They call me the problem solver

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• aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “Man, I wish it wasn’t so hard to get up in the morning.”

  “Try going to bed earlier.”

  “NO!!!”

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  • ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You can get in bed earlier it doesn’t mean you’ll fall asleep

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    • rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Stick to a consistent schedule and regulate caffeine intake to less than 400mg

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    • lauha@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Making a habit will make it easier though

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  • Weirdfish@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Whole life I had a very hard time waking up. Early just wasn’t for me.

    Then I woke up to the house burning down around me, trapped in a basement.

    Now I wake up between 5:30 and 6:00 am every morning without an alarm clock, in fight or flight mode, so I don’t even need coffee.

    Not a solution that’s right for everyone.

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    • turtlesareneat@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Umm. Sorry man. There are some good meds that can help with that, like Prazosin, which blocks norepinephrine, which is the fight-or-flight chemical. It also blocks nightmares from being remembered if taken at bedtime. And it keeps your blood pressure like, textbook perfect. If you have a doc you can ask. Good luck. I have PTSD which used to cause the same thing you have.

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    • Don_alForno@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That escalated quickly.

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    • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Sweet jebus, I’m sorry to hear that. You’re absolutely right though: “have you tried PTSD?” may not be right for everyone.

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  • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I find that having a cat that religiously wakes you up somewhere between 6 and 7 every morning to be an incredibly effective bedtime retrainer. There’s only so many months you can be sleep deprived before going insane or collapsing.

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    • VitoRobles@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s my cat now.

      But my prior cat would sleep on my chest, forcing me to be even more late.

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    • madmantis24@lemmy.wtf ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      He’s starting as early as 4 or 5 these days, Kitty please let me at least sleep until the alarm 🫠

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  • rapchee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    or you could get a job that starts midday

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    • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, those grow on trees.

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• OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I had a job where I was supposed to arrive at 8:00am. According to maps & normal traffic patterns, it should take me 25-30 minutes to get there from home.

  If I left home at 7:30 it would usually take me 35 minutes and I would invariably arrive at 8:05am. Late.

  No problem, leave earlier, right?

  If I left at 7:25am it would take me 40 minutes and I would arrive at 8:05am.

  If I left at 7:15am it would somehow take me 50 minutes and I would arrive 8:05am.

  If I left at 7:00am …you guessed it, it would take me 65 minutes and I would arrive 8:05am.

  It’s like I was destined to be there at 8:05am.

  Eventually I negotiated with my boss to be there at 8:30am instead. I stared leaving my house at 7:45am and I’d usually get there by 8:15am. Early!

  It was just the way the traffic worked out in my commute.

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  • jpreston2005@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Mine was the same way. trying to be there by 9AM meant that my hour commute, I should leave by 8. nope! and then 7:45? nope! how about 7:30? nope! even MORE traffic! I had to leave at 7, and if I was lucky, I’d sail right past the spot that usually had a massive traffic jam, and then I’d get into the office almost 45 minutes early 🙃 . But leaving at 7:15 would either get me there just on time, or 30 minutes late. It was nightmarish. Thank god I’m remote. (well actually thank me and my trauma therapist for filing out the proper AMA paperwork making me remote)

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  • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Because the roads are busier as people are trying to get there for the same time as you. If you leave later you are joining the end of that traffic, as it dies down. If you leave earlier you just become part of that traffic.

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• wrinkledoo@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Mornings have their own golden rule:

  Thou shall be sidetracked by random bullshit every goddamned time.

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• s@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s my destination’s fault for being too far away

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  • BooBees@fedinsfw.app ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Distance affects your timing? Personally if mine is further away my ability to procrastinate just gets stronger

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• nullspace@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Headline: A viral new Tiktok trend is giving Gen-Z a head start on their day!

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  • Notyou@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They call it early maxing. Get with the lingo boomer headline.

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    • nullspace@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Latecels getting timemogged by earlymaxxers.

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  • mrmisses@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “I discovered this hack using ai!”

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• toxicbubble@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  bro trust me, you just need to wake up earlier, trust me bro 4am is a sensible time to wake up, you only need 6 hours of sleep, you’re not maximizing your free time, you can skip breakfast and dinner trust me bro, you can fit in an extra two hours of work, plenty of time in the day 👌💪

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• Don_alForno@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “I only need ten minutes to get ready.”

  No honey, you don’t.

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  • cRazi_man@europe.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Somehow works out to: any task will take 15 min in the morning.

    Get out of bed: 15 min

    Shower: 15 min

    Shave: 15 min

    Get dressed: also 15 min

    Breakfast: believe it or not, 15 min

    Every extra snooze on the alarm clock has got to knock off one of those things till it goes down to: get dressed and run out the door.

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• CaptPretentious@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I know it’s a shitpost but it’s real advice. Far to often people will try to ‘make up’ time by driving faster or more aggressive. So not only are you stressing yourself out by leaving too late, your now stressing out everyone near you in the road watching you be a jackass.

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• fodor@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My friend says that for decades they thought the objective was to arrive at the precise time. Eventually they changed mental approaches. It was an interesting experience.

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  • ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Wait wait wait

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• basxto@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’ll just be slower because I’m not as stressed

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• captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I combine that with making sure my friends know I struggle with time dilation and so I make sure to give an eta when I’m out the door

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• AeonFelis@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If you want me to arrive on time you need to tricking into thinking the appointed time is 15 minutes earlier than when it really is.

  So… it actually is your fault that I’m late, really.

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• No_Money_Just_Change@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Humbug

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• stickyprimer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There are three ways to finish faster:

  1. start earlier
  2. do less
  3. get help

  I know this seems obvious but I’ve had to go back to it a million times at work when some project is behind schedule. All options tend to boil down to one of these. Notice it doesn’t say “go faster” it says “finish faster.” Reducing the scope of what you’re trying to do will bring the finish line closer without accelerating you at all.

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  • hirihit640@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    CEO chooses option 4: force everybody to work longer hours, it’s “crunch time”

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• MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Thats crazy talk.

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• cloudshouter@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have a ten minute window where it doesn’t matter when I leave the house, I get to work at the same time. If I leave before that I get to work fifteen minutes early and I’m not getting paid for that.

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• starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Real advice: get your shit ready the day before. You won’t be stumbling around looking for socks if you found a pair last night. Of your clothes are already in the bathroom, you can walk straight from your bed to the shower. If your lunch box is already packed, you can just grab it from the fridge and go.

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• rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Okay, now I get why Shaggy 2 Dope doesn’t like scientists.

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• uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This seems to fall into the Thanks! I’m cured! category, but I have gotten better over time at estimating how long it takes me to travel places.

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• jpreston2005@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Booo, Everyone else should just accept that I’m going to be at least a half an hour late

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  • Dozzi92@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Accept that you don’t care about others’ time, got it.

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    • jpreston2005@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m always on time when it’s just one other person, it’s parties n shit I’m late to. Don’t be such a lil bitch

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• Formfiller@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I can’t

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• Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If i leave earlier then i don’t rush resulting in me being just as late.

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• bstix@feddit.dk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Why though? It’s easier to change the ETA than the ATD.

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