DON'T HIT THE SNOOZE!!
The most important step for a productive day…
Few would deny that the first thing they do when the alarm clock goes off in the morning is to hit that snooze button and go right back to sleep…
YOU SNOOZE, YOU LOSE…
What happens to our body?
Relying on the alarm clock’s snooze button can actually make us more tired. Especially after a night of too little sleep, hitting snooze won’t make getting up any easier. Those five extra minutes in the morning are less restful than five minutes of REM sleep because they take place at the end of the cycle when sleep is lighter. And, although sleep is usually the time when the brain forms new memories, that process doesn’t happen while we’re sleeping in between alarms. Skipping that high-quality sleep can have serious consequences like:
1. High blood pressure
2. Increased blood sugar levels
SNOOZE-THE SWEET POISON
That extra five minutes turn out to be very dear… Various scenarios
You are late for work ➡️ stress ➡️ rushing through traffic/signals ➡️ more stress ➡️ mistakes while driving…
Late at work ➡️ assignments pending ➡️ stress
No breakfast because you are late ➡️ rush to work ➡️ tired and hungry ➡️ less productivity…
Finally those extra minutes of ‘rest’ don’t help and make us more stressed, irritable and exhausted and affect our health eventually.
WHO INVENTED THE SNOOZE? 🤨
The alarm clocks came first…
The ancient Greek philosopher Plato (428–348 BC) was said to possess a large water clock with an unspecified alarm signal similar to the sound of a water organ; he used it at night, possibly for signaling the beginning of his lectures at dawn!
The first mechanical alarm clock was invented by Levi Hutchins of Concord, New Hampshire, in 1787. However, the ringing bell alarm on his clock could ring only at 4 am.
On October 24, 1876 a mechanical wind-up alarm clock that could be set for any time was patented by Seth E Thomas.
Telechron was one of the first companies to introduce what became known as the "snooze" alarm in the early 1950s.
The first Westclox Drowse (snooze) electric alarms could be set for five (5) or ten (10) minutes of snooze time. It was introduced in 1959.
Clocky! The solution?
An ingenious creation by inventor and entrepreneur Gauri Nanda is aimed at making the alarm clock a little bit harder to ignore. The clock has a mind of its own, so to speak. After it goes off, if the user hits the snooze button, it literally jumps off the table, rolls away, and hides elsewhere in the room, forcing the user to get out of bed and find it when the alarm sounds again minutes later.
A computer chip inside the device randomly programs its route each time the user hits “Snooze” so that it won’t end up in a predictable spot.
Do we actually need alarm clocks?
Our body’s internal clock is just as good, if not better, than the contraption shrieking atop your nightstand.
At the centre of your brain, a clump of nerves—called the 'suprachiasmatic nucleus'—oversees your body’s clock: the circadian rhythm. It determines when you feel sleepy and when you feel bright-eyed. It controls your blood pressure, your body temperature, and your sense of time. It turns your body into a finely tuned machine.
That machine happens to love predictability. Your body is most efficient when there’s a routine to follow. So if you hit the hay the same time each night and awake the same time each morning, your body locks that behaviour in.
EASIER WAY
The secret to an easier wakeup is simple—get more sleep! Set the alarm for the time you actually get out of bed (i.e. the last snooze) and avoid the snooze button altogether
Some techniques to help you stop hitting that evil button.
Put your alarm clock in a different place every night (in a drawer in the kitchen, on top of your shelves, inside a shoe box, …)
– Change your alarm ringtone every night. Put out motivating music that you love. Record your own inspirational message and your voice. Record your voice saying why you need to wake up on that particular day.
– Leave your curtains or blinds open to wake up with the sunrise. Get your bed in the correct position to catch the rays of light. Waking up with the sun directly heating your face is one of the nicest sensations I’ve ever experimented – even when its 40ºC outside, I’m on the beach and the sun is burning me up… I just love this heat on my skin, don’t you?
– Plan a nap in the afternoon. It’s not the best idea, but it might make up for your missing sleep, as experts suggest. And it’s definitely less damaging than a 5 or 10 minutes morning snooze time.
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