Waking up before my alarm....

@Zelmarq (12585)
Cebu City, Philippines
September 11, 2008 5:49pm CST
I have set my alarm clock to 4am for quiet time and almost always I wake up before it alarms. Sometimes I just wait for it to sound and then I get up from bed and do my quiet time and after that go back to sleep. How about you mylotters, do you expereince the same? Have a nice day and take care.... happy mylotting....
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• United States
15 Sep 08
i don't have to set an alarm. i have two cats who know when morning feeding time is and run me over long before it rings.hungry now!
@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
20 Sep 08
wow thats really cute. I hope I also have those cute cats to wake me up.LOL
@stealthy (8181)
• United States
11 Sep 08
I often wake up before my alarm, but only get up before it in the summer when it is warm. In the Winter I usually go back to sleep and sleep beyond it going off; I just can't stand getting up in the cold weather.
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
11 Sep 08
Well, when its cold its really nice to enjoy the comfort of the bed and roll to and fro and back again.LOL have a nice day and take care!!!!
@mipen2006 (5528)
• Australia
12 Sep 08
I have not used an alarm clock for forty uears. Even when I had a job that I had to get up at four-thirty. Sometimes, when I have had an early morning flight, I still rely on my body clocl. Have a great day Zelmarq.
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
14 Sep 08
Wow, i hope i could also have a consistent body clock like you so I wont need an alarm clock. But its safe to have one so that I dont have a reason to forget to wake up early. Have a nice day and take care.
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@mipen2006 (5528)
• Australia
15 Sep 08
Thanks for your comments. There is one drawback however, and that's that it's almost impossible to sleep in when you want to. Even on holidays I wake and get up early, and this can be a problem, and sometimes I need an afternoon nap in order to enjoy the evening. Have a great day,
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
14 Sep 08
I also tend to wake up before my alarm does. Or I used to when I used and alarm clock. My problem with alarm clocks is that they are always to loud and I wake up with a headache if I let them go off. Once I just got upset and took away the alarm clock in my room. I used the alarm from my cell phone for some time, but even that I noticed I don't really need as I tend to always wake up just before it does:) I can't, however, wake up as early as you do. My quiet time is the opposite - at night while every one in the house is asleep. It will be easier for me to go to bed at 4am than to wake up at the same time :):)
@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
15 Sep 08
Im using my cellphone as my alarm so I can program it to be not so loud and program it with a very pleasing sound.
@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
15 Sep 08
Im using my cellphone as my alarm so I can program it to be not so loud and program it with a very pleasing sound.
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
15 Sep 08
Im using my cellphone as my alarm so I can program it to be not so loud and program it with a very pleasing sound.
@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
12 Sep 08
And this happens every day? Sometimes I wake before the alarm goes off, but not very often..I get up at 6:50 to get my son ready for school, if I wake before that, I try to squeeze in more sleep, even if it is 6:45..
@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
14 Sep 08
Wow, thats too late for me to wake up. I hate waking up late coz you know after the normal waking hours, I get lazy and tired and wanted more sleep.
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• United States
19 Sep 08
You think that's late? My daughter just now woke up and it is 12:47.. Some are just prone to staying up late and sleeping in, I may even sleep later if not for my son..
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• Venezuela
11 Sep 08
The exact same thing happens to me almos everyday :P I wake up like 2 minutes before it sounds and i wait till it does so i get up. Happy mmylotting to you :)
@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
11 Sep 08
Thank you my friend. I love your avatar. Welcome to mylot I know you are new here. happy many postings and enjoy. Thank for sharing...
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@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
13 Sep 08
Yes, I almost always wake up before the alarm.. I like it that way too, waking up in quiet rather than being nagged by an alarm!
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
15 Sep 08
Yes thats true. Its ok when you have you have a not so nagging sound of the alarm, its just a solemn music, telling me to pick up the phone.
@riyasam (16556)
• India
12 Sep 08
it does happen to me too..i keep the alarm at 6.15 am andusually get up before it rings.i feel very good when i can lie down for some more time before doing the routine morning chores.
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
15 Sep 08
Office dyas I cant lie as long as I want, i have to wake up early for office,it only week days that I could laze around.
• Canada
11 Sep 08
I always seem to wake up about five minutes before my alarm if I have gotten enough sleep the night before. I call my husband in Arizona, every morning at 9 AM my time, and we talk for a while, before he goes to work. I'm surprised I even woke up this morning, considering the people upstairs were blasting music all night long.
