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2026-08-04

X: Experimenting with a chess alarm

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• I am losing a lot of cumulative time due to all the days I am not able to fix my sleep schedule.
• I slept yesterday around 2:30 and work up today around 11 am if I remember correctly. My regular alarm is 8:30 am.
• Methods that have not been fully successful, for me:
  • Keep the phone far away enough that you have to walk out of the bed to dismiss the alarm - I go back to sleep anyway
  • Force passcode entry in order to dismiss the alarm - I go back to sleep anyway
  • Keep a note asking me to open the window for sunlight, when I dismiss the alarm - This hasn't yet set in as a habit so I sometimes forget to open the window. Also I sometimes go back to sleep even with the window open
  • Set alarm such that I get 7 hours sleep minimum, even if I slept late. So if I sleep 2:30 am this means alarm for 9:30 am, if I sleep 2 am this means alarm 9 am. - I still think this is a good idea but I end up going back to sleep
• Methods I could try:
  • Force myself to do a high focus task like play chess - I just now set this up today
  • Use multiple alarms spaced 30 min apart - I could experiment with this in future
  • Get a bigger window with even more sunlight - Not doing right now for reasons discussed in other posts

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