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by alok-g 4555 days ago
I used to be like that. What came to help is an Android app [1, 2] asks math questions to snooze or disable. Figuring simple ones like 9 + 4 = ? is enough to activate the brain into waking life.

Several surprises came to me with this:

(a) How hard it is to figure a simple one like 13 + 6 = ? when half-way asleep!

(b) Improvements in my mental math speed! My brain has started arriving at the answers without consciously calculating. Thankfully the app allows increasing the math difficulty levels. I am now at the level of 67 + 54 = ? LOL!

(c) After having used this for several months with a consistent wake up time, it is not painful to wake anymore, even without the alarm. I never knew I could get there.

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alarmclock...

[2] I am in no way associated with the above app. Plus, I am sure there would be many with the same feature.