Alright, I'm definitely a little bit different (but I thought a group as diverse as MR would have someone like me in it). It all depends, but my official sleeping schedule is 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., but I usually have too much homework to fit that schedule, so I've changed it to *whenever I want to go to sleep, perhaps around 8 or 9* to *whenever I need to get up to finish what homework I need to get done, most often around 2 or 3 in the morning, but that depends on when I went to bed*. I always Always ALWAYS sleep in at least two hour cycles, preferably four (so 4 or 8 hours of sleep, but I'll deal with 2 or 6).
Laser47 said:
I really hate getting up so early especially in winter when it is cold. Since I go to bed around 12 I only get 6 hours of sleep, It makes it even harder to get up.
Ah, but that's the best part!
I'm one of those people who loves to work silently, quickly, and alone. I do my best work after a good cycle of sleep and waking up early in the morning. I remember doing a 4 hour cycle from 8 p.m. to midnight; man was that a great day! (That's not sarcasm either: I worked for about 6 hours before going to school and felt really prepared).
grapes911 said:
I used to do that. About a year ago, I moved my alarm across the room so I have to get up and turn it off. That is usually enough to keep me from getting back in bed. If I have something really important, I set my phone alarm exactly 1 minute after my normal alarm and put that across the room as well. If by some chance I go back to bed, the phone rings as I put my head down. Works every time.
I broke my alarm clock sometime last year (but I honestly don't remember how) and just woke up whenever I needed to on my own for a few months. It's actually probably for good riddance, since my alarm clock and the timers at In-N-Out have the same sound, so it really freaks me out when they go off and that feeling of needing to start my body up and get into action starts. If you're ever in Long Beach and some guy turns his head really quickly when the alarm goes off and tenses a little bit, that would be me.
After my broken alarm clock, I started using my cellphone as my alarm. Annoying ring tone (just default) + vibrate + rattling of what's on my desk, including coins right next to it = the best alarm clock ever. I've managed to forget to turn it on those settings (and left it on silent), and I've also managed to (I think) sleepwalk and pick up the phone, open it, and go back to bed with the phone, but those are the only two times it's failed me.
And yes, that's probably more than anyone could ever want to know about when I wake up.
-Chase
