How long will it take to get up?

@sasalove (1709)
China
September 27, 2009 9:47pm CST
I will set the alarm in my cellphone daily otherwise I will be late for work. The alarm will ring very 5 minutes to arouse me from sleeping. It is a tough time for me to get up so that I need to set the time half of an hour in advance in efforts not to delay the working time. How about you? How long will it take to get up? Will you get up after you open your eyes? How did you make it? Will you get up later after you wake up? Appreciated that you can share yours here.
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27 responses
@abidmian (131)
• United States
28 Sep 09
My timing are set at my cell phone alarm. When sleep late last night, then alarm is not enough for me. But usually i wake up daily very early. Same as you, i also set my time half an hour before prayer timing. Cellphone is really a wonderful thing for early getting up.
@sasalove (1709)
• China
28 Sep 09
hehe, I set my cellphone half of an hour in advance, and ring every 5 minutes. When the cellphone rings at the 6th times, I said to myself," I must get time or I will be late for work." Then rush to do the routine washing:)
@abidmian (131)
• United States
28 Sep 09
Its up to you how much you are lazy or active. I am little bit lazy so i get up at according to my mood.
@sasalove (1709)
• China
28 Sep 09
LOL. I am the lazy type, and hope that I can change the bad habit someday...
• Philippines
29 Sep 09
I have two alarm clocks beside me: my phone and my mother (lol). There are times when getting up is just so hard to do (especially cold mornings when all you want to do is curl up in your bed with a comforter and sleep all day). I set my alarm around 15-30 minutes before my expected time of waking up just so there's an allowance. Whenever my phone starts to ring, I'd usually press the snooze button then go back to sleep. My mother, who happens to know this habit of mine, would reinforce the alarm by knocking on my door really loud and shout "Wake up, I thought you wanted to be early??" And whenever my mom wakes me up, I should get up really fast or she'd have a screaming fit afterwards :D
@sasalove (1709)
• China
29 Sep 09
LOL, you need two alarm clock daily? You have a great alarm, I mean your mother:)... When Sunday comes, my mum always call me up to have breakfast and I just say, "Yeah, yeah, I am coming" and then put the quilt over me again, lol.
• Philippines
29 Sep 09
You said it! :) My mom's the greatest alarm clock ever! Just joking! Happy myLotting! :)
@debbie_19 (226)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
28 Sep 09
It depends. Sometimes, when I have a lot of problems, I'm having a hard time getting myself up until I find myself running around, trying to beat the buzz. LOL.
@sasalove (1709)
• China
30 Sep 09
Thanks for youre response. Have a good day.
@Anfield (59)
• Norway
28 Sep 09
I'm using an clockradio, so I sets the time 15 minutes before I need to go up. Then I can lie in bed and listen to the news and some music before I stand up. It's a very relaxing way to start the day.
@sasalove (1709)
• China
28 Sep 09
It is a pity that my radio did not have that kind of function. I think the clock radio must be very good, since the ring will be informative and not just tedious song.
@gowriv89 (295)
• India
28 Sep 09
Yeah a true real life situation buddy....Even i use to seek the help of alarm in my mobile to wake up everyday (if i have college)....I should at least get up by 6 in the morning which i never do...Most of the time i will snooze the alarm and enjoy sleeping once again.......My mom struggles to wake me up...but not always....... someday i will sleep at the right time so that i can get up myself the next morning...So if you sleep earlier in such a way that you find 9 hours in bed then surely you can get up even before the alarm goes...When i was in college tour my friends were really worried how to wake me because i wont even respond to them if i am enjoying a sound sleep
@sasalove (1709)
• China
28 Sep 09
I am sure you have a sound sleeping at night and nobody can wake you up except there is an earthquake upcoming uh...
@gowriv89 (295)
• India
28 Sep 09
I am not that bad but sometimes (may be he he he ).............
• United States
28 Sep 09
normally what i do is set my phone alarm to go off (its continuous until you turn it off) and then i put it across the room or someplace where i have to get up and turn it off. It makes sure i'm up!
@sasalove (1709)
• China
29 Sep 09
LOL, if I put the alarm far across from the bed, I will let it be and lazy to get up to turn it off. Or maybe After turning off, I will go back to lie down for a while.
• China
28 Sep 09
I'm ashamed to know I'm always the last to get up. I'm a teacher and sometimes I work under terrible pressure,because something urgency keeps you in a nervous mood,so I'm always working to a tight deadline,when it's time to go to bed,it's nearly the time to get up...eg.12pm-4am,when it rings loudly,I hate myself working this way...,it's miserable! Now everything is going well and that's only old time's story,that's memorable to me,anyway,I love my job,and I'll sacrifice without complaining anything.
@sasalove (1709)
• China
28 Sep 09
Being a teacher is a great career, and teachers always have a strict displine for that:) Sometimes you need to relax yourself in your way to reserve enough energy and concentrantion on the class apart from guaranteeing the sound sleeping.
@delkar (1712)
• Romania
28 Sep 09
When wasrking, i was setting my cellphone alarm to wake me up every morning, and i did the same as you, because i was tired, and it was hard for me to get up . When you are tired for a long perioud of time , you need to sleep more, and when you don`t have time to sleep as much as you want, it`s quite hard to wake up .Even now, if i`m staying late in the night, it`s hard to wake up to go to college . Usually i`m up in less than 5 minutes after the alarm wakes me up .
