I can NOT get to work on time.. Suggestions?

[tk149]

Originally posted by: MichaelD

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Have a roommate/wife/gf/parent grab your leg and drag your worthless ass out of bed.

Heh. Do what I do. Have two alarm clocks on separate nightstands/locations. I have one on the nightstand next to me, the other is far enough away from the bed that it's out of reach. I HAVE to get out of bed to shut it off. Works for me...most times.

Me too. Works well.

 

[murphy55d]

Originally posted by: Beau
Put your alarmclock across the room. That way you have to get up to turn it off.

Exactly what I have to do.

 

[StormRider]

Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Get a job that you like

Bingo! I've been arriving later and later for work. Lately, I've been getting there about 10 minutes late (but I stay 10 minutes later to make up for it). And I'm not really happy at work right now....

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: Beau
Put your alarmclock across the room. That way you have to get up to turn it off.

Tried that. When I'm really really tired, I just tell the alarmclock to leave me alone and I fall asleep again while the alarm is ringing...

 

[everman]

I just put my alarm clock on the other side of the room, it's so loud I can't stand it so I have no choice but to get up and shut it off. so that works for me.

 

[nd]

I have similar problems. Most of the suggestions given here haven't worked.

Move the alarm clock across the room? Doesn't make a bit of difference for me. I can unfortunately sleep through a lot and can ignore the alarm (even though it's a really annoying sound that I'm sure my neighbors don't appreciate). Also, when I'm "awake" enough so that the alarm DOES bother me, I usually just get up, hit snooze or turn the alarm off completely, and go back to bed. I'm not sure what's going through my head here, since by going back to bed I'm pretty much ensuring that I'll be late -- but.. that's what I do. Sometimes i repeat that 2-3 times before i actually get up.

Setting the time forward? Tried that, but my mind has never "forgotten" that I set the time to advance, so I'm almost immediately aware that I have more time than the clock says. After a couple days, I don't even think about it and just move up the threshold in my mind of when I have to get up by.

I have a few theories of why it's so difficult for me to wake up. It's mostly self-discipline I think, for me at least. My problem is that ever since high school, I've almost never had to wake up at a certain time. I've had 3 jobs (two at an engineering office, 1 at the University doing programming), and all 3 of these jobs didn't care what time I arrived as long as I get my work done. For college, attendance is almost never a requirement so I would often be late or skip my early morning class. I've found that if it's truly necessary for me to be somewhere on time (for a scheduled meeting, or whatever), I could usually convince myself to get up in time. It still sucks, though, because I can't get anywhere at a decent hour unless it's absolutely critical (read: severe consequences -- I usually accept mild consequences in exchange for extra sleep) for me to do so.

I'm worried what will happen if I ever get a job that requires me to be there at a certain hour, although if my theory is correct I should be able to adjust. I seemed to do okay in high school... and I had to wake up much earlier than I do now.

 

[biggiesmallz]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Have a roommate/wife/gf/parent grab your leg and drag your worthless ass out of bed.

LMAO!

 

[Cat13]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Get two alarm clocks, set them a few minutes apart. I don't start work until 6:30, but my first alarm goes off at 4:20. The next at 4:23. Both have snooze features.

The mental workout required to determine which alarm is going off and shut it off accordingly is enough to pull me awake, but it takes 20 mins or so of alternating snooze between the two alarms.

Viper GTS

Also try putting one in the bathroom or anywhere you will have to physically get up to shut that annoying thing off. The old time bell alarms work great for that . Then you will at least be out of bed!

 

[ultimatebob]

I had this problem, too. Here's some solutions that I came up with to fix it:

1) Turn up the clock radio to an irritatingly high volume. Your neighbors will hate you, but the loud noise will shock you out of sleep.

2) Move the clock radio to the other side of the bedroom. That way, you'll need to get up to turn it off. This works best when combined with #1, so the noise is annoying enough to force you out of bed.

3) Pick a radio station that you HATE. I like classic rock, but I leave my radio on the pop fluff station just to kick up and annoyance factor.

4) Set the sleep timer on your TV to go off the same time as the clock radio. Like the radio, make sure to turn up the TV loud, and make sure that the channel is tuned to one of those morning news shows with the annoyingly happy anchors.

5) If all else fails, get a job that lets you come in at 9:30.

 

[gordita]

Originally posted by: nd
I have similar problems. Most of the suggestions given here haven't worked.

Move the alarm clock across the room? Doesn't make a bit of difference for me. I can unfortunately sleep through a lot and can ignore the alarm (even though it's a really annoying sound that I'm sure my neighbors don't appreciate). Also, when I'm "awake" enough so that the alarm DOES bother me, I usually just get up, hit snooze or turn the alarm off completely, and go back to bed. I'm not sure what's going through my head here, since by going back to bed I'm pretty much ensuring that I'll be late -- but.. that's what I do. Sometimes i repeat that 2-3 times before i actually get up.

Setting the time forward? Tried that, but my mind has never "forgotten" that I set the time to advance, so I'm almost immediately aware that I have more time than the clock says. After a couple days, I don't even think about it and just move up the threshold in my mind of when I have to get up by.

I have a few theories of why it's so difficult for me to wake up. It's mostly self-discipline I think, for me at least. My problem is that ever since high school, I've almost never had to wake up at a certain time. I've had 3 jobs (two at an engineering office, 1 at the University doing programming), and all 3 of these jobs didn't care what time I arrived as long as I get my work done. For college, attendance is almost never a requirement so I would often be late or skip my early morning class. I've found that if it's truly necessary for me to be somewhere on time (for a scheduled meeting, or whatever), I could usually convince myself to get up in time. It still sucks, though, because I can't get anywhere at a decent hour unless it's absolutely critical (read: severe consequences -- I usually accept mild consequences in exchange for extra sleep) for me to do so.

I'm worried what will happen if I ever get a job that requires me to be there at a certain hour, although if my theory is correct I should be able to adjust. I seemed to do okay in high school... and I had to wake up much earlier than I do now.

This is scary......have the same exact *problem* and have been searching for an answer since last year.....
even went to a few temples and churches, but so far, nothing has helped........and YES, I love my job!