Circadian rhythm

That’s your body’s innate ability to know when it is time to get up.

Let’s face it, alarm clocks are horrid things. They startle you first thing in the morning. As Sharon Gold wrote, “If the ring is loud and strident, you're waking up to instant stress. You shouldn't be bullied out of bed, just reminded that it's time to start your day.”

If you are like me, you usually wake up just moments before the alarm clock is set to ring. When your internal clock and your sleep-wake patterns are in synch, you can experience the satisfaction of turning off the alarm clock before the startling racket.

As long as you aren’t waking hours before you intended to wake, then your circadian rhythm has set you up for a day full of positive things.

AWESOME!

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