Oversleeping: How to Overcome It
Some people have a harder time waking up to a schedule than others. Oversleeping may be caused by medications, medical conditions, or just individual metabolism. But the good news is that there are remedies -- many of them.
So if you're a person who has a hard time getting up, don't be down on yourself. If it were easy for you to get up on time, you would - easily. People who have trouble waking up just need to try different remedies until they find the right combination of tools, rituals, and disciplines.
So if you're a person who has a hard time getting up, don't be down on yourself. If it were easy for you to get up on time, you would - easily. People who have trouble waking up just need to try different remedies until they find the right combination of tools, rituals, and disciplines.
There Are Remedies for Oversleeping
Flying Alarm Clocks, Phone Calls With Jokes, Getting Enough Slelep -- Take Your Pick
Following is a list of such possible solutions. Fortunately, there are lots to choose from. You might want to choose one or two that appeal, and see if they help.
Some Tried and True Methodologies to Help You Get Up on Time
You've Probably Read These Before, But You Might Try Them Again Because They're Actually Very Helpful
Maybe you already do some of these things. Look the list over and you might decide to add one or two of the following to your repertoire.
- At bedtime, think ahead a little. Take a few minutes to reflect on what you have to do tomorrow and smooth your own path. Find your keys, consider what you're going to wear, maybe put coffee in your pot so it'll be ready to go. (Facing the morning with the a dearth of clean laundry or caffeinated products does add to resistance.) The more orderly and well-planned your morning is, the easier it will be to just lurch out of bed and slip into the program you've considerately created for yourself.
- When you set your alarm, be reasonable. If you're going to bed at 1:00 a.m. don't set your alarm for 6:00 a.m. if you don't really have to get up till 7:00 a.m. In the morning you will be will be plenty smart enough to figure out that you can sleep another hour, thereby running the risk of going back to sleep for a long time.
- Create some peaceful ritual around going to bed. Change into pajamas or some clothes you like to sleep in, get a glass of water or make a cup of herbal tea if you like. Try to eliminate hapazardness from the bedtime process. For example, don't leave the lights on or allow a blaring, flickering TV on to spoil your REM sleep. Heaven knows what infomercials could be leaking into your brain while you're unconscious of it.
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- Try to get enough sleep. Obviously, this is not always possible. But most people function best on 7-8 hours' sleep, so if you are consistently shorting yourself, plan to catch up from time to time.
- Put your alarm clock on the other side of the room so you have to get up to turn it off. You can buy several and set them to go off one minute apart.
Other Interesting Ideas You Might Not Have Tried
New Things to Try
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Put your bed near a window, leave the shades open and let the morning sun help wake you up.
- Try setting your radio alarm clock to a talk station. If you're interested in politics or sports, try a news or sports station. If you like trivia, put it on NPR. The idea is that your mind may gradually get interested in the content of the conversation, allowing you to wake up more easily.
- On the other hand, if you prefer a more antagonistic approach, you can try setting your radio to some kind of music you loathe. Try waking up to hip-hop if you like Bach, and vice-versa.
Try a Telephone Wakeup Service
Have Somebody Call You (Or Call Yourself, Yourself)
You can enlist the help of your telephone to wake you up. There are plenty of free and inexpensive services with many options to choose from.
- Wakerupper.com - Free Wakeup Calls and Telephone Reminders
- You can go to their website and make your own call schedule. You can leave a message for yourself via text (which will be read to you on the phone by a robot voice), or you can use a microphone and record a spoken message. The site is easy to use and fairly self-explanatory, but if you want to to watch a video that will describe the full list of possibilities, go to: http://blog.wakerupper.com/index.php/2008/05/demogirl-profiles-wakerupper/
- 6channel6.com - Another Free Wakeup Service
- Enter a reminder message in text on the site and it reads it to you when you answer the reminder call.
- WakeUpLand.com: Wake Up Calls, Reminder Calls - Easy, Affordable, Reliable
- WakeUpLand.com is not free, but it's cheap. This wakeup service will call and tell you the news headlines, local weather or a joke, if you wish. They offer a snooze feature on their calls wherein you can select from one, three, or five call backs.
You can pick from 20 pre-recorded reminder announcements or create your own custom message to be played back. They also offer group calls.
Try Something New: Get a Unique Alarm Clock
Relatively Inexpensive But Truly Amazing Alarm Clocks
Flying Alarm Clock
It's Bizarre and You'll Wake Up Laughing
Flying Alarm Clock Demonstration
Shake Yourself Awake
Bed Shaking Alarm Clock
Bed Shaking Alarm Clock Demonstration
Maybe As A Last Resort: Build Your Own Water Gun Alarm Clock
Of course, if you're technically adept enough to actually make your own squirt-gun alarm clock, you can probably write your own ticket, and they don't hassle you for being late for work.
Add Some Further Innovation to Your Alarm Clock Collection, If you Like
Not Just Your Parents' Old Westclox
Decide Which Approach You'd Like to Try
Then Let Us Know How It Worked
We're interested to hear about your experiences in trying any of these techniques or products.
And if you have other ideas that work for you, we'd love to hear about them.
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- I especially like this cuz the cat at the beginning looks like our Lobo, who we recently lost :(
Thanks for the great lens.
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