"Different strokes for different folks", never more true than when discussing the different ways we all wake up. Now that most people have switched out bedside alarm clocks for alarm apps on their phones, there's now an endless settings to set — multiple alarms, with different tones, volume preferences, and snooze settings — to create a truly customized morning routine. Here are a few wake-up styles I've noticed amongst friends and family. Me? I'm a Snooze Master. Which one are you?
The Easy Waker
Gentle, soft. You alarm tone is probably a pleasant sound that slowly gets louder and perfectly harmonizes with the birds cheerfully chirping outside your window to wake you up gently, ready for the day.
The Multi-Tasker
When the first alarm rings, you reach for your phone, hit snooze, and get sidetracked with emails and Facebook notifications. When the snooze rings nine minutes later, you decide it might be time to get going.
The Snooze Master
You set your alarm for 40 minutes before you actually need to be up, giving yourself ample time to hit the snooze button four times. You're going to need it.
The Get Up and Go'er
Your alarm tone is on the loudest setting, mainly because there's no other way you'd hear it from the bathroom. You keep your phone in another room to force you to get up out of your warm, comfortable bed in the morning.
The Comatose
You use the most obnoxious tone on the loudest setting. And you have to set five different alarms at five different times one after another in a 15-minute period. And you still manage to snooze or sleep through each one and wake up late.
Do you have one of these snooze styles? Do you have another morning alarm routine? Share your stories and strategies in the comments.
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I used to be the Snooze Master until my room mate told me I needed to stop or he was moving out.
it turns out that the easiest way to break the snoozing habit is to not set the alarm to account for it. Now, I get up to whatever alarm and don't let myself go back to sleep.
I am an Easy Waker, although I choose classical music rather than ambient noises. I don't like being jolted awake, so I need an alarm that fades in.
I'm an easy waker/multi-tasker. I tend to wake up 15 minutes before the alarm, and use that time to check my email and the day's headlines on my phone. Once the alarm goes off -- cool jazz on jazzradio.com on my Squeezebox -- I'm ready for the day.
Definitely a Snooze Master, but I set my alarm at least 2 hours before I actually need to wake up! lol I like to hit snooze every 15minutes until Im fully awake. This window gives me time to sleep, gradually wake up, and check my emails/messages on my phone before getting out of bed.
I'm ridiculous when it comes to waking up in the morning. I have three separate alarm setups. First, my ipod will try to easy wake me from the docking station. After I inevitably snooze that one, my phone will go off with three rapid fire alarms- eat set one minute apart. This is the point where I usually wake up. If the phone fails, the coup de grace of my morning routine is my laptop, hooked up to speakers, on the other side of my bedroom, which will blast the most abrasive music at full volume until I get out of bed to turn it off. Usually, just the idea of "Tell 'Em" by Sleigh Bells blasting from my stereo will get me up successfully.