in recent years ive tried several strategies with little or no success. for a start, its been more than a decade now -meaning a third of my life- since i set up every night 1) the radio alarm, 2) the tv, 3) the mobile, 4) the other radio alarm, 5) the watch alarm. they snooze at intervals of five minutes each, so basically i have to stand at least 25 minutes of noise before going back to sleep anyways. I allocate each device far from bed in order to actually having to get off bed and turn them five off. And i regularly am placing them in different places as im able to stand up and turn every one of them off almost eyes shut.
then of course when i was in college i placed the bed right beneath the window so i would wake up right away in those hot summmer mornings. then again i would rather sweat litres and sleep rather than head to the shower right away.
most of my girl friends have been used to give me a wake up call right when they wake up only to have no success.
back in 88 i remember my dad would get the habit of throwing a glass of water over my face DAILY!! so he could take me to school on time. that didnt work either. i would afterwards ask my stepdad to actually do the same... with the same result.
only during the past summer vacations i had to take 8 flights... i missed 4 of them - 50% of the total - because i couldnt get up on time. that cost me money by the way. i actually am not afraid anymore of missing flights as ive gotten used to it.
when i was in college one way to make it on time to the exams was to stay awake all night long. my first record was 52 hrs. then it was 54 hrs and then it was 61 hrs drinking coffee and smoking -oh, and studying too! im 33 now and cant make it anymore!!! when im asked to set up meeting hours i usually say noon as there is no way ill be lying in bed by noon, but gee, if i said 10 chances are ill be a) still trying to get up or b) shaving!!!
now, u might be wondering how come i havent tried the dog to wake me up. well, as a matter of fact i have. my pup slept in my room for a whole long year. he would start licking my face at 6am sharp. the very first days it worked. after all i had to feed him. after a couple of weeks even the face licking failed. whilst my g/f would get pissed and actually couldnt sleep anymore i developed a way to get him off me, meaning slapping him without hurting him.
its past 1am now and theres no way ill be off to bed soon. im wide awake. this means ill have trouble waking up tomorrow morning and i do have an important meeting at 10, meaning ill have to wake up at least at 8!!! wish me luck!!!!!!!!
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