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obnoxious buzz from an alarm clock is no way to start the day.
A trick I’ve been using for some time is waking up to mood-enhancing music. It’s a simple trick, but can be very powerful in determining your morning state-of-mind.
If you set euphoric as an alarm it does two things.
First, the clear mental slate during those first few moments of consciousness is, I think, more impressionable to external emotional cues. Waking up to euphoric music instantly triggers a positive emotional response before negative thoughts can take over. This is a great way to start the day.
Second, if you set the volume just right it will only wake you up at the end of a sleep cycle, which is a natural wake-up opportunity for your body anyway. It takes some experimenting — not too loud so that you don’t wake up in stage 2 or REM sleep, but not so quiet that you won’t move out of stage 1 sleep and into consciousness. If you get this right, waking up will be much easier.
If you try these sleep hacks for a week or two, don’t be surprised if you start getting that “on top of