Alarm Reliance
I don’t generally rely on my alarm to wake me up in the morning. My internal clock has always been quite good at waking me about ten minutes before I really want to get up. Nevertheless I still set the alarm, part f this is out of habit and part of it is for that “just in case” occurrence (which do happen now and again, albeit not very often). All that being said I find myself annoyed when my alarm doesn’t go off (even considering I hate the sound of my alarm). I guess it is part of the whole morning routine thing, which over the past year and a half I have gotten down pretty well. I don’t like it to be broken. So, when I forget to turn my phone on after work (my phone is my alarm) the alarm does not end up going off in the morning, also, I usually have some missed calls or texts. This morning was the case, and while I did not end up getting up late, I am still irritated. Part of it, I think, is that I like to hit snooze once or twice, not because I want to go back to sleep, but because I like to delay getting up in my cold room (and it is freezing, one morning my clock/thermometer — I’m a geek I know — read 44 degrees Fahrenheit, brrrrr). I guess I could just get an alarm clock and not rely on my phone, but that doesn’t seem too fun either. I shall just live with it for now, and hope I remember to turn my phone on upon leaving work.
Another thing, in mentioning morning routine, I am still not comfortable with the fact that I have developed a very set work day morning routine. This is something both my parents seemed to possess while I was growing up, and I never thought one day I’d be the same way. Nevertheless, here I am. Get up at 6am every morning, shower, make coffee, read The New York Times, check a few emails, and then go to work around 8am or so. Pretty much every day. How mundane.
