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by T-hawk 5183 days ago
Heartily second everything there. I stopped using an alarm clock for workdays many years ago. Waking up naturally is the best ending to sleep. The time is pretty stable, except roughly once a week, I'll remain asleep 30 to 60 minutes longer. If that happens, it was necessary, and waking up earlier to a blaring alarm would have left me zombied for the day. I do have a job where the arrival time is flexible; anytime up to about 10:30 is okay and my boss does the same. That is by design not luck, I wouldn't take a job where that was not true.

So yes, kill the alarm. (I will use it for an early flight or medical appointment, things that can't give way by an hour, but absolutely not for the daily commute.) It really does create stress.