BlackRing ( @BlackRing@midwest.social ) 27•2 months agoFirst thing in the morning I chug a tall glass of water. Somehow that’s actually made a healthy difference.
kora ( @KillingAndKindess@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 3•2 months agoAny general effects you’ve noticed?
Corroded ( @CorrodedCranium@leminal.space ) English6•2 months agoNot the previous commenter but I do the same thing and I find it makes me feel less foggy in the first couple hours of waking up and helps me want to eat breakfast.
BlackRing ( @BlackRing@midwest.social ) 3•2 months agoMy skin doesn’t dry as easily. I no longer feel the need to lotion my hands all the time. Obviously, I drink water during the day but this was the change that started that.
Everything just felt healthier. I woke up more easily for my 6am start at work.
Before I started doing that, it sometimes felt like staying hydrated was constant catching up. Now, it’s more just maintaining.
ianovic69 ( @ianovic69@feddit.uk ) English19•2 months agoGetting up when my alarm goes off.
I put the alarm on the other side of the bedroom and used one with metal bells. I did it for years and hated it but it worked. Now my phone tinkles next to me and I’m up. Except Saturdays.
governorkeagan ( @governorkeagan@lemdro.id ) English3•2 months agoI did something similar during Covid while working from home. I bought a pack of NFC tags and stuck one on the other side of my room. When my alarm went off I had to open the app on my phone to scan the tag to switch it off, worked well the majority of the time.
Corroded ( @CorrodedCranium@leminal.space ) English3•2 months agoThere’s an app that uses a QR code system for something similar that’s available for free for those interested.
QRAlarm
ULS ( @ULS@lemmy.ml ) 1•2 months agoI did this too. Eventually I set the alarm for earlier so I could get out of bed to shut it off and still have time to get back to sleep.
leadore ( @leadore@kbin.social ) 16•2 months agoI have a set of stretches I’ve been doing every morning (or 95% of mornings) upon getting out of bed, for over 30 years. The only thing that’s different these days is that I have to go pee first.
ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠 ( @Nemo@midwest.social ) 14•2 months agoAfter I walk the kids to school I just keep walking. Sometimes it’s ten minutes, sometimes it’s an hour. I come home with a clear head and ready to be productive.
tetris11 ( @tetris11@lemmy.ml ) 13•2 months ago“…sometimes it’s whole months. I take the battery out of the phone and just walk into the desert, ready to embrace the wilderness.”
Hazzia ( @Hazzia@discuss.tchncs.de ) 9•2 months ago“My longest walk was 20 years. When they finally found me, I was ferel. I had long given myself over to my new coyote bretheren.”
ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠 ( @Nemo@midwest.social ) 5•2 months ago“All my flesh had turned to fur and my thoughts they surely were turned to instinct and obedience to God.”
tetris11 ( @tetris11@lemmy.ml ) 6•2 months ago“As I howled at the moon after burying deep my latest prey, I bumped into my kids gym teacher who reminded me to pick up my kids by 4.”
Che Banana ( @The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ) 13•2 months agoCommuted to work by bicycle.
it’s a 10 minute ride.
flash forward 25 minute ride…just commuting
flash forward 45 minute ride…still just commuting
ended up at 1hr 25 minutes, then alternated with running in the winter & swimming on my lunch break in the summer (I was at a small university).
Turns out my brain is super gullible and is easily fooled by…my brain.
Björn Tantau ( @bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ) 12•2 months agoWow, you got slower and slower. Usually people get better the more they do something.
/s
InquisitiveApathy ( @InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee ) English1•2 months agoI’m glad it works for you, but I always hated getting to work very sweaty and then being smelly for the rest of the day when I biked.
Che Banana ( @The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ) 2•2 months agoWell, I had uniforms to change into, plus locker room facilities.
The point, really, was that you can fool yourself into getting a routine/exercise.
Pulptastic ( @Pulptastic@midwest.social ) English1•2 months agoReal shower if you can, French shower if you can’t. Wet wipe the pits and butt, air dry, brush hair, deodorant, and some pleasant parfum. Bring a change of clothes.
Or you could just bike slowly and not get all nasty but who wants to do that.
saigot ( @saigot@lemmy.ca ) 11•2 months agoI have my alarm clock require solving 5 arithmetic problems before it cancels (e.g (16*8 +10-6)/6) . It makes me alert way quicker and now I’m pretty quick at mental math.
Achyu ( @Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org ) 3•2 months agoIs that an android app? If so, could you name it?
saigot ( @saigot@lemmy.ca ) 5•2 months ago bamboo ( @bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English5•2 months agoI do the same thing, and one morning, I woke before my alarm and left my phone in the bedroom to take a shower. Learned that day that my wife doesn’t know PEMDAS.
saigot ( @saigot@lemmy.ca ) 1•2 months agoI got a new phone sent to my work once, left my old one at work and didn’t turn the alarm off, my coworkers were more than a little annoyed!
