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Originally Posted by CeCe333
I think that having something to look forward to during the day might not work for some of us because we're more concerned with how we're feeling at the specific moment than having something enjoyable later in the day. At least that's why it wouldn't work for me.
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I do need something to look forward to to be hyped/alert enough to get up but if I don't have to get up for it right away then that doesn't help. If it's something immediate to deal with then yes I will get alert right away and jump out of bed. I've tried talking to myself while lying in bed, listing things that I'm interested in that could get my attention to get alert, but most things just do not work for making me alert right there and then.
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If imagination doesn't work, you could set up some type of negative reinforcement that will only go away if you get out of bed?
I know that they have alarm clocks that are designed to be a pain in the *** to turn off, like the ones that run around your room or the ones that fly. The idea is, you'll want to turn off the alarm because it's annoying. And after you chase it down, you'll be fully awake and less likely to have to go back to bed.
And always set it to snooze, not off. Maybe the threat of it going off again is enough to make you get up.
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I have tried having the snooze go on for hours. Not exaggerating. I would simply press snooze every time the alarm came back up and I just went back to sleep or went back to lying in bed (and eventually fall asleep again).
Sometimes I didn't even remember my pressing snooze/turning alarm off.
What is this alarm clock running around the room like?
Say more on this?
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Make some type of commitment for an appointment in the morning that you have to check into in the morning. And there will be a punishment of some type if you don't make this appointment.
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If I have an appointment in the morning, I get up just fine for it, no need for extra punishment, but I don't often have appointments.
I can't think of ideas on what sort of commitment I could have otherwise...?
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The first few days are the hardest because you need to build the habit
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I already explained to you that this is not simply about habit building here.