1 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:06,600 Speaker 1: Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 2 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:09,960 Speaker 1: Today's tip is about how to quit the snooze button. 3 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: When it comes to how we spend time. I think 4 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,639 Speaker 1: the snooze button is one of the most unfortunate inventions 5 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 1: ever created. That's not because I think everyone should get 6 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 1: up at the crack of dawn to run marathons or 7 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:26,760 Speaker 1: anything like that. I think snoozing is bad because I 8 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 1: love my sleep. I love deep dream inducing, brain restoring sleep. 9 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: Sleeping in nine minute increments, on the other hand, is 10 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 1: the worst of all worlds. You're not getting up and 11 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: starting your day, but you're not enjoying deep sleep either. 12 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: That said, like many evil things, the snooze button is 13 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 1: very tempting. I'm not a big snoozer myself, partly because 14 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 1: I have a lot of young children. They don't come 15 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: with snooze buttons. But I've studied thousands of time loogs 16 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: over the years, and I know a lot of people 17 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: hit snow out of habit. It's not uncommon to spend 18 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: half an hour or more each weekday morning in this 19 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: half a sleep state. That's too bad because hitting snooze 20 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: repeatedly amounts to starting each day with an argument that 21 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: you're going to lose. Eventually you are going to get 22 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: out of bed. It seems more efficient to just get 23 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: up once and be done with it. So if you'd 24 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: like to quit the snooze button habit, I've seen a 25 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:30,960 Speaker 1: few things work for other people. My first suggestion is 26 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: just to be honest with yourself. Be honest about the 27 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: time you intend to get out of bed. Rather than 28 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,320 Speaker 1: setting your alarm for five forty five am and then 29 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: snoozing until six thirty, set your alarm for six thirty. 30 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:46,680 Speaker 1: Do this even if you have to be out at 31 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: the door for work ten minutes later. Yes, you'll be late, 32 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: but in the snoozing world, you are late too. In 33 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: the non snoozing world, you'll have gotten forty five more 34 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: minutes of amazing sleep. Ideally that will make you well 35 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: rested enough to solve whatever problems your tardiness caused. Second, 36 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: don't rely on willpower change your environment. Instead, try getting 37 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: an old fashioned alarm clock that has to be physically reset, 38 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: or even if you plan to use your phone, put 39 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 1: it on the other side of your bedroom. By the 40 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: time you're out of bed, getting back in seems more 41 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: consequential than just rolling over. You might even put a 42 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: coffee maker in your room, just like there are coffee 43 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: makers in hotel rooms, and program it to have a 44 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: cup brood at the time you wake up. Third, plan 45 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: something fun for your morning. We'll talk a lot about 46 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 1: morning routines on before breakfast, but I think the best 47 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: way to think about it is this. If you celebrate Christmas, 48 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: you know that kids don't hit snooze on Christmas Morning. 49 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: This past year, even my eleven year old was out 50 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 1: of bed at five forty five am. This is a 51 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: child that I have to rouse with some effort on 52 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,799 Speaker 1: weekdays at seven point fifteen. Normally, he was just so 53 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:06,519 Speaker 1: excited about the day to come. I know every morning 54 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,839 Speaker 1: can't be a holiday, but what would make you genuinely 55 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: excited to get out of bed. Maybe it's meeting a 56 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,519 Speaker 1: friend for a run, or getting some quiet reading or 57 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,679 Speaker 1: writing time in before everyone else in your family gets up. 58 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: Excitement mixed snoozing less tempting. And you know what else 59 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: makes snoozing less tempting, getting enough sleep. The whole snooze 60 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: button issue becomes less relevant if you naturally wake up 61 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: before you're alarm. I promise it's not impossible In an 62 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: upcoming episode, I'll share some tips for getting to bed 63 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: on time so you can wake up on time ready 64 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: to take on the world. In the meantime, this is Laura. 65 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of 66 00:03:53,800 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 1: our time. Hey, everybody got a tip or a question. 67 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: You can share them with me on Twitter, Facebook or 68 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: Instagram at Before Breakfast Pod. That's b E the number four, 69 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: then Breakfast Pod. You can also email me at Before 70 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: Breakfast Podcast at iHeartMedia dot com. For the email, just 71 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: spell those words out. I look forward to connecting and 72 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: learning how you make the most of your time.