navajo Nation doesn't really count (those belgians).
@Polygeekery asked which states don't do DST, and Arizona doesn't. We don't control the tribes.
-
Blarg. My four alarms failed today so I rolled into work real late. Does anyone know of alarms that aren't just loud sounds for waking you up?
-
[s]There's one you can wear in your[/s] I mean, I remember @accalia talking about one that's a vibrating wristband…
-
that would be the fitbit. it also is a pedometer. a bit expensive if all you want is the alarm though. ;-)
-
Alarm clock + relays + klaxon = @locallunatic not sleeping through his alarm, but possibly ruining his mattress.
-
and if the klaxon doesn't work then a hydraulic ram positioned under the headboard and triggered by the relay will at least guarantee that he doesn't sleep through the alarm in bed.