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 loogs

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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 snow 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 a sleep state. That's too bad because hitting snooze

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<v Speaker 1>repeatedly amounts to starting each day with an argument that

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>setting your alarm for five forty five am and then

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<v Speaker 1>snoozing until six thirty, set your alarm for six thirty.

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<v Speaker 1>Do this even if you have to be out at

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<v Speaker 1>the door for work ten minutes later. Yes, you'll be late,

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<v Speaker 1>but in the snoozing world, you are late too. In

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<v Speaker 1>the non snoozing world, you'll have gotten forty five more

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<v Speaker 1>minutes of amazing sleep. Ideally that will make you well

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<v Speaker 1>rested enough to solve whatever problems your tardiness caused. Second,

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<v Speaker 1>don't rely on willpower change your environment. Instead, try getting

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<v Speaker 1>an old fashioned alarm clock that has to be physically reset,

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<v Speaker 1>or even if you plan to use your phone, put

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<v Speaker 1>it on the other side of your bedroom. By the

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<v Speaker 1>time you're out of bed, getting back in seems more

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<v Speaker 1>consequential than just rolling over. You might even put a

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<v Speaker 1>coffee maker in your room, just like there are coffee

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<v Speaker 1>makers in hotel rooms, and program it to have a

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<v Speaker 1>cup brood at the time you wake up. Third, plan

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<v Speaker 1>something fun for your morning. We'll talk a lot about

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<v Speaker 1>morning routines on before breakfast, but I think the best

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<v Speaker 1>way to think about it is this. If you celebrate Christmas,

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<v Speaker 1>you know that kids don't hit snooze on Christmas Morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This past year, even my eleven year old was out

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<v Speaker 1>of bed at five forty five am. This is a

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<v Speaker 1>child that I have to rouse with some effort on

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<v Speaker 1>weekdays at seven point fifteen. Normally, he was just so

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<v Speaker 1>excited about the day to come. I know every morning

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

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<v Speaker 1>excited to get out of bed. Maybe it's meeting a

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

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<v Speaker 1>writing time in before everyone else in your family gets up.

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<v Speaker 1>Excitement mixed snoozing less tempting. And you know what else

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<v Speaker 1>makes snoozing less tempting, getting enough sleep. The whole snooze

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<v Speaker 1>button issue becomes less relevant if you naturally wake up

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<v Speaker 1>before you're alarm. I promise it's not impossible In an

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>to take on the world. In the meantime, this is Laura.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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