c or d: setting your alarm clock to be a few minutes later than it really is in order to trick yourself into getting up faster

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it works, but it's deceitful!

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)

It stopped working for me.

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:03 (twenty-two years ago)

It never works for me because I wake up & think 'i've still got a few minutes due to the clock being fast!'

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:04 (twenty-two years ago)

"it says 8:00 but I know there are actually another five minutes until then--I can afford to doze them"

wake up at 12:30.

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:05 (twenty-two years ago)

No matter what Dr. Phil says, you can't fool yourself.

― My Huckleberry Friend (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Classic - my alarm is set ten minutes ahead. Its more due to me getting out of the shower and looking at how much tie I've got than actually getting out of bed. So long as I don't think too hard, at that time in the mornign I can be easily fooled.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Wot PinkP said...

― smee (smee), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:09 (twenty-two years ago)

it doesn't work. i set my alarm clock earlier than i need because i can't get up without first going back to sleep at least once.

― pete b. (pete b.), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:09 (twenty-two years ago)

huckleberry and dr phil are right ... this just doesn't work for me.

much much better -- setting the alarm clock for a hour before you really have to get up (i think it was tombot who said that one? whoever did, it really works and i did it even before it was mentioned.)

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I constantly keep setting mine a few minutes ahead of the few minutes ahead it was previously set at.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:11 (twenty-two years ago)

i can't psych myself out like this. i sucessfully deceive myself in lots of ways, probably, but when an extra five minutes of sleep are involved then my body rebels.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually when I think about it I have my clock at home set ahead exactly as long as it takes for me to shower/breakfast/dress and get to work, so it shows the approximate time that I should get to work if I were to get up right then.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:12 (twenty-two years ago)

even dudder than all of this: workplaces where they set the clocks in the toilets fast to make you think your break has been longer than it really has. this actually happens!

― pete b. (pete b.), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:18 (twenty-two years ago)

That's classic, Nickalicious! Talk about putting yourself in front of your responsibilities early in the day!

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Clocks in toilets? Whatever next.....

― smee (smee), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:22 (twenty-two years ago)

it's true!

― pete b. (pete b.), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:26 (twenty-two years ago)

But surely the expense of installing clocks in toilets (why? do people keep track of their toilet time, am I missing out on something?) negates the time saved by this cunning ploy?

― smee (smee), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:28 (twenty-two years ago)

What kind of people spend their breaks in toilets?

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Exactly!

― smee (smee), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:36 (twenty-two years ago)

toilet cleaners?

― pete b. (pete b.), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Well no, coz they'd prolly wanna spend their break away from their place of work...

― smee (smee), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:45 (twenty-two years ago)

that's true of course. i think the theory is to encourage people not to dawdle on the way back to work after their breaks. i'm not saying it works or anything!

― pete b. (pete b.), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:48 (twenty-two years ago)

I try to make sure I go to the loo when I'm *not* on my break.

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:53 (twenty-two years ago)

like i said it's a flawed strategy!

― pete b. (pete b.), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:55 (twenty-two years ago)

It doesn't work - I'm on to me.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 17:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Am I the only person dumb enough to fall for it every single morning?

P.S. Classic!

― Matt B. (Matt B.), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 17:57 (twenty-two years ago)

N otm.

I set my alarm earlier so I don't have to get up the instant it goes off.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

we do this, it's stupid, but it's a nice math workout in the morning

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 18:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I always fall for it, too. I wake up at ten, get up, shower, dress, and by the time that I make it into the living room to get my keys,....it's still ten o'clock. Works everytime.

The clock on my truck's dashboard is also fast. That way, I drive slower.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 18:02 (twenty-two years ago)

I used to have a clock with a propensity to get fast very quickly (maybe a minute a day?). So after a while I'd find that my clock would be up to an hour fast. Working out just how long I had left before getting up not only made me feel happy that I could still lie in bed, but the mental energy expended doing the arithmetic helped me wake up. I still do the arithmetic bit every morning today.

(tangent - I found an old watch of mine last night and when I wound it up, and smacked it a few times, it started working. However, I've since discovered that it loses at least 15 minutes a day nd is therefore unuseable. Is there anything I can do to recify this? It's a nice pocket watch, but it's not valuable or anything).

