{"id":822928,"date":"2026-08-23T07:46:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T07:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/822928\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T07:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T07:46:20","slug":"i-taught-myself-to-wake-up-without-an-alarm-in-a-week-heres-how-it-fixed-my-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/822928\/","title":{"rendered":"I taught myself to wake up without an alarm in a week. Here&#8217;s how it fixed my sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">I&#8217;m quite light-sensitive, so the researchers I spoke to suggested using blackout blinds (which I already had) while sleeping, and I decided to wear my sleep mask for added protection. Then, upon waking, they recommended I immediately open the blinds to let in the morning light, which <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jcem\/article-abstract\/86\/1\/151\/2841140\" class=\"LinkUrl-styles__LinkUrlStyled-sc-f4e3b82f-0 eGAhOs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">triggers a <\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jcem\/article-abstract\/86\/1\/151\/2841140\" class=\"LinkUrl-styles__LinkUrlStyled-sc-f4e3b82f-0 eGAhOs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">surge of <\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jcem\/article-abstract\/86\/1\/151\/2841140\" class=\"LinkUrl-styles__LinkUrlStyled-sc-f4e3b82f-0 eGAhOs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">cortisol<\/a>, a hormone that allows us to be alert and ready for action. &#8220;That helps tell the clock, &#8216;Okay, this is when I start my day&#8217;,&#8221; says Simon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m quite light-sensitive, so the researchers I spoke to suggested using blackout blinds (which I already had) while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":822929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[97],"class_list":["post-822928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=822928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}