Slowly
Cat vomiting somewhere in the room.
I have a watch that literally shocks me. Zap zap, time to wake up
My elderly pug getting up with a frantic look on his face that means we have under a minute to get him outside. Aging is not easy in a dog.
Looked after a friend’s cat one time and was woken by it licking my eyelids. Very effective but not recommended.
The work chat notification sound. Aka panic.
Gotta take a shit. Works 10 times out of 10.
Cat.
Lately it’s been whenever the temperature drops.
Reaching the end of the working day in my dreams.
😟
Lifestyle changes to where my weekend schedule looks like my weekday schedule, just with different activities.
I am at home and relaxing by 11pm. I am in bed by 12am. Then I wake up at 7:30am. That’s 7 and a half hours of sleep every night, at the same time every day, 7 days a week.
And that’s not just lifestyle changes around not going out as late on weekends. It’s also a lifestyle change where I started steering my career and work towards never needing to have any meetings or be at any specific place before 10am.
I’m not a morning person so I got a job where I don’t have to be a morning person. My whole routine on weekday mornings is designed to make it so that nobody at work can touch my morning until I’ve had a chance to settle into my day.
My internal clock wakes me up a little before 6am but if not, then it’s the vibration of my phone prior to the alarm going off.
Good poo
My cats. They want things and as soon as they know I am awake they will come get me up. Unlike an alarm clock they have zero snooze.
You’re not going to like this, but keeping a consistent and healthy sleep schedule is highly effective. Going to bed at the same time, getting up at the same time, and getting a consistent 8 hours at minimum is key.
