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Rainmaker
921,504
Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041
ReMax Realtec Group - Palm Harbor, FL
Making FLORIDA Real Estate EZ

As one ages the internal alarm creeps closer and closer to 4 am.

And then one realizes they were awake before 4 anyway.

That  must be why old people are so grouchy, they can't get enough sleep.

"Get off my grass!"

Jan 31, 2020 11:27 AM
Rainmaker
5,243,898
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

No alarm for me, I wake at 5 to 5:30am every morning. Unfortunately it does not matter what time I go to sleep

Jan 31, 2020 12:29 PM
Ambassador
1,457,819
Susan Emo
Sotheby's International Realty Canada - Brokerage - Kingston, ON
Kingston and the 1000 Islands Area

I haven't used an alarm in many decades.   I believe in waking up when I'm rested and not setting appointments at unGodly hours!

Jan 31, 2020 12:23 PM
Rainmaker
5,115,152
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

I don't need even one alarm to wake up. 4:00 am comes... my eyes open.

Jan 31, 2020 12:06 PM
Ambassador
3,350,309
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

I don't even need an alarm.  I tell my brain before I go to slumber what time I want to get up.  

Even if I do set an alarm I will wake a minute to two - maybe 5 minutes before it goes off. 

Jan 31, 2020 12:31 PM
Rainmaker
2,401,959
Bob "RealMan" Timm
Ward County Notary Services - Minot, ND
Owner of Ward Co Notary Services retired RE Broker

Alan Blake when I was a teen the loudest Rock N Roll did not get me out of bed... because I liked R&R. I found the key was setting the alarm to a station I hated and to set the alarm across the room. This ended up having two benefits: #1) it got me out of bed #2) I became a Christian because I got to like that awful gospel music .

Jan 31, 2020 11:51 AM
Rainmaker
1,208,059
Peter Mohylsky, Destin BeachPro
PMI. Destin - Miramar Beach, FL
Call me at 850-517-7098

I grew into it.  small bladder if you really care. 

Jan 31, 2020 11:51 AM
Rainer
52,597
Krista Jenkins, REALTOR®
klm Real Estate - Lubbock, TX
Residential sales and retail & office leasing

I was born this way. 

Jan 31, 2020 11:47 AM
Rainer
216,904
Sharon Altier
Coldwell Banker Realty - Elmhurst, IL
Luxury Property Specialist, CSC, SFR

Best alarm is letting natural light wake you....I was speaking to my husband about this very subject this morning.  I wish I had an alarm of automatically opening the drapes at "x" time....  

Jan 31, 2020 11:37 AM
Ambassador
2,458,523
Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

I only use an alarm if I have to ensure I'm up REALLY early to catch a plane or something. Otherwise, I wake up right around 5am every morning without an alarm. Sometimes a few minutes before or after, but usually right at 5:01. :-)

Jan 31, 2020 01:45 PM
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3,140,627
Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT
St. George Utah Area Residential Sales Agent

Trained since birth to wake early, was born on a dairy farm, school years, then basic training set the tone, then college, corporate world, then children and now the real estate world. It feels good getting up early when you look forward to the day, no alarm necessary!

Jan 31, 2020 12:09 PM
Rainmaker
7,869,273
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Place the alarm across the room. You have to get up to turn it off.

Jan 31, 2020 12:08 PM
Rainmaker
1,513,143
Raymond E. Camp
Ontario, NY

The US government taught me, as well as how to make five minutes feel like eight hours!

Jan 31, 2020 11:50 AM
Rainmaker
564,494
Maria Sapio
Keller Williams of Central PA - Carlisle, PA
Real Estate Agent- Carlisle, PA. Mariasapio.com

Having meaningful purpose woven into the day ahead gives that 'alarm' a whole new sound...

Jan 31, 2020 11:33 AM
Ambassador
2,072,756
Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.

After so many years of waking up at the same time, I don't even set an alarm clock.  My internal clock wakes me at 7:00-7:30 whether I want to, or not.

Feb 01, 2020 05:37 AM
Rainmaker
3,416,038
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

I do not use an alarm. I seem to get up at the sametime every day (6am) and up, ready, eat and work at 7am.  The internal clock is set on auto pilot 

Feb 01, 2020 04:44 AM
Ambassador
6,422,434
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

It starts with telling yourself before going to sleep what you will do when you hear the alarm.

Generally I do not need an alarm, though there are those times when I do.

