New Alarm Clock
Jan. 22nd, 2014 09:13 pmA number of years ago, I figured out the key to waking up, at least for me. It's the sort of thing that would have made life through high school (and college, for that matter) a WHOLE lot better. What it comes down to is that the absolute worst way for me to wake up is to sound (seriously, my brain hates it so much that I would actually get up in the middle of the night and, while still asleep, turn off my alarm clock so I wouldn't have to hear it in the morning) and what I really need is light. In particular, a nice full spectrum light!
I'd cobbled together my own alarm clock and it worked quite nicely. Ott-Lite produced a nice full-spectrum CFL grow light that would fit in a regular bulb socket, so I put that in a desk lamp attached to a plug in timer... and it would come on in the morning, starting somewhat dim and slowly getting brighter (as is the nature of CFLs). Unfortunately, when we went to stage the old house to sell, I had to pack it up, because it wasn't exactly pretty. I still haven't found the components for that alarm in the unpacking I've done (apparently, we didn't do as good a job of labeling as I thought we had) and even when I do, the folks at Ott appear to have quit making the bulb I've been using. :-(
I managed pretty well over the summer (there was enough light coming in the windows at both the old and new houses to wake me up) and even into the fall. But lately, it hit me that I've been dragging around in the mornings and having a harder and harder time getting up at a decent time. On one particular morning a few weeks ago, I groggily got up around the time![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
rackham was heading out to work and announced that I *had* to find the cobbled-together alarm clock to use until I had something better, because I was sick of being tired all morning... and he just grinned and said I was in luck and to go check Woot that day. Such perfect timing... they had a full spectrum light alarm clock for sale, with good reviews and a price that didn't make me cringe. I paid for expedited shipping and it arrived a few days later... ( and it's been marvelous! )
Crossposted from my Livejournal.
I'd cobbled together my own alarm clock and it worked quite nicely. Ott-Lite produced a nice full-spectrum CFL grow light that would fit in a regular bulb socket, so I put that in a desk lamp attached to a plug in timer... and it would come on in the morning, starting somewhat dim and slowly getting brighter (as is the nature of CFLs). Unfortunately, when we went to stage the old house to sell, I had to pack it up, because it wasn't exactly pretty. I still haven't found the components for that alarm in the unpacking I've done (apparently, we didn't do as good a job of labeling as I thought we had) and even when I do, the folks at Ott appear to have quit making the bulb I've been using. :-(
I managed pretty well over the summer (there was enough light coming in the windows at both the old and new houses to wake me up) and even into the fall. But lately, it hit me that I've been dragging around in the mornings and having a harder and harder time getting up at a decent time. On one particular morning a few weeks ago, I groggily got up around the time
rackham was heading out to work and announced that I *had* to find the cobbled-together alarm clock to use until I had something better, because I was sick of being tired all morning... and he just grinned and said I was in luck and to go check Woot that day. Such perfect timing... they had a full spectrum light alarm clock for sale, with good reviews and a price that didn't make me cringe. I paid for expedited shipping and it arrived a few days later... ( and it's been marvelous! )Crossposted from my Livejournal.
