I’ve run into a problem. It’s not a new one, but it’s been happening with greater frequency as I get deeper into this experiment: I’m sleeping through my alarms. To make sure that I don’t overrun the 3-hour mark on my core nap, I set the phone’s alarm, and at the beginning, all was well. So well, that I’d regularly wake up a minute before the alarm sounded, and that in fact was what made it clear in the first place that this project was feasible. Now though, it’s a crap-shoot whether I’ll get up or sleep straight through till morning.
What’s most alarming (ugh) about this is that I can’t get a more obnoxious sound to wake myself. If you’re unfamiliar with the iPhone “Alarm” tone, it’s based off a submarine klaxon, really quite awful to hear. Nor can I just make it louder, as my girlfriend would hit me in the face if I woke her at the hours I wake myself, and I like being pretty.
My first thought is to try sleeping with headphones, but I don’t know if I’d be able to keep them in/on while I sleep. Beyond that I’m stumped.
I got my first link the other day from another blog, so it would appear that someone is reading this. At the very least they are aware it exists, and so I ask you, hypothetical reader, for suggestions. How shall I wake myself after just 3 hours without also waking my partner? Ideally, I’d also like to avoid spending money, but I understand that that’s sometimes unavoidable. Hit me up in the comments.