Giving Up the Alarm Clock

Less than 24 hours of GOTV left. Otherwise...

I have, over the past few weeks, given up the alarm clock. Since I work from home, many morning I do not have a commitment before 9:00am. I have started going to bed when I am tired, usually around 11pm, and I envision, as I fall asleep, waking up at 8am. I have found that my body wakes up pretty reliably between 8:00am and 8:15am. This gives me plenty of time to get out of bed, go outside for a few minutes of sunshine to fully wake up, have some coffee and/or take a shower, and get to work in the home-office/dining room by 9am. It is glorious. No loud, beeping alarm to startle me awake. Instead, I just open my eyes, roll over, and realize, Yep, it's time to get out of bed. This plan is not fool-proof, there have been a few mornings I have woken up at 8:55am, and rush downstairs to get cracking in 5 minutes. And some mornings an important meeting at 9am or early necessitates an alarm clock.

However, for the most part, my body seems quite capable of waking up by 8:30am and much happier to wake up on its own. It is absolutely a gift to be working from home, allowing me to sleep and wake to my own particular rhythm. The absence of a rude awakening may be what has kept my sanity intact during this ridiculous campaign season!