Achyu ( @Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org ) 2•2 months agoThank you
geoma ( @geoma@lemmy.ml ) 1•2 months agoYou need google play store to download it? There is no other way to? If I dont have google play store I just cant use it?
saigot ( @saigot@lemmy.ca ) 2•2 months agoYou appear to be able to download the apk from here: https://sleep.urbandroid.org/more/download/
Not sure it’ll run without play services though.
geoma ( @geoma@lemmy.ml ) 1•2 months agoThat’s cool! But I don’t like the o Privacy policy. It shares our data at least with google and facebook. https://sleep.urbandroid.org/privacy-policy/ And also, there’s no access to the code
https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.urbandroid.sleep/latest/#trackers
saigot ( @saigot@lemmy.ca ) 1•2 months agook
that sounds insane hahah, probably mostly because im terrible at math…
GreyShuck ( @GreyShuck@feddit.uk ) English11•2 months agoBiggest one for me was swapping from setting the alarm as late as possible and then rushing to get out of the house, to setting it an hour earlier and using that to read, do a little qi gong and have a leisurely breakfast.
UprisingVoltage ( @UprisingVoltage@feddit.it ) 9•2 months agoAbsolutely agree. It’s counterintuitive, but waking up earlier than you need to and start your day slowly actually makes you feel more rested and calm (provided you’ve still slept sufficiently)
SecretPancake ( @SecretPancake@feddit.de ) 10•2 months agoI don’t know if it’s the best (what defines that?) but it’s what I do.
I wake up, my dog notices and jumps around in excitement. I greet him, pet him, then take my phone, do the daily NYT Mini Crossword and browse around for a few minutes while he lies down again, waiting patiently. I stand up, go pee, then I take my dog out for a walk. Afterwards I prepare my oatmeal, then prepare my dog’s food (it needs to soak a few minutes), go open all windows to get fresh air in, start the work computer and quickly check my mails, then we both eat our breakfast while I check my RSS feeds.
RSS <3
NotNotMike ( @notnotmike@programming.dev ) 10•2 months agoNo one seems to have said it yet, but consistency. Waking up at the same time every day including weekends. Eventually, you just wake up early naturally. I get up at 5:30 am every day on the dot with zero alarm just because it’s when I wake up. And I’m never groggy, because I’ve adapted to it. It’s not early anymore it’s just when I wake up
I think the second half to this is that it can’t be a chore. You have to want to wake up. If you wake up and think about how much you hate being awake it will be all the harder
Railison ( @Railison@aussie.zone ) English3•2 months agoWhat time do you go to bed?
NotNotMike ( @notnotmike@programming.dev ) 2•2 months agoBetween 9 and 10pm most nights
Railison ( @Railison@aussie.zone ) English1•2 months agoThis is great, but wholly impractical for me sadly. I’ve tried to stagger my productive time accordingly.
tetris11 ( @tetris11@lemmy.ml ) 1•2 months agowhat about winter
NotNotMike ( @notnotmike@programming.dev ) 2•2 months agoWinter is the same, although it can be noticeably more difficult to recover if your pattern gets disrupted for any reason. So for that I use a light that simulates sunrise
JCPhoenix ( @JCPhoenix@beehaw.org ) English10•2 months agoI think taking the time in the morning to enjoy myself. I WFH these days so it’s a easier (yet sometimes harder) to do that, but when I was commuting, I’d wake up early enough to get ready of course, but also take sometime to have a cup of coffee and read some news and such. Maybe even have a breakfast sandwich or something. Because for many years, I did the whole wake up the last minute, get ready, and get out the door ASAP thing. I always felt like I was in a panic.
I can’t say it led me to be more productive or whatever. But it just felt nicer. To not be so rushed. And that’s worth something.
Ada ( @ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English9•2 months agoAs part of my fitness training earlier in my life, I got used to getting up early (somewhere between 5am and 6am). I’m nowhere near as fit as I used to be, but I still get up early.
shrugal ( @shrugal@lemm.ee ) 8•2 months agoOne cup of coffee on the balcony every morning. Just sitting there, enjoying the atmosphere, watching people walk by (I live near a park), maybe meditating a bit.
gregorum ( @gregorum@lemm.ee ) English8•2 months agotaking a shower first thing (well, second-- first is a cigarette) while listening to a general news podcast. not only does it wake me up, but it keeps me updated on the general goings-on in the world while getting my brain going. it also keeps me on time rather than dilly-dallying in the shower. 15 minutes in enough time to wash and do some minor stretching in the shower. then a second podcast (usually one on a specific story-of-the-day) while i shave and brush my teeth.
MxM111 ( @MxM111@kbin.social ) 1•2 months agoSo, before #1?
gregorum ( @gregorum@lemm.ee ) English2•2 months agono, the morning pee/poo happens while i wait for the shower to get hot. gives me a few minutes on lemmy before i dive into the podcast/ablutions/stretching time.
MxM111 ( @MxM111@kbin.social ) 3•2 months agoSo, a third thing then. :)
gregorum ( @gregorum@lemm.ee ) English2•2 months agoi don’t really count that
MxM111 ( @MxM111@kbin.social ) 3•2 months agoYou should - that’s the most pleasant part of the morning :)
Elise ( @xilliah@beehaw.org ) 7•2 months agoNo alarm. I go to bed on time and my body gets it somehow what a good wake up time is.
Also related is that when I wake up at night I take the time to think things through. Often a few hours, and then sleep again.
Shyfer ( @Shyfer@ttrpg.network ) 2•2 months agoI wish I could do that. It sounds so risky, though lol. But all the power to you. That’s amazing.
Elise ( @xilliah@beehaw.org ) 1•2 months agoYou can still set it when needed. But you wake up before.
Bigoldmustard ( @Bigoldmustard@lemmy.zip ) 6•2 months agoWaking up at the same time 7 days a week. I never feel overly tired and my body feels better.