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Alice at 97.3. Here are some bad morning habits to avoid. And a few good ones.

This is... It's interesting because they say, number one, don't

wake up to an alarm. It causes you immediate anxiety. Try something more soothing. They even say waking up to the

radio is better. Oh which is very self-serving of me to say. We can get behind

that. But I also I have one of those Google Home Hubs and I wake up to light. I mean I'm usually up anyway by that point, you know, a half hour or if not, you know, hours before. but I definitely the light works this

it will work for me it comes on and then it just gets brighter they call I like

the sunrise and it just gets brighter and now if it hasn't gotten me up by

the deadline set you know 314 right is when my alarm says get the hell out of

that then it will sound an alarm right but oh so it's there to sort of gently

let your body know it's light and then if you're if you haven't stopped it and gotten up by the time it's full

bright then you'll get an alarm that says okay that's good.

pal. Yeah now I need it to jar me out of bed it It's the only it needs to really definitely is a

thing where it's a hilarious joke to tell about not needing to use an alarm.

There are four ways you shouldn't start your day.

All right.

So wake up to an alarm.

Don't immediately try to problem solve.

That groggy feeling is called sleep inertia.

And it typically lasts 15 minutes to an hour, so let yourself ease into your day.

Yeah. Before you start trying to put out fires.

Before I do anything, I'm going to get myself a cup of coffee and sit down on my comfy chair and then I'll start looking at my email.

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