Jan 31, 2020 10:51 PM
Rainmaker
902,238
Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

How about no alarm, just good biorhythms?

Jan 31, 2020 04:54 PM
Rainmaker
1,506,613
Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

I'm up before the alarm.  Never understood people who hit the snooze button once, let alone 20 times.  I get it if you're ill, but not on a daily basis.

Jan 31, 2020 03:44 PM
Rainmaker
1,847,471
Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

It's a special chromosome.

Jan 31, 2020 02:35 PM
Rainer
509,449
Susie Kay
Ultra Real Estate Dallas Fort Worth - Plano, TX
North Dallas Specialist

I always need 1 alarm only.  When I hear it I force myself to wake up.  

Jan 31, 2020 02:29 PM
Rainmaker
759,785
Peter Testa
Nationwide Homes - Danbury, CT
PETER TESTA

Late to bed & early to rise, without an alarm I wouldn't open my eyes. And coffee. 

Jan 31, 2020 02:14 PM
Rainmaker
5,772,593
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Alan,

What makes get up even before the alarm goes off is that we are excited about our day, and cannot wait to get going..A

Jan 31, 2020 01:58 PM
Rainmaker
766,569
Tony Lewis
Summit Real Estate Group - Valencia, CA
Summit Real Estate Group Valencia & Aliso Viejo

Years of self training and discipline.  Most important in creating a time clock in our mind is fear of missing an appointment.

Jan 31, 2020 01:29 PM
Ambassador
2,684,769
Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

No alarm.  When I go to bed, I tell myself what time I need to wake up.  And I wake up at that time.

Feb 01, 2020 07:28 AM
Rainmaker
4,482,896
Endre Barath, Jr.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA
Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

Alan I have not had set an alarm in well lets just say in four decades.... self motivation, internal responsibilty and the list goes on and on again...Endre

Jan 31, 2020 10:42 PM
Rainmaker
2,785,156
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

At times if I need to get up the power of suggestion does it quite well. Other times, my body programming kicks in. In my youth, one alarm did it. Today, to play safe, an alarm just in case. However I find myself waking before hand

Jan 31, 2020 06:59 PM
Rainmaker
1,057,254
Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
928-201-4BHC (4242) call/text

I don't need AN alarm to wake up.

I set one on days I must, and I always wake up 30 ahead of it. LOL

Witching Hour needs Witch. 

 

Jan 31, 2020 05:36 PM
Rainer
376,787
Libby Cousins
Extraordinary Processing - Spokane, WA
Contract Mortgage Processor, licensed in WA

So there are people out there worse than me?! I have difficulty but am able to get up after the first alarm because I hate being woken several times. It's torture. I use my Fitbit and the vibrating wakes me most days. If I don't tap it to stop it, it will "snooze" for 9 minutes and I am able to hop out of bed by then. 

Jan 31, 2020 05:27 PM
Rainmaker
648,000
Greg Large
ERA Real Solutions - Grove City, OH
A Tradition of Trust

I don't need to use an alarm.  When I "had" to, getting out of bed when the alarm goes off is called "discipline".

Jan 31, 2020 02:53 PM
Rainmaker
1,390,113
Wayne Zuhl
Remax First Realty II - Cranford, NJ
The Last Name You'll Ever Need in Real Estate

It's a mystery to me. I set 3 alarms and would happily sleep through them all.

Jan 31, 2020 01:03 PM
Rainmaker
913,818
Jeff Pearl
RE/MAX Distinctive / LIC in VA - Lovettsville, VA
Full Service Full Time Realtor

Not sure, I wake up whatever time I tell myself to wake up. I never use an alarm clock.

Feb 01, 2020 08:09 AM
Rainmaker
4,583,659
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Intent.  

Jan 31, 2020 05:09 PM
Rainmaker
906,812
Carla Freund
Keller Williams Preferred Realty - Raleigh, NC
NC Real Estate Transition & Relocation 919-602-848

I think they were born that way. My son and husband are the kind who can go to bed, fall right to sleep, and wake up before the alarm. My daughter and I are not. I think it is part of who a person is. Now that I'm older, I find I cannot stay up until the wee hours of the night. Over the past few years I've worked hard to get good sleep and stay on a schedule. I was recently visiting my daughter who is an hour behind us. The first several days I woke before the alarm clock. As the week went on, I gradually slept longer. By the end of the week, my alarm clock is the reason I got up. My body just seems to want to sleep a little longer in the mornings. 

Aug 13, 2021 05:39 AM
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