WEBVTT - Second Cup: How to quit the snooze button

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is about how to quit the snooze button.

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<v Speaker 1>When it comes to how we spend time, I think

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<v Speaker 1>the snooze button is one of the most unfortunate inventions

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<v Speaker 1>ever created. That's not because I think everyone should get

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<v Speaker 1>up at the crack of dawn to run marathons or

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<v Speaker 1>anything like that. I think snoozing is bad because I

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<v Speaker 1>love my sleep. I love deep dream inducing, brain restoring sleep.

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<v Speaker 1>Sleeping in nine minute increments, on the other hand, is

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<v Speaker 1>the worst of all worlds. You're not getting up and

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<v Speaker 1>starting your day, but you're not enjoying deep sleep either.

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<v Speaker 1>That said, like many evil things, the snooze button is

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<v Speaker 1>very tempting. I'm not a big snoozer myself, partly because

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<v Speaker 1>I have a lot of young children. They don't come

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<v Speaker 1>with snooze buttons. But I've studied thousands of time logs

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<v Speaker 1>over the years, and i know a lot of people

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<v Speaker 1>hit snoos out of habit. It's not uncommon to spend

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<v Speaker 1>half an hour or more each weekday morning in this

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<v Speaker 1>half asleep state. That's too bad because hitting snooze repeatedly

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<v Speaker 1>amounts to starting each day with an argument that you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to lose. Eventually you are going to get out

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<v Speaker 1>of bed. It seems more efficient to just get up

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<v Speaker 1>once and be done with it. So if you'd like

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<v Speaker 1>to quit the snooze button habit, I've seen a few

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<v Speaker 1>things work for other people. My first suggestion is just

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<v Speaker 1>to be honest with yourself. Be honest about the time

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<v Speaker 1>you intend to get out of bed. Rather than setting

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<v Speaker 1>your alarm for five am and then snoozing until six thirty,

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<v Speaker 1>such your alarm for six thirty. Do this even if

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<v Speaker 1>you have to be out at the door for work

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<v Speaker 1>ten minutes later. Yes, you'll be late, but in the

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<v Speaker 1>snoozing world you were late to In the non snoozing world,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll have gotten forty five more minutes of amazing sleep. Ideally,

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<v Speaker 1>that will make you well rested enough to solve whatever

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<v Speaker 1>problems your tardiness caused. Second, don't rely on willpower change

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<v Speaker 1>your environment. Instead, try getting an old fashioned alarm clock

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<v Speaker 1>that has to be physically reset, or even if you

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<v Speaker 1>plan to use your phone, put it on the other

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<v Speaker 1>side of your bedroom. By the time you're out of bed,

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<v Speaker 1>Getting back in seems more consequential than just rolling over

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<v Speaker 1>You might even put a coffee maker in your room,

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<v Speaker 1>just like there are coffee makers in hotel rooms, and

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<v Speaker 1>program it to have a cut brood at the time

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<v Speaker 1>you wake up. Third, plan something fun for your morning.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll talk a lot about morning routines on before breakfast,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think the best way to think about it

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<v Speaker 1>is this. If you celebrate Christmas, you know that kids

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<v Speaker 1>don't hit snooze on Christmas morning. This past year, even

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<v Speaker 1>my eleven year old was out of bed at five am.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a child that I have to rouse with

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<v Speaker 1>some effort on weekdays at seven fifteen. Normally, he was

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<v Speaker 1>just so excited about the day to come. I know

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<v Speaker 1>every morning can't be a holiday, but what would make

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<v Speaker 1>you genuinely excited to get out of bed? Maybe it's

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<v Speaker 1>meeting a friend for a run, or getting some quiet

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<v Speaker 1>reading or writing time in before everyone else in your

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<v Speaker 1>family gets up. Excitement makes snoozing less tempting. And you

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<v Speaker 1>know what else makes snoozing less tempting, getting enough sleep.

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<v Speaker 1>The whole snooze button issue becomes less relevant if you

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<v Speaker 1>naturally wake up before your alarm. I promise it's not impossible.

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<v Speaker 1>In an upcoming episode, I'll share some tips for getting

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<v Speaker 1>to bed on time so you can wake up on

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<v Speaker 1>time ready to take on the world. In the meantime.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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