Hitting the snooze button
No matter how tired you think you are when your alarm clock goes off, force yourself out of bed if you want to have a productive morning.
When you hit the snooze button and fall back asleep, you lose the alertness you'd get by respecting your sleep cycles and end up waking up later, tired and groggy.
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The research team says that when the alarm goes off, we should just get up.
Realize you will be a bit groggy - but resist the temptation to snooze. Your body will go back to sleep, but it will be very light, low-quality sleep.
Hitting the snooze button
When you first wake up, your body starts releasing alertness hormones to get you up and ready for the day. Every time you go hit snooze, you slow down this process.
Don't Push The Snooze Button
We should follow the alarm that is set, and get up at the time. If it is slightly difficult, you can set up multiple alarms in the initial mornings, but do not hit the snooze button while half asleep. That’s cheating.
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