Recently bought myself one of those Google Nest Hubs and replaced my old digital alarm clock that had a huge red LED display. It's only been less than a week, but it seems like I sleep so much better having replaced that thing. Aside from filling my room with an ominous red glow at night, it had long had this noticeable electric buzz that I think while not all that loud, must have been disrupting my sleep in a way. First night I had the Hub working, I woke up like three hours after I went to sleep but it somehow felt like it had been longer and I didn't really need more sleep. It still being the middle of the night, I went back to sleep anyway.
I guess it's kind of more convenient to be able to just use voice commands to set my alarm every night, especially since my schedule isn't necessarily regular so I'd often have to use the buttons on my old clock to keep swapping alarm times. I'm still trying to figure out how to set the default alarm controls, as apparently setting a media alarm doesn't include the sunrise thing that the Hub does with regular alarms. This probably sounds weird, but ever since watching Russian Doll, I've kind of wanted Gotta Get Up by Harry Nilsson as my alarm. Ironically, all this effort to set my alarms is nearly pointless as I almost always wake up just before my alarm is going to go off, whether I have to wake up at 7AM or 2AM. I don't think I can remember more than three times in the past year I've actually been awakened by mine. (Of course, as far as my old alarm clock, the worst thing is when I wake up well before, then go to the bathroom only to realize I'd not turned the alarm off so it keeps going off until I'm done in the bathroom.)
So in your lives, how often do you actually find yourselves roused by your alarm clock or phone?
I guess it's kind of more convenient to be able to just use voice commands to set my alarm every night, especially since my schedule isn't necessarily regular so I'd often have to use the buttons on my old clock to keep swapping alarm times. I'm still trying to figure out how to set the default alarm controls, as apparently setting a media alarm doesn't include the sunrise thing that the Hub does with regular alarms. This probably sounds weird, but ever since watching Russian Doll, I've kind of wanted Gotta Get Up by Harry Nilsson as my alarm. Ironically, all this effort to set my alarms is nearly pointless as I almost always wake up just before my alarm is going to go off, whether I have to wake up at 7AM or 2AM. I don't think I can remember more than three times in the past year I've actually been awakened by mine. (Of course, as far as my old alarm clock, the worst thing is when I wake up well before, then go to the bathroom only to realize I'd not turned the alarm off so it keeps going off until I'm done in the bathroom.)
So in your lives, how often do you actually find yourselves roused by your alarm clock or phone?