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 18:06 (twenty-two years ago)

it backfires on me (although i still do it). i wind up staying in bed too long, assuming my clock is ahead but since i've been doing this for 10 years i am never sure how far ahead my clock is exactly. usually i'm about 20 minutes late for work everyday.

x-post - smack it more.

― dyson (dyson), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Classic. It's most effective for me during the post-shower/dressing/breakfast time as well. That sense of relief when you get in the car and realize you have enough time to get to work is nice.

I combine it with setting the alarm an hour before I have to get up for snoozing purposes. Taking sides: getting as much uninterrupted sleep as possible vs. getting woken up by klaxons every 10 minutes to appreciate the fact that you don't have to get up yet?

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 18:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I set my alarm an hour ahead, and listen to R4 first thing. There's nothing like dulcit R4 tones 1st thing to massage your brain awake.

― Johnney B, Wednesday, 11 February 2004 19:06 (twenty-two years ago)

My partner always sets the clock between 10-20 mins early, I never know which, so when I wake up I'm instantly confused and have to go back to sleep again.

― Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 19:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I.E. What Dyson said.

― Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 19:13 (twenty-two years ago)

major dud. the wifee sets her alarm for like an hour and a half earlier than she really has to get up because she thinks those snooze sleeps are the best kind. also she turns the volume on the radio alarm all the way off. i don't get how she knows it's time to get up, but somehow it happens.

― JaXoN (JasonD), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 23:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Tell her she only thinks those sleeps are the best because she is so tired from setting the alarm too early.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 23:26 (twenty-two years ago)

What you do is set it ahead a few minutes blindly, so you have no idea exactly how far ahead it is.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 23:32 (twenty-two years ago)

...until you walk out, turn on your computer or cable box, and see the correct time and immediately know that your clock is 7 minutes ahead.

― Allyzay, Thursday, 12 February 2004 01:14 (twenty-two years ago)

aha but by then you're already up and out of bed!

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 12 February 2004 01:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I set my alarm clock an hour earlier than I want to wake up, with radio alarm. so i have the satisfaction of 'sleeping in' and letting the radio wake me up with the morning antics of big boi's neighborhood. also get to listen to rap music, the sports, and entertainment gossip with luscious liz. good times.

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Thursday, 12 February 2004 01:27 (twenty-two years ago)

eight years pass...

ughhh how to shot gettin up pls

― irrational angst that makes me innocuously thingy (darraghmac), Monday, 25 June 2012 07:39 (thirteen years ago)

get more sleep at weekends. i've been having hell getting up for the last two weeks where normally i find it easy, it's definitely due to more drinking and a few big long late nights...

― ooooiiiioooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaoooooh un - bi - leevable! (LocalGarda), Monday, 25 June 2012 08:14 (thirteen years ago)

i sleep like a drunk child at weekends!

― irrational angst that makes me innocuously thingy (darraghmac), Monday, 25 June 2012 08:18 (thirteen years ago)

i find also every half hour after 11 kinda costs me a lot the next day, esp if i'm up till 0030 or that kind of time.

― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Monday, 25 June 2012 08:39 (thirteen years ago)

Sounds like you're suffering from 'social jetlag' - sleeping different hours at weekends to weekdays, and knackering your bodyclock - http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/10/health/social-jet-lag-obesity/index.html

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 25 June 2012 08:44 (thirteen years ago)

there's an iPhone app called SleepCycle that uses the accelerometer to detect yr movement in bed. you tell it when you wanna get up by and, in a half hour window prior it figured out when yr most already awake and kicks in with the alarm. the idea is you wake better on a natural cycle than being rudely ripped from REM sleep. it's true, but lately I'm sleeping so solidly from 5 til 7 it still wakes me from dreams ugh

― Pureed Moods (Trayce), Monday, 25 June 2012 09:01 (thirteen years ago)

What's more, the body mass index (BMI) of overweight people tended to rise as the gap between their weekday and weekend "time zones" widened.

Hmm. My weekend timetable is only about an hour out from my weekday one now (don't go out much any more, live near work so I don't have to get up as early as I used to) and I'm still putting on as much weight as ever. Oh well.

It's only an hour's difference but I can't imagine doing without it. Then again, I'd have been surprised it could shrink this much a few year's ago.

― instant coffee happening between us (a passing spacecadet), Monday, 25 June 2012 09:03 (thirteen years ago)

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