I can anecdotally report that when I started consistently getting up immediately upon my alarm going off the subjective feeling of the first 5-10 minutes was far superior and I didn’t feel much tiredness even with a relatively short night of sleep. I started doing this through setting my alarm to the maximum latest time possible and still allow me to get to work on time, and then noticed how much better I felt while doing this (previously I was a chronic snooze-button masher and felt pretty groggy waking up).
I have noticed in the WFH/office phases of the past 2 years the effect has persisted—a worse subjective waking up experience when WFH. I think it’s because without the pressure of needing to be at work, I don’t develop an automatic routine of simply getting up unthinkingly when my alarm goes off.
I think part of this is related to how good your internal biological clock is. I’m the type of person that will wake up pretty consistently a few minutes before an alarm goes off anyway (sometimes even when the alarm is not my usual time, such as for a flight). Maybe the ‘get up immediately’ approach wouldn’t work as well if this isn’t you.
I can anecdotally report that when I started consistently getting up immediately upon my alarm going off the subjective feeling of the first 5-10 minutes was far superior and I didn’t feel much tiredness even with a relatively short night of sleep. I started doing this through setting my alarm to the maximum latest time possible and still allow me to get to work on time, and then noticed how much better I felt while doing this (previously I was a chronic snooze-button masher and felt pretty groggy waking up).
I have noticed in the WFH/office phases of the past 2 years the effect has persisted—a worse subjective waking up experience when WFH. I think it’s because without the pressure of needing to be at work, I don’t develop an automatic routine of simply getting up unthinkingly when my alarm goes off.
I think part of this is related to how good your internal biological clock is. I’m the type of person that will wake up pretty consistently a few minutes before an alarm goes off anyway (sometimes even when the alarm is not my usual time, such as for a flight). Maybe the ‘get up immediately’ approach wouldn’t work as well if this isn’t you.