How many times do you snooze in the morning before you rise and shine? Me....? Usually only once in the morning.....I need to get up right away! Here are some tips to avoid the snooze button:
Set a timer so that a bright light turns on simultaneously with your alarm. When the light hits your face, you'll be less likely to fall asleep, even if you keep your eyes closed.
If you drink coffee, get a coffee pot with a timer. Prepare it before going to bed, set it for 30 minutes before your alarm and not only will your coffee be ready when you get up, the smell of the freshly brewed coffee may help you to get out of bed.
Put your alarm clock on the other side of the room. You have no choice but to answer it, and before you know it, you will be out of your bed. Works best if you share your home with others so you must answer to avoid annoying them.
Set a second alarm on your cell phone, computer, another alarm clock, or whatever you can hear from wherever you need to put it. Place the other alarm by your coffee pot, in the bathroom, downstairs, in the hall, or whatever works in your home. Then set it for 5 minutes after the first alarm on your regular alarm clock. When you wake up, you will know that you need to go and shut off the second alarm, before it also goes off.
Consider super gluing your snooze button in order to make it impossible to use. Be careful not to destroy your alarm clock though! (This may have the unintended effect of encouraging the use of the button that completely turns off the alarm)
