Casual Conversation

I’ve spent a couple years now working on being consistent with bedtimes and paying attention to how long I sleep on vacation, so I tend to wake up naturally. It is helped by having my blinds automated to open at the same time so sun shines in too.

If it’s a day I’ve had a drink the night before, it extends my time in bed, maybe 10-30 min, and more if it’s more than a few drinks.

2-5 minutes. I also typically wake up before my alarm, in which case I'll stay in bed until 2-5 minutes after my alarm would have gone off.

I check the first 20 or so posts on Lemmy's /all.

Not sure what this means. I make coffee and get dressed and stuff, but I don't really consider any of that a "ritual".

Let what continue?

I have the alarm set to allow up to three five minutes snooze and I vary between 5 - 15 minutes depending on how well I slept.

Once I'm up I start breakfast and coffee and dragging the kiddo out of her bed.

For the last few years I have started to set the alarm to go off at T minus 2 hrs. I will turn it off immediately.

The first hour is a leisurely waking up, checking news, posting a few things to Lemmy, and - these days - checking in on my Forge of Empires account, but it has been listening to a podcast at times or just reading. I will do all those before getting out of bed, unless I need to pee.

The second hour is then shower, breakfast, and getting dressed and out of the door.

Depends, are we talking about the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th alarm I have set?

If my alarm ever goes off, it's while I'm in the shower because I forgot to dismiss it.

My alarm is set for 6am but my dog wakes me up at 5 every day

I don't use an alarm (well, I do use alarms when I cook or make tea, just not for getting up). I wake up at the same time everyday. Have been doing so for decades.

I've been waking up almost an hour before my alarm lately. I don't mind ~20 minutes early, but an hour is too much. Time to reevaluate my bedtime and prep.

So currently, I wake up too early, toss and turn a bit, start the coffee maker from a phone app (so stupidly extra but I love it), and toodle around on my phone.

I'm already out. The alarm is a backup.

I get up immediately. Some days are harder to wake up on than others, but I am the textbook example of a morning person so the grogginess passes quickly.