Disclaimer! Based on Personal Experience
Are you still waking up to that irritating alarm every morning?
Before trying the hack, you should know how our sleep cycle works.
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How does a sleep cycle works?
Generally, a proper sleep divided into two parts: 1) Non-REM sleep 2) REM sleep
[Note: When you sleep, your eyes move rapidly under your closed eyelids. This phenomenon is called REM (Rapid Eye Movement)]
1) Non-REM sleep
It’s further divided into three stages.
Stage 1: First 5-10 mins of your sleeping. At this stage, though your eyes are closed, you can be awakened easily.
Stage 2: About 15-20 mins after entering Stage 1 sleeping. Here, you are in light sleep mode, and your body prepares for deep sleep. During this time, your heartbeat and body temperature slow down.
Stage 3: Now, you are in the deep sleep stage. During this stage, your body repairs itself. It builds muscles and bones, regrows tissues, and strengthens the immune system.
As we grow from childhood to adulthood, our sleep time decreases from 11-12 hours to 7-8 hours. This also shortens the duration of deep sleep. You will find it very uncomfortable if someone awakens you at this stage.
2) REM sleep
Stage 4: This is the last 90 minutes of your sleep. Here, you experience the most vivid and memorable dreams. The key sign of REM sleep is that your eyes move rapidly in different directions under your eyelids. This stage also plays a big role in boosting your memory and learning ability.[1]
An alarm significantly disrupts these sleep stages.
As a result, one can suffer from sleep inertia. It’s a state where a person still feels dizzy and sleepy all the time even after waking up.
It can last from a few minutes to a couple of hours. The duration depends on your health condition. You suffer poor performance throughout the day.
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What happens when you don’t get Good Sleep?
1. Stress and anxiety
Many times you don’t like the sound of the alarm. This is because we hear it regularly, and it reminds us to start our daily job. Thus, it creates stress and anxiety at the very starting of the day.
Definitely, not the best way to wake up, Right?
2. Short-tempered
Getting up to an alarm can really mess with your mind. That’s because it breaks your sleep cycle midway. As a result, this poor sleep time makes you short-tempered.
3. Poor body recovery
Having bad sleep means your body isn’t getting proper rest or recovery time. Doing it repeatedly hampers the quality of your sleep and overall health.
What Good Sleep looks like? (Natural Waking Up)
Our body has an internal biological clock that sets our sleep and wake up time. Waking up naturally, without an alarm, helps our body to maintain its rhythm.
This way, your body completes its full sleep cycle and wakes up when it’s ready. The result? You start the day feeling refresh and energized. Sadly, an alarm clock disrupts this natural wake up system.
I did this mistake earlier so that you don’t suffer: Very few people do these to sleep faster, do you?
How to wake up naturally?
Just fix your sleep time. That’s it!
What? That’s really it?
Yes! Sleep at a fixed time and continue it consistently for a week.
For example, if you sleep at 10 pm, then stick to it for a week. For the first 3-4 days, you will struggle to wake up at the same time. But soon, you will see the magic of your body’s internal clock. You’ll wake up naturally, right when you should.
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The SCIENCE behind it!
It’s actually the magic of our biological clock and self-discipline. These determine when you will wake up. The biological clock resets only when you follow a daily sleep-and-wake routine for weeks.
In short, sleep discipline sets your biological clock.
Generally, adults need 7-8 hours of proper sleep. Now think wisely!
You fixed your sleep time.
Your body has its own fixed sleep hours.
As a result, you’ll automatically wake up at the fixed time every day. Wonderful, isn’t it?
Remember, during the first 3-4 days, you will struggle. But it means your body is adjusting to the new sleep-and-wake schedule you’ve set.
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Real life example (My story)
Here are my two real-life stories to show you how effective this method is.
Example 1: My Normal Day wake-up
My body’s optimal sleep time is 8 hours. I generally go to bed at 11 pm. Now here’s a simple calculation.
If I sleep at 11 pm and need 8 hours of sleep, when will I wake up?
Simple! At 7 am.
Yeah! That’s exactly how I wake up every day – at a regular time – without any alarm.
Example 2: My Rush Day wake-up
I have been practicing fixed-sleep-time routine for years. Since then, I have never needed an alarm. Through this method, you can actually wake up at any time. Now, here is my rush-day wake up story.
One fine day, my family and I planned to go to a holy place by train. It was an 8-hour journey from my home, and the train was at 6 am. According to our calculation, we needed to wake up at 3 am to prepare fully. If we missed the train, we would have to wait at least 12 hours for the next one. So no chance of being late.
As a result, my family members set alarms at 3 am to wake up. Guess who didn’t? Yes, it’s me.
As per my fixed-time-sleeping policy, I needed 8 hours of sleep to wake up. I just had to fill that quota somehow.
So, the day before the journey, I took a 3-hour nap from 3 pm to 6 pm.
After that, I packed my bags as well as helped others. Then I went to bed again at 10 pm. Now guess what time I woke up?
Yes, exactly at 3 am!!! I just woke up a few minutes before 3 am. Ironically, right after that, I heard my family’s alarms were ringing. Undoubtedly, I woke up at first – and that too without any alarm.
This is the power of fixed-time sleeping.
Happy Sleeping 🙂
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