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Tip #22. Start Your Morning With A Puzzle

Added: 7/14/2007 10:24:48 PM

Another wake up trick is to puzzle yourself in the morning by putting alarm clock into a place where it can’t be easily turned off. For example, bring a chair, put an alarm clock high on the cabinet, then put your chair back into another room. You will have to repeat this procedure in the morning to shut off alarm. Better yet, put it into a box that can be locked with a key, and put key somewhere in another room. For example, in another locked box...

Kyle Pott who also shares his experience on early rising in the article Productivity Boost: How to start your day at 5:00 AM at LifeHack.org has even more evil advice – he suggests to put alarm clock into a combination-locked box and make yourself put in the combination in order to turn off the alarm. I suggest you try it with changing your combination code every day . Also, you may need really loud alarm clock to make sure you hear it when it’s in the box.

If you can’t come up with any puzzles yourself, the technology is here to help you. Flying Alarm Clock ($24.79) will launch propeller up into the air so it flies around the room. To turn off the alarm you'll have to get up, find it & return it to the base. After you spend few minutes on your knees looking for the propeller, wake up is guaranteed!

If finding propeller is easy for you, try to make it harder looking for 4 pieces instead of one. Puzzle Alarm Clock ($67.00) wakes you up by firing four puzzle pieces up in the air, and then it is your task to get the pieces and put them back in the alarm clock - it won't turn off until then.

Those devices will make a perfect gift for your sleeping buddies and family members. I’m sure soon we will see alarm clocks sprinkling water or firing mini-missiles at you.

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Comments

brent says:
1/7/2008 7:15:24 PM
there's a calvin and hobbes comic where calvin's alarm clock goes off, he gets out of bed, dopily gets in to his day clothes and his mum comes in and says "I'm glad you're up, breakfast is ready".

Then calvin gets back into bed sayind "That should throw her off the scent for a while"

My body is clever, I can go back to sleep after almost anything. I can sleep in even after getting up to feed a meowing cat.

Mr. Help says:
5/21/2008 9:02:52 PM
I am still waiting on an alarm clock that gives you an electric shock if you do not wake up, thats pretty much the only thing that will wake me up some mornings.

mike says:
5/28/2008 12:07:55 AM
UGH i h8 alarm clocks espeically near me, i put them very far so i have 2 get up and turn it off.
Pakistan Business says:
5/12/2011 4:30:02 AM
Hi,
Its really a nice idea to start a day with a puzzle as it will activate your mind and you will feel fresh for the whole day.Really thanks for sharing such a nice idea.
Regards,
Sana

masters organizational leadership says:
5/17/2011 9:04:17 AM
I think being able to get your brain working really get you up. I have never thought of this but the idea is so good.
Web Design New York says:
11/14/2011 11:08:11 PM
Yeah this is an old trick that always work in couple of days. When you have alarm near by you, there will be chance that you will turn it off in your sleep but keeping it place where you have to stand up from bad will get you little motivate to wake up early.

Productivity ideas says:
11/24/2011 9:47:24 AM
Thanks! I think that clock definitely stimulates the brain in the morning and makes it easier to wake up.
streaming says:
11/30/2011 4:33:24 AM
Love the ideas and the puzzles. To be honest when I wake up I try to do something like this. I have a application on smart-phone with a brain age game.

mary freeman says:
12/1/2011 1:22:55 AM
A simple yet smart way of waking you up..
Putting alarm clock away from and locked,
putting it in a box...
With this idea really makes you wake up
even if you do not like yet!

Laura Mat says:
12/9/2011 6:24:19 AM
Hello
I just would like to emphasize one point. It is very important that you get up right after you hear the alarm clock. Lounging around in bed will make you even more sleepy. I know, it is not an easy thing to do, but it is worth trying.
Best Regards
Laura

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