A month ago, I turned my alarm clock around so that I couldn't see the digits anymore.
Two days ago, I unplugged it for good.
It wasn't the alarm that bothered me (although I hate having to wake up before I'm ready) or even the light from the digits. It was the time.
I'd wake up in the night and glance at the clock before closing my eyes again. As I laid there, trying in vain to get back to sleep, I'd start thinking about how many minutes until I had to get up. If it was 2:30 AM, I'd start thinking that I had to be up in less than 5 hours and then I'd start to think about all the things I had planned for the following day and going over lessons or chore lists or ingredients for dinner, etc...
This would go on for a bit, then I'd fall back asleep, but if I woke up again (on my own or with help from a small person), the whole process would start over. The more it happened, the worse I slept and the more it happened. It was really just a vicious cycle.
So I've given my alarm clock to The Boy and I'm simply using my cell phone alarm to get me up in the morning. And yeah, I could just flick my cell on and see the time, but that would require me to get out of bed and that's something I just really don't like to do, especially when I'm all warm and cozy.
And since I turned my clock around, I've been sleeping so much better!
I occasionally have that same problem, Rachel. My mind gets going with thoughts of what I have to do the next day and then it's off to the races! I've found that it helps if my room is dark; it doesn't seem as difficult to go back to sleep. But not looking at the clock would probably help even more. :)
ReplyDeleteI have an easy solution for this... I'm horribly blind without my contacts and glasses so to the time is just a green blur on Andy's side of the bed. :P lol
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