Do you use an alarm clock to wake yourself up every morning?
By maddysmommy
@maddysmommy (16230)
United States
May 13, 2007 11:03pm CST
Or does your significant other get you up? or do the kids come running in asking for their breakfast? or are the birds chirping loudly in the mornings?
If I have a scheduled appointment then I use the alarm clock on my cell phone to wake me up, if not, then I tend to sleep in and my son wakes me up when he wants to eat. Usually my hubby has to get up early anyway for work so I tend to get up with him and make breakfast for us if I'm not too tired LOL
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@disvachic (10117)
• United States
14 Jul 07
Being that i work overnights i am so used to being up at certain time in the mornings.I do not have an alarm.I wake up automatically at a certain time in the mornings.Sometimes i will lay back down and then wake up but no I dont use an alarm.
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
14 Jul 07
Sounds like your body clock works very well, mine seems to be broken at the moment and I tend to wake up at odd hours, especially since my husband is away overseas LOL
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@diannebcrs (1549)
• Philippines
30 Jul 07
Wow. I'd like to have a body clock... Unfortunately, I'm reliant on my alarm clock..
@nutea_anin (281)
• Indonesia
13 Jul 07
i always use my cellphone as my alarm in the morning.But sometime, before it rings, i already awake.And maybe because i always wake up in the same time ( around 6.30), sometime i dont need an alarm. I'll wake myself. It happend and happens over and over. So,i think my alarm is just in case i didn't awake
@diannebcrs (1549)
• Philippines
30 Jul 07
"But sometime, before it rings, i already awake."
* Hey, that actually happened to me, too, most especially when I'm not over fatigued. I don't know why but, like, three minutes before the alarm clock screams, I'm already awake.
But well, really need my alarm clock when I'm over fatigued. :)
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
13 Jul 07
SOunds like you have a good body clock that knows when to get up, thanks for respondig nutea and welcome to mylot!
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@iinvention (646)
• India
14 May 07
I use cell phone to keep alarm. I work in shifts, so i have to get up early in the morning in the first shift. My mom also get up early in the morning to prepare breakfast for me.
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
14 May 07
hehe your lucky that your mom makes you breakfast! I wish someone made me breakfast in the mornings LOL thanks for your response!
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
14 May 07
Yes I do - if I need to wake up. Like I have things to do that requires waking up early or definitely, or if I have an appointment to see to. Otherwise I will sleep till probably the sky roof falls. Then I may perhaps wake - if I have not got too comfortable beneath my blanket. :P
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
14 May 07
has the sky roof even fallen? LOL :P
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@Ashgun (472)
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14 May 07
I definitely need an alarm to wake me up! i use my cellphone alarm as well and i need the alarm so that i can wake up my husband koz he never hears the alarm lol and after that i have to prepare his coffee and breakfast while my he is preparing himself for work!
I think the use of the alarm is very important or else i will keep on sleeping like a little baby...
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
14 May 07
Yup me too! thanks for the response Ashgun!
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
13 Jul 07
He is a lucky man to have a wife to cook him breakfast in the mornings! My husband doesn't eat breakfast, thanks for responding maybey!
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@mimatexas (1818)
• United States
15 May 07
My husband is the one who wakes me up and I usually get up myself around 7:00 am. My daughter when she goes to college, she uses the alarm clock to wake her up. I wake up my son.
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@cyrile07 (236)
• Philippines
15 May 07
i usually have my alarm clock on and my alarm clock in my cell phone LOL so that i could really wake up early in the morning specially at my kind of work... alarm clocks really helps but i guess a human alarm works better LOL like when your partner wakes you up and or your kids :)
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@Inky261 (2520)
• Germany
14 May 07
On days when I have an important appointment early in the morning I use my alarm clock. Otherwise I let my dogs wake me up. They wake me much more gentil and they have a built in clock, too. They tell me they want to go outdoors and that is the easiest way to get me out of bed.
@hachimitsu (873)
• United States
14 May 07
I use my cellphone alarm on a daily basis to get up for school. Unfortunately I've grown so accustomed to it that when the alarm actually starts ringing, it seems I sleep walk to it and turn it off, then go back to sleep. I wake up with an adrenaline rush 5 minutes later, thinking I woke up late.
Occasionally my cats wake me up at 5 AM because they're hungry; they literally step all over me.
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
14 May 07
I've done that on occasion where i have turned it off, say to myself 5 more minutes and go back to sleep, then when I awake it ends up being 30 minutes later and I'm rushing all around the place to get ready and out the door. Thanks for your response hachimitsu!
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@danishcanadian (28955)
• Canada
13 Jul 07
When I am at home in Canada I use an alarm clock to wake me up, but when I am here in the States my fiance usually wakes me up before he goes to work. Sometimes I go back to sleep after he leaves, at which point I'll set the alarm in my cellphone to wake me up a cuple of hours later.
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
13 Jul 07
My husband does that from time to time and if my son is not awake, I go back to sleep too when he leaves. Thanks for repsonding danishcanadian!
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@neo_matrix (884)
• India
14 May 07
I use alarm clock very often as i think to Wake up in the morning it depend on the one's will power.Generally i wake up very early in the morning which i have almost made it a habit When i want to relax and know the next is holiday if i set alarm then also i will not wake up at the time at which alarm is set becoz i need to relax that day And i would have a very important work then i would wake up before the alarm goes on.
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@mummymo (23706)
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8 Jul 07
If it is a school day I usually use the alarm on my mobile to make sure that we do not sleep in but otherwise I don't worry - the kids or the phone will usually wake me up before it gets too late! lol As for getting up with my other half when he is on an early shift and making breakfast - that is a big no no - he usually leaves before 6am! xx
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
8 Jul 07
Hi mummymo. My son starts kindergarten in September and even though both of us are excited, I am trying to get the practice in now for waking up early LOL we both tend to sleep in a lot longer than others and only rise if we have something to go to. Now I have to get my son in the habit of getting up before 7 or thereabouts. Thanks for posting :)
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@Feona1962 (7526)
• United States
8 Jul 07
I wake up when my dog wants out..usually 5 am..I don't get up then..I usually just get up around 9 or 10..I am at home full time so no need for an alarm clock..There are some mornings the birds are chirping so loud that I swear they are on my pillow...LOL..
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
8 Jul 07
WOW 5am, I am still snoring then LOL I giggled when I read about the birds chirping as if they were right next to you on your pillow - that is some chirping (haha) thanks for responding Feona!
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@Feona1962 (7526)
• United States
8 Jul 07
I am trying to sleep but my boxer will do everything in her power to get me up..she bumps up against the bed, she shakes so her tags on her collar make noise..she whines if everything else fails...LOL
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@dolce_vita78 (8062)
• Philippines
10 Jul 07
sometimes i use an alarm clock especially if i really need to wake up early. but most of the time i just wake up on the dot even without the ringing of an alarm clock. maybe i am just used to waking up at the same hour in the morning. body clock i think. =)
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
10 Jul 07
Yup I think so too. My body clock is broken I think LOL thanks for replying dolce!
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@kimthedane (945)
• Denmark
14 Jul 07
Not every morning no, coz it aint every morning i need to get up early thus need my alarm clock. On days where for instance i am not working i will just wake up by myself. I hate being woken up by my alarm clock so only use it if i think it might be nessecary.
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
14 Jul 07
I quite agree my dear friend, I hate the alarm clock altogether, but need it when I need to get myself up early for something!
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