Quote:
Originally Posted by abaya
I don't have to do this anymore, but when I lived alone and had to set my own alarm, I wouldn't look at the time if it was really late (e.g. if I was going to get less than 5 hours of sleep--which happened all the time). I would just reach down, switch the alarm on (or set it, without looking at the time), and not look at the time.
I always felt that this helped my mind feel more rested, in not knowing exactly how LITTLE sleep I was getting... because if I knew that was getting 3 hours instead of 6, for example, then I might dwell on it and let the idea of 3 hours of sleep tire me out, instead of pushing through it and using adrenaline to get me through the day. Ignorance was bliss, in that situation.
|
That takes self-discipline I will never have.
If I have to get up on an alarm, it's guaranteed that I will wake up several times in the night just to look at the clock, and then I will lay awake beating myself up about how I need to fall asleep again. So I try to avoid using an alarm by just getting up at the same time every day.