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@riyasam (16556)
• India
12 Sep 08
wow!!what a nice way to start your day!!!!!1
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
11 Sep 08
I hate to hear loud music when its night. Sometimes I really act my choleric side and ask them to lower down their noise, but sometimes when im too tired to do it i just seem not to hear the noise. have a nice day and take care.. Happy mylotting!!!!
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
12 Sep 08
am always up at 4 am but dont go back to bed most of the time I have the house to myself till 8 am. but on weekends anyone else in the house can be up and here in the puter room!
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
15 Sep 08
I wake up at 4am and after my morning devotion go back to sleep. Then wake at around 5:30 for office.
• Ireland
12 Sep 08
Oh no. I set my alarm for the time that I wan't to get up and not a minute before that. If I set it any earlier and don't get up, I would fall asleep again and probably sleep for half the day. Sometimes I wake before the alarm goes off but it would only be about half an hour or so. I would get up then rather than go to sleep and wait for the alarm to wake me.
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
15 Sep 08
Thank you for sharing my friend and have a nice day. Take care and happy mylotting!!!
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
12 Sep 08
Sometimes the same case happens to me as well. I set alarm and then I wake up earlier than the alarm though not always. I think that I feel better if I wake up before the alarm, which shows that I have slept enough and that I am awake by myself. If I have to be woken up by the alarm, then it will be a different story sometimes. Good day, friend.
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
14 Sep 08
Oh thank you for sharing this to me, it also means that I have slept enough, so waking before the alrm means i had a quality sleep, wow! that really good news for me.
@Browisn (782)
• United States
11 Sep 08
EXACTLY! I set my alarm for 7:00AM to make sure my grandson gets up for school. I always wake up about two minutes before it goes off and wait for it. I guess our internal clocks are working great. LOL!
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
11 Sep 08
Thats great most of the replies here really wake up before their alarm clock, we already have a body clock which is set to wake in that hour and it has become a lifestyle. Thats really good news for all of us.
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@iyah10 (4115)
• Kuwait
14 Sep 08
I think I am the only person who is so lazy on waking up in the early morning although my alarm already ring and so noisy already I just make it off and wake my wife and told her to wake me after 10 more minutes......
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
20 Sep 08
We all are lazy when it comes to waking up early, its a struggle that requires much effort but then we have no choice, we can have the freedom to wake up late when we dont have to report early for work. I wish there more week ends than work days. have a nice day and take care my friend.
@vanities (11395)
• Davao, Philippines
19 Sep 08
great..yeah sometimes i do...but i really dont uses alarm clock just to make me wake up early..i guess im used to it especially during work days...its like body clock or something related to that effect..
@aprilgrl (4460)
• United States
29 Sep 08
I usually wake up before the alarm goes off. I think it's a habit waking up at the same time before the alarm goes off even on weekends I still get up but the alrm isn't set since I don't have to work or get up earlier so I just go back to sleep.
@zatak07 (699)
• India
29 Sep 08
ya when you do something very often that action(s) become a habit(s)...so if you wake up automatically that means an automatic alarm has already been set in your mind ,that happens to me too...just got a good idea from this, just imagine if you can do something good everyday & that becomes a habit..wow.....i'll try it out...
• Philippines
15 Sep 08
When I am early for work, I would set my phone alarm at 4am too and most of the time I would wake early before it starts to sound. I couldn't go back to sleep bec my mind becomes focused on thinking the things that I need to do during the day. But when I am not early for work, I do not set my phone alarm early. I love to wake up late sometimes and enjoy the peacefulness and stillness of the morning, stay a little bit in bed before my system starts for a new day. :)
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@CanadaGal (4304)
• Canada
14 Sep 08
I have my alarm set for 6:30am during the school year (Sept to June), and almost always wake up before it goes off. The first week back this year, I woke up to the alarm, but the entire 2nd week, I woke up at least 20 minutes before. One day it was only 2 minutes before it was to go off. lol. I prefer to wake up on my own as opposed to the alarm. I find I feel much more rested and less rushed that way.
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@venusyin (44)
• China
29 Sep 08
I used to have the same experience taht wake up before the alarm as you do when I was in the 3rd year in college. At that time,i woke up and waited on bed for the alarm to sound. And then, I get up from bed, not feeling sleep at all. But now,I never experinced this again for that I just can't get enough sleep. Alarms can help me in no way. I don't know why.