How to Wake Up On Time Without an Alarm Clock

It’s hard to imagine anything more stressful to your body at rest than being jolted awake, yet that’s exactly what you do every time you use an alarm clock to get out of bed. The only solution is to wake up naturally. The trick is to do it on time. With practice and patience, here’s how to wake up without an alarm clock.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Waking Up on Your Own

1. Hang a light-colored curtain on your bedroom window. The light and warmth from the sun will help wake you up.
2. Keep your window open at night on mild evenings to wake up on time without an alarm clock. The birds will help wake you up when they start chirping at dawn.
3. Allow yourself seven to eight hours of sleep before you need to get up. You’ll be more likely to wake up on time if you've given yourself plenty of rest.
4. Put a dream journal beside your bed and record your dreams when you wake up. It's addictive, and you’ll be more likely to pry yourself up out of bed if you know you need to record your dreams before you forget. (Plus, paying attention to your dreams is a great way to get important messages from your self-conscious.)
5. Tell your body within how many hours it needs to wake up. Not, “Wake up at six o’clock,” but “Wake up in seven hours.” You have a natural body clock that will eventually respond, especially if you’re patient with the process and practice every night.
6. Give yourself the best night’s sleep possible to wake up on time without an alarm clock. Wear loose, comfortable clothing that won’t restrict your movement and be sure to have enough blankets on cold nights, or a light sheet for warm ones.

Tips & Warnings

• While you’re practicing Steps 1-6, and until you’ve mastered it, set your alarm clock as a back-up on mornings when you cannot afford to wake up late. Set the wake time on the alarm for 30 minutes later than you tell your body to wake up. Just be sure to set your body alarm clock 30 minutes earlier than when you absolutely must get out of bed.
• You might want to experiment, first, on weekends.