@sasalove (1709)
• China
28 Sep 09
You are a night owl, it is not easy to get up less than 5 minutes. Hehe~~
@Mac6999 (705)
• India
28 Sep 09
I keep my alarm 10 minutes earlier than what I would take to get ready. The alarm on my mobile goes of every 5 minutes if its put on snooze. Sometimes I stop it and oversleep a bit, but I am sharp enough to get up soon which is a good thing. But mostly I am up on time and everything goes as planned. There are times when I dont feel like waking up especially if there is something unimportant.
@sasalove (1709)
• China
28 Sep 09
If we go to bed very late last night or we did not sleep very sound, properly we will over sleep if we switch off the alarm. Hehe~~
@EchoLin (23)
• China
28 Sep 09
I also set the alarm in my cellphone.Alough our company start work at 10 o'clock,I have to study in the moring that i i need get up before.MY alarm time is 6:30,I often get out of my bed 15 minutes later .
@sasalove (1709)
• China
28 Sep 09
Wow, you have a great job that start at 10 o'clock, envy you so much~~
• China
28 Sep 09
Hello, Sasalove, I need alarm to wake me up also. Usually, I set the alarm 20 minutes before the time I should get up. My alarm ring every 10 minutes, I always get up at the second ring of my alarm, sometimes I miss turn it at the first ring, and fall into sleep again, then late for work... I am such a heavy sleeper...
@sasalove (1709)
• China
28 Sep 09
Hi Karen, I am not dare to turn off the mobile or snooze it after the first ring as I always sleep over if did it. I will let the alarm ring until I would like to get up at a rushy moment. LOL
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
28 Sep 09
I usually try to get up between five and ten minutes after my alarm goes off. if i don't there's a good chance I'll drift back off to dreamland. Sometimes I just lay in bed staring at the clock, waiting for the right time to get my sleepy self out of bed. Sometimes I feel like a zombie just getting up until I start movong around and getting dressed. Once I'm up, I'm up for the day.
@sasalove (1709)
• China
29 Sep 09
Haha,, we always have the same habit there.
• United States
28 Sep 09
I also having a hard time waking up and getting up. Sometimes the alarm just isn't good enough because I still fall back asleep. I need to be up and around for at least an hour..to function and think for my day.
@sasalove (1709)
• China
28 Sep 09
I always happen to fall back asleep, lol...
• India
28 Sep 09
hehe __very interesting discussion __to get up from sleeping or to leave the bed is a tough task___i usually put an alarm in my cell...and it's impossible for me to get up in a single alarm then i put it on snooze after that i get up___ya, i get up after opening my eyes as my sleep vanishes due to alarm______
@sasalove (1709)
• China
28 Sep 09
Yup, especially in winter, it could be much more hard to get up...I am reluctant to leave my Teddy Bear alone. LOL.
@taogang (103)
• China
28 Sep 09
In fact,getting up immediately when you open your eyes is not good for your health,even do some harm... most of people don't like to get up when the alarm rings ,because it's so hard doing this,But on the other hand it will be good for your body If you bilk your bed with a few minutes . The only thing you want to keep in your mind is don't be late to your work....
@sasalove (1709)
• China
28 Sep 09
Is there any scientific proof that it is not good for health while getting up as soon as we wake up? hehe~~
• India
28 Sep 09
i too have same problem in getup from bed. but i dont believe from mobile alaram, clock or any thing else. but i wakeup from bed deponds upon the time i go to bed. thanks friends.
@sasalove (1709)
• China
28 Sep 09
Well, you can get up by your biological clock?
@Simon1223 (903)
• China
28 Sep 09
It depends on some factors. If I get enough sleep and wake up naturally, it usually takes me several minutes to get up. But if I sleep too little or wake up suddenly, I often feel very uncomfortable and need some time to return to normal condition, the it takes me more time to get up. Season is also an important factor. I could usually get up quickly in spring, summer and autumn. But in winter, due to low temperature outside, I quite enjoy the warmness in the bedclothes. I guess you guys have the similar feelings at the same time.
@sasalove (1709)
• China
28 Sep 09
Yeah, So do I, I think I would set the alarm at least 45 minutes in advance in winter, I am reluntant to get up from the cozy quite...
• India
28 Sep 09
I am a fresher, i joned to IBM company it has two shipts one is six to four second one is seven thirty to five thirty so that i am struggling to get up early in morning. i have to get up three o'clock in the morning. i will set the alarm i my cellphone daily it will awake me though i get irritate to get up in the morning. we can awake ole night but we can not get early in the morning. first mentaly we have to prepare ourselves then only we can get up early in the morning.
@sasalove (1709)
• China
28 Sep 09
Well, if the getting up time is different from our normal biological clock, it will be really tough to make it.
@Fenglin (13)
• China
28 Sep 09
I set my alarm for only 5 minutes before I have to get up .MY friend told that get up immediately when you open your eyes is not good for your health.when I was waked up in the morning ,I would think which is the importint thing this day and how to deal with it .This just a preparation for all the day .After that ,you will have a happy mood for all the day .
@sasalove (1709)
• China
28 Sep 09
Oh, you have the same idea that getting up immediately will be harmful for health, I guess it makes some sense in some extent, just wonder there is any proof for that.
• Pakistan
28 Sep 09
i have purchased a table clock which can ring bell for 45 minutes in ascending order i mean it start from slow beep to very high alarm,i have placed it far away from my bed so that i have to come out of my bed and walk towards the table on which i have placed the table clock in this way i wake up each day.
@sasalove (1709)
• China
28 Sep 09
Haha, that is a good solution to let youself to get up. Have you ever happened that you come to the table, turn off the clock and then sleep again? LOL.