What time do you get out of bed?

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GagHalfrunt

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Apr 19, 2001
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Her husband works nights and gets home at 8. As long as I'm up and out by 7:30 it's all good.
 

x26

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5:15ish, the office has contractual coverage starting at 6 so I cannot be a minute late LOL. The only benefit is not having to deal with traffic. Scraping windshields and getting dressed in the dark (the lady gets pissed if I turn lights on) is no fun.

^^ You are a PANZY !! ^^
 

IGemini

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About 9AM +/- 1hr. Only have to use an alarm for certain occasions. Work doesn't start until the afternoon.
 

radhak

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Way too early - totally involuntarily.
Whatever time I hit the bed, I wake up after a few (~ 4) hours of sleep, or around 6 am, whichever gives me less sleep. This morning I woke at 3.30am, and was staring at the ceiling.

My problem is that as soon as my sleep breaks, I go fully alert, thinking of things to do and all. Then more sleep is just a dream.

I don't know how to fix this - and I don't want to take sleeping pills, but the way things are going, I might have to. I am way to tired thru the day.

I envy the rest of the family - they could sleep till mid-day if let alone. And I am the only one to work from home! What a waste!
 

Jerem

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May 25, 2014
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3:30a for more years than I can remember. Weekdays, weekends, doesn't matter. About twice a year the alarm has to wake me up at 3:45a.
 

Thump553

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Jun 2, 2000
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Whenever the fuck I choose to do so...this morning...10 am

I also get up when I please-except it's usually any time between 3am and 6am unless I'm sick. The only time I use an alarm is when I have an early appointment or flight. The hours before dawn are the best times to get things done-for mental or office work I can get more done in an hour then than a usual full workday. I never tire of watching the sun come up.

I never understood the slugs that insist on sleeping away half the day-I'll sleep when I'm dead.
 

futurefields

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Way too early - totally involuntarily.
Whatever time I hit the bed, I wake up after a few (~ 4) hours of sleep, or around 6 am, whichever gives me less sleep. This morning I woke at 3.30am, and was staring at the ceiling.

My problem is that as soon as my sleep breaks, I go fully alert, thinking of things to do and all. Then more sleep is just a dream.

I don't know how to fix this - and I don't want to take sleeping pills, but the way things are going, I might have to. I am way to tired thru the day.

I envy the rest of the family - they could sleep till mid-day if let alone. And I am the only one to work from home! What a waste!


i've got the same mentality and sleeping pills don't help, you still wake up, you just feel physically groggy but the mental alertness is still there. it's actually worse, one time i thought i was going to have a heart attack.
 

PricklyPete

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Sep 17, 2002
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5:30ish. At office by 7, leave at 3pm.

On weekends my body rarely lets me sleep past 6:30. Kids rarely sleep past 7.
 

dat722

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On weekdays, 6:15am. 5min snoozes until 6:35am. Weekends whenever, but if it is past 10 I feel as if a day is wasted.
 

JimmiG

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Feb 24, 2005
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Used to be 4:50 a.m. about 1.5 years ago, but I've changed jobs twice since then. First it was 5:50 am and finally now I get up around 8 a.m. Meanwhile I cut my commute from 90 km to 62 km and finally to 6 km. It's pretty awesome and I wish I had done it sooner.
 
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05:30 if I am going to head out for a run before work, 06:15 if not, and around 07:00 - 08:00 on my off days.
 

clamum

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Feb 13, 2003
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Alarm goes off at 7:45 am (I have another one that's set for 8:10 am as well, cause I've been known to unwittingly turn off my alarm and wake up a couple hours later) but I usually don't get up until 8:15 or even a bit later. I'm trying hard to change this, cause I'm basically wasting 1/2 hour of sleep, but it's so nice to snooze. I think if I get more sleep it'll be a little easier to get up in the morning; 4.5 - 5 hours of sleep ain't enough for me.
 

TwiceOver

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Dec 20, 2002
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Way too early - totally involuntarily.
Whatever time I hit the bed, I wake up after a few (~ 4) hours of sleep, or around 6 am, whichever gives me less sleep. This morning I woke at 3.30am, and was staring at the ceiling.

My problem is that as soon as my sleep breaks, I go fully alert, thinking of things to do and all. Then more sleep is just a dream.

I don't know how to fix this - and I don't want to take sleeping pills, but the way things are going, I might have to. I am way to tired thru the day.

I envy the rest of the family - they could sleep till mid-day if let alone. And I am the only one to work from home! What a waste!

Just curious... Do you exercise regularly? As in actually putting in sweaty ass laborious exercise? I had the same problem, wake up 3-5 hours after falling asleep and be awake thinking about my day or the worst was going to bed and laying there for 2 hours until my mind finally shut off.

Now I work out hard 1.5-2 hours every morning and when I go to bed at night I'm out within 10 minutes and unless I have to piss I don't wake up until my alarm goes off.