Waking up

i just use phone alarm

 

Lol recap is all I do. I don't go home, I stay as regular a schedule as possible every day..preferably from 6am to 8pm give or take. But that's probably much easier for someone 30 years older than you. Also I have a fantastic travel agent, I mean dispatcher lol. If I have a run that has midnight deliveries I take 1/2 a day at the end to shift back.
Reefer world is mean. I'm sorry.

 

When I was a younger man, I had lots of problems waking up in the morning to get to work. Got in lots of trouble and almost lost several jobs as a result. Then, I discovered a simple secret that the younger and more foolish me couldn't seem to grasp. If I got to bed at a decent hour and was able to acquire enough sleep, I had no problems getting up in the morning. My problem was actually getting to bed before it got too late.
Not trying to say that's the problem. Just sharing my long experience with sleeping in. Also found out that if I used some fairly high energy kind of music as my alarm (Led Zeppelin, Rush, Stevie Ray Vaughn, etc.), it helped me. Seems it was not enough to physically wake me up. I'd just shut of the alarm(s) and go back to sleep. But, having music played as my alarm for about 5 or 10 minutes would wake my brain up enough to be cognizant that I needed to get up and get to work instead of just physically waking me up enough to shut off the alarm.
In the end, I tell folks that in my opinion, the way to get up in the morning, on time! Is to get to bed early enough that you'll get a good night's sleep before you need to get up.

 

Absolutely. This x2. The best part of figuring out how to get enough sleep is that once you are in tune with your body like that you will have info on other stuff....like knowing when you're falling ill. Or admitting you are more stressed by something than you care to admit. Both things will increase the amount of sleep needed and simultaneously reduce the likelihood that the sleep time you set is spent sleeping... Yaay...NOT. But the sooner you give the physical body the respect it needs the overall healthier you'll be for your lifespan.
One reason for men dying younger than women is exactly this. So see if you can't get your dispatcher to work with you. Legally they can't require you to operate in a reduced capacity and they know it. So mentioning that you're not quite rested enough and you'll head out again in 5 hours or whatever might help. Or might screw you over bad...depends on your company. I wish you luck. And sweet dreams

 

I start my day almost every day between 0000-0200. Parking is never an issue with my schedule. Fortunately, with the freight my company hauls, I rarely have to deviate from that schedule.

 

The main reason men die before their wives is because THEY WANT TO!

 

Awww man!!! You're right about that! My trainer had one of those when I broke into the game... that might be most annoying alarm ever, but it's the most annoying ones that get you out of bed. To answer OP, I use my tablet. I got the most annoying alarm set on my tablet and it's called, "Must Wake Up." I've forgotten a few times to turn it off and it goes off at inopportune times. Making it difficult to go to sleep.

 

Unfortunately all too often the wife feels the same way.(wanting the hubby to die already) Funny that.
But boys are kinda dumb like that. When he gets widowed he often dies soon after. Probably realizes how much she worked for him and he's too lazy to take up the slack.
Women widowed on the other hand usually live quite awhile longer and reportedly very content once they grieve burying their last child to leave the nest....