I don't use alarm clocks

Like I imagine a lot of the working population, I hate alarm clocks. Unlike a lot of the working population, I don’t use one.

When I tell most people this, they recoil in horror. How can I not use an alarm clock? Aren’t I always late for work? Well it turns out that if you trust your body, then you’ll normally wake up at a natural point in the sleep cycle. How many of you wake up just before your alarm clock goes off, only to turn over, get another 5 minutes sleep, then get interrupted in the middle of a sleep cycle and wake up feeling more tired?

I am lucky enough to work in a “creative” profession, where the hours I work aren’t (very) important, but the quality of my output is, so I officially work a “flexitime” system, and I realise this isn’t for everyone, but maybe I’m getting old and I love waking up relaxed from a good night’s sleep. Trust your body clock, without the safety net of the alarm clock, you won’t turn over and fall back to sleep and you’ll wake up feeling happier. Give it a try, and maybe you’ll wake up feeling better too.