Alarm
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
November 18, 2017 4:54am CST
Since it is the first semester break and I won't have to wake up at 4:30-4:45 AM, I already turned my iPhone 's alarm off. The only alarm that is turned on is the 6:30PM for the Coumadin intake.
But even though the alarm is off, I have already conditioned my sleep pattern to be awake at 4:30. Sometimes too I wake up ahead of the alarm that I have to wait for it to sound so I can put it off.
Do you need your alarm adjusted ahead for 10 minutes? Mine is.
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@LadyDuck (502487)
• Italy
19 Nov 17
@ridingbet When you have habits, you naturally wake up without the need of an alarm.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
21 Nov 17
@LadyDuck i don't use an alarm now that we have no duty, and i automatically wake up at 5am.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
19 Nov 17
that is great. this morning, since the alarm was off, i woke up at 5AM. i think my eyes automatically open during Saturdays and Sundays. i hope tomorrow, i will get up of bed after 5AM.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
18 Nov 17
I very rarely use an alarm, I just tell myself what time I want to wake up and I wake up.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
19 Nov 17
@ridingbet Absolutely lol especially now that we are retired.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
21 Nov 17
@BelleStarr io guess i have 2 more years to use my alarm because i have not yet reached the senior citizen year.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
19 Nov 17
that is great. alarms are therefore obsolete in your household?
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
18 Nov 17
I don't need it to be adjusted ahead, I just set the alarm at the exact time I need to wake up.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
20 Nov 17
@ridingbet Yeah, some days even 10-15 minutes earlier.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
19 Nov 17
right, so even when you need to wake up to prepare yourself for work, you automatically get up at the same time everyday?
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
20 Nov 17
@ridingbet that is a lot to get done. I would probably need about 20 minutes extra if I had to heat water for my bath and prepare breakfast.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
21 Nov 17
@bluesa i multitask when i wake up for duty, my friend. and it is my routine already to do those chores.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
19 Nov 17
i have to have an alarm because i prepare our breakfast and heat some water for the thermos and my bath. this heating of water for my bath is during the cold season. i have to calculate my activities from waking up to changing my clothes to the white uniform, which takes me 10 minutes after bath to do so.
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
18 Nov 17
I've seen worse alarms haha I don't wake up with alarms anymore because I don't really have a reason to. I used to wake up super early when I was in high school and had several alarms.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
21 Nov 17
@DesirousDreamer my Coumadin alarm just sounded. it is funny; the alarm sounds at 6:30PM but i take my medicines at 7PM.
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
20 Nov 17
@ridingbet If nothing important is going on, I sleep without alarms. If there is something I have to wake up for, then I will use alarms.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
19 Nov 17
of course, all our bodies have this automatic circadian rhythm that we cannot get away with.
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@Shortail (845)
• Philippines
18 Nov 17
@hereandthere yup, every month, that's why it's hard to rely on my body clock. LOL.
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@allen0187 (59761)
• Philippines
19 Nov 17
I have two alarms. One set at 3:30am, my time of waking up, and one set at 4:30am, my time of leaving my home to go to work.
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@allen0187 (59761)
• Philippines
20 Nov 17
@ridingbet my shift starts at 6:00am hence the early time. there is hardly any traffic during this time so when I leave at 4:30am, I get to the office at 5:00am. If there are unexpected delays, I still have a large lead time so I won't be late.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
19 Nov 17
oh, 4:30AM is way too early for me. are you in the capital city? is there traffic even in that early time? or do you work in another city or town?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
21 Nov 17
@allen0187 that is great.
our hospital is about 1 and a half kilometer from where i live, and it takes only 5 minutes for a PUJ to reach the health facility. i go out at 6:25am and i can still reach the passing of a jeepney at 6:35am, so i usually arrive in the hospital at 6:45am. the bad thing however is, my students come to late in the hospital.
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@cttolledo (5459)
• Legaspi, Philippines
18 Nov 17
No. I do not make any adjustment. I get confuse changing the real time
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
19 Nov 17
my wrist watches that i alternately use when i go on duty are adjusted 5 minutes from the clock in the hospital. my alarms too are adjusted 10 minutes ahead.
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
18 Nov 17
your first sem break is just starting, while my niece will start 2nd sem on monday
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
19 Nov 17
yes, the last day of their class was last Friday. the students have not yet had their finals examination, and our reorientation will be on December 6. duty will start on the 7th but i cannot handle my students yet because i will train for a month in MICU (Medical Intermediate care Unit).
@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
18 Nov 17
My alarm is set at 4AM. Before the DST, my work starts at 6 AM. Now, my work starts at 7 AM but my routine in the morning stays the same. Alarm is still at 4 AM because I have to read the bible first thing in the morning.
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@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
22 Nov 17
@ridingbet That is a nice exercise my friend.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
19 Nov 17
i guess some of us have our routine activities to do everyday.
for me, after my prayer and i still feel sleepy, i play the candy crush before going out of my room. i need to get my brain cells invigorated.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
23 Nov 17
@jobelbojel yes it is a brain exercise.
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
18 Nov 17
that's funny thing, sometimes we wake up ahead of our alarm and we waited for it to ring he he.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
19 Nov 17
i think this is a funny trait of an Ilocano, kabsat. heheh! joke...
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
19 Nov 17
so, with the 2nd alarm, are you completely up now?
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