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Before electricity, people went to bed about the time it got dark. WAY before midnight. Naturally, they'd wake up about daybreak because they wouldn't be tired anymore after 9+ hours sleep.
Before electricity, people went to bed about the time it got dark. WAY before midnight. Naturally, they'd wake up about daybreak because they wouldn't be tired anymore after 9+ hours sleep.
This happens to me whenever I go to Hawaii.
I naturally sync to the night and day. Bc the light/dark is way more even.
So I'll be ready for bed by 9 and up at 6. Totally naturally.
No one happily jumped out of bed full of energy and ready to go. But when people had to get up to go to work they didn't lay about turning off the alarm and then resetting the alarm for another 10 to 30 minutes. They turned off the alarm and got up or they fell back to sleep and risk loosing their job. Yes, some people are naturally evening cycle and most are day cycle. But that doesn't change the fact that back in the day very few jobs were over night jobs so you either got up in the morning or you started looking for another job. Hospital, police, and fire department have been traditionally a 24/7 work. Some where along the way even Walmart became 24/7. I wish I had a normal schedule but I've been doing this rotating shift for 16 years now. It's steady work that few are willing and able to do.
Yes people who just don't get up on time do lose their jobs. That was true decades ago and its true today. Ive watched a lot of young people lose their jobs for this. Hitting snooze or not liking mornings is not the same as actually oversleeping. I do use snooze but I set the first alarm early with the "snooze" time figured in. Some people prefer an extra ten minutes to slowly wake up. Some wake up singing like the birds and going on about the beautiful morning. I am not one of those people, I make ogres look pleasant before 7 am.
I had 1st Period planning for years as a teacher. I also had to cover 1st period classes for years for those teachers who couldn't get up on time. Day after day, week in and week out, year in and year out.
So I don't really consider not being able to get up as a cute foible. Had a Principal who was the same way, he rarely made it in before 10. School started at 7:45.
If I'd have to be at work by 6am, I would set the alarm for 4:45 then hit the snooze button every 9 minutes until about 5:20 then get up and get dressed and leave for work at 5:30. It worked out pretty good for over 30 years and was only late for work one time, when I fell hard back asleep and slept till 9am. I got what was known as a no-call for that day.
One thing my Dad used to do to get up was to take one of those old fashioned Baby Ben alarm clocks that used to buzz and vibrate. He would place the Baby Ben into a metal coffee can, and put the can across the room. When the clock went off it would rattle like h*ll inside the can. He would have to get out of bed to quiet the can.
I've never in my life used the snooze button. I set my alarm for when I want to get up, it goes off and I get up. I've never gone back to sleep and missed work or an appointment. The snooze button would do nothing but annoy me.
i don't use an alarm, i just get up.. after a few decades of getting out of bed at a certain it becomes fairly easy.. no matter what time i got to bed.. keeping in mind i don't go to bed 2 hours before i need to wake up..
For those who like to wake up gradually and gently, they make an alarm clock lamp. You set the alarm and the lamp will turn on at a very low power setting and take several minutes to get to full brightness to simulate the rising of the morning sun.
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