Waking up on time is not easy. You can set an alarm, but it’s a matter of seconds for your muscle memory to snooze it. At one point, I used to set multiple alarms to ease me back to awake. It worked, but I ended up annoying my wife.

I now use the “Sleep as Android” app. It has many features, but the two I find most useful are:

1. CAPTCHA: You scan a QR code/Barcode to stop the alarm. You can decide what code to use. I use the barcode of a facewash in my toilet. That forces me to get out of bed and walk. Getting out of bed is the biggest challenge and this completes it easily.
2. Smart Wake Up: Instead of the alarm going off at exactly the time I have asked, it goes off within a 15-minute range I have set. The app can figure out what stage of sleep I am at and ring the alarm when I am at the lightest stage. This prevents feeling groggy after waking up.

Thanks to the app (and the fact that I run to the QR code to avoid waking up my wife), I wake up on time consistently. I don’t try to wake up early though. Just 8 hours after the time I go to sleep.

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