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Notes on actually waking up.
Practical writing about alarms, snooze habits, and mornings that start away from bed.
September 11, 2026
Why your iPhone alarm did not go off, and how to check each cause
Six reasons an iPhone alarm stays silent, from Attention Aware to a dead battery, with the setting to check for each and the one cause no setting fixes.
Read the postSeptember 2, 2026Is snoozing actually bad for you? Less than you were told
In the one lab study that measured it, half an hour of snoozing cost six minutes of sleep and little else. The tap habit is the real cost, and it has a fix.
Read the postAugust 31, 2026Why do I sleep through my alarm? It is not discipline
You dismiss alarms while still asleep, and sleep inertia is why. Here is what fixes it and why moving the phone across the room only half works.
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