I've found from experience, that focusing hard on the time you get up helps in waking your body up at the desired time.
Furthermore, my mother let me in on this trick (her mum taught it to her, and I find that it works): Tell your pillow out loud when to wake you up. I think it's more of the same at the bottom of it (focusing on the desired waking time).
This method typically does not fail me. I have a tendency to sleep through alarms, but I almost always wake up at the target time (or a few minutes before, sometimes!). Usually, I get up then loll around or go back to bed. But that is a willpower/discipline issue.
Furthermore, my mother let me in on this trick (her mum taught it to her, and I find that it works): Tell your pillow out loud when to wake you up. I think it's more of the same at the bottom of it (focusing on the desired waking time).
This method typically does not fail me. I have a tendency to sleep through alarms, but I almost always wake up at the target time (or a few minutes before, sometimes!). Usually, I get up then loll around or go back to bed. But that is a willpower/discipline issue.
When I wake up, my head hurts & buzzes and I generally feel awful. No matter how much sleep I've gotten. Occasionally I'll wake up with a clear head, but so rarely. That's what it all comes down to. I'm fully capable of being on time in the evenings, but mornings just suck.
At some point I took up exercise but that leds me to need even more sleep. But you're right, the problem is with the waking time. Even more, with what time I go to bed the night before.
This message last edited by Aeryn on 22/09/2010 at 01:01:27 PM
Any other chronically late people? Let's form a support group.
- 21/09/2010 09:16:54 PM
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I never get how people manage to be really late on a regular basis
- 21/09/2010 10:11:16 PM
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It's not arrogance.
- 21/09/2010 10:20:02 PM
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Okay then.
- 21/09/2010 10:28:37 PM
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This thread isn't for people who are on time.
- 21/09/2010 10:42:03 PM
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Waking up...
- 22/09/2010 02:57:09 AM
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and also getting out of bed.
- 22/09/2010 01:00:30 PM
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Hm. I have always been chronically 5-10 minutes late but my situation was similar. *edit*
- 22/09/2010 06:10:14 PM
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You average getting to work more than an hour late?
- 22/09/2010 07:18:38 AM
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I do agree with this. I have problems with tardiness, but on the scale of 5 minutes.
- 22/09/2010 09:50:30 AM
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Well I'm not on a time clock
- 22/09/2010 12:57:07 PM
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sorry but it sounds like arogance didn't miss the mark by a lot
- 22/09/2010 02:33:20 PM
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I have this problem mostly with work.
- 21/09/2010 11:13:15 PM
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I am never late
- 21/09/2010 11:17:40 PM
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I try to arrive early, since arriving on time is out of the question.
- 22/09/2010 12:54:06 AM
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*raises hand*
- 22/09/2010 02:50:25 AM
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my mother will be late to her own funeral
- 22/09/2010 08:40:43 AM
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