It's impossible. If that's your answer to the title question... then read on.
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How to wake up in the morning? How to win the battle with a bed that refuses to release you from its embrace? How to avoid being lured by the 'snooze' button, which only seemingly prolongs your morning bliss?
Trouble waking up in the morning is a common plight for many of us. Prolonging the moment we get on our feet can become a habit! It starts innocently... With one or two snoozes we hit to silence the alarm.
Soon, things start to look more serious. Two snoozes turn into three, four, ten... Eventually, we find ourselves waking up two hours after the first alarm, rushing out of the house without breakfast, dashing to work/university head over heels, breathless and late.
And then...
Or perhaps there are ways to wake up in the morning? Has a miraculous remedy for heavy eyelids been invented? Maybe someone has fallen head over heels for waking up at dawn and now eagerly sleeps through the night to jump up at 5 and greet the new day?
We have to break it to you.
There's no magic button that will switch you into an early bird mode.
...however, we do know some tricks that will make the morning ordeal bearable, a mere 'minor inconvenience'.
Don't kid yourself you're Napoleon*
(* When it comes to sleep! We're not denying you the right to be a brilliant strategist!)
Apparently, Napoleon Bonaparte slept little more than 5 hours, and sometimes even 4. Unfortunately, most of us haven't been blessed with such a superpower.
Therefore...
If you want to wake up in the morning, you need to sleep well at night.
Simple, right? Now, repeat it twice, remember it, and put it into practice. Without proper sleep, there's no pleasant wake-up call. If you go to bed at 4 am and fool yourself into thinking you'll spring out of bed at 7 am – stop it immediately, because Napoleon is turning in his grave! Get enough sleep – for the sake of your body, mental well-being, and quality of life.
How many hours of sleep does a person need?
Good night, or sleep well
Take care of your sleep quality. Oh, you think that's nothing new? Well, then check, point by point, if you follow all the rules of healthy sleep:
- Appropriate bedroom microclimate. Air it out, get a humidifier. Stuffy air puts you to sleep (in the bad sense of the word).
- Comfortable mattress and a bed of appropriate size. Try to position it so it's not against the wall, especially if it's narrow and you're a night-time wriggler.
- Pitch black. Unplug all devices so they don't blink at you.
- Nice, pleasant, always fresh (!) bed linen.
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Don't convince yourself that the worse the sleep conditions, the easier it is to wake up. That's absolutely not the case. The worse the sleep conditions >>> the more tired you are >>> the harder it is to drag yourself out of bed in the morning. Unfortunately, that's the truth, and the truth can be cruel.
Don't sulk at your alarm clock
...it really makes no sense. An alarm clock won't apologise, won't bring flowers, won't change. It's programmed to work. And in its case, working means an effective wake-up call.
Look at it as a heartless robot friend. Let it drive you mad wake you up at the crack of dawn and let yourself be convinced that the alarm clock was created for your doom benefit.
Better? In that case, take that hammer out from under your pillow and let the alarm clock do its duty! Since it'll be with you all night, it's worth making sure it's as well-suited to your needs as possible.
You have three options.
Option No. 1 – for the moderately resistant to waking up
The best choice for people who don't like getting up in the morning, but (somehow/anyway/despite everything) always manage it, will be an electronic alarm clock. In many models, you can change the settings to suit your preferences. That means alarm volume, type, screen backlighting, and so on. In some electronic alarm clocks, you even have the option to set the wake-up call as your favourite radio station! Although this comes with certain risks...
Firstly, on the hour, adverts are often played, and it's hard to imagine a worse wake-up than a loud shout-out for household appliance promotions. Secondly, the wake-up might coincide with an interview or the news – if you sleep like a log or like a stone, or even like a dead log, a conversation is unlikely to wake you.
Option No. 2 – for the highly resistant to waking up
By way of explanation – we're talking about people who have set an alarm for 7 am and then dragged themselves out of bed about five hours later. Unfortunately, in such a situation, there's no room for compromise. Only a heavily armed warrior will help, precisely like a retro alarm clock.
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A retro alarm clock? Sounds harmless. It brings to mind the pleasant 50s and our grandmothers' youth. And we all know that anything associated with the word "grandmother" is pleasant, safe, warm, and/or tasty. So what's with this comparison to an "armed warrior"?
The trick is that the secret to the effectiveness of retro alarm clocks doesn't lie in their design – which is indeed charming and looks innocent – but in their construction, based on two bells. These dormant bells are harmless and pose no threat. But as soon as the retro alarm clock senses the morning's aura and the first rays of sun fall upon its face, the bells begin to sniff... And a moment later, it begins. A cacophony of sounds, a hellish racket, an extraordinary din that can wake even those who merely turn over when an electronic alarm clock goes off.
Option No. 3 – for hopeless cases only!
If you want to break free from the bed's dominion, and you feel that your relationship has all the hallmarks of a toxic one, because the bed has taken over both your body and soul... swallow your pride and seek help before it's too late!
The salvation is him, the super alarm clock, wielding a superpower – a power capable of getting you out of bed when all else fails...
Here he is – the LOUD ALARM CLOCK
The problem is that it's hard to recognise. It looks like any other random alarm clock. It can be modern or retro, electric or analogue, white, black, or polka-dotted. Therefore, to save you time and guarantee a wake-up, we've decided to create a special section for super alarm clocks. But be warned – it's really LOUD.
Waking up at the crack of dawn is no walk in the park. Taking care of good, healthy sleep is fundamental, but sometimes it's not enough. That's when the alarm clock has to step in. It's best to choose one from the many available here at FormAdore :) Why? Because our alarm clocks are so designer that they don't arouse aversion even in the most ardent sleep lover, and they are so effective that problems with waking up will quickly fade into oblivion!
And if you have a not-quite-grown-up sleepyhead under your roof, choose something not only loud but also colourful for them – from our kids' alarm clocks.
