Are you a habitual snoozer who struggles to drag yourself out of bed every morning? A lot of us can’t wake up without hitting that snooze button several times, but it’s not a great way to start the day. The struggle is so real, 38% of Americans consider themselves “bad” at mornings, a new survey finds.
According to the survey of 2-thousand U.S. adults:
- They get out of bed later than planned an average of eight times every month, but one in 10 people admit it’s more than 20 times a month for them.
- Running late means they have to rush through their morning routine, and when they don’t have time for everything, they’re most likely to skip breakfast (41%).
- Others ignore personal hygiene and will skip showering (16%), or not brush their teeth (11%).
- Surprisingly, only 43% of people use an alarm to wake up and their first one goes off at 6:33a.m., on average.
- Younger Americans are much more likely to rely on an alarm, with 63% of millennials and Gen Z needing one, compared to just 19% of baby boomers.
- The average alarm user sets two to go off in the morning and 20% admit they hit snooze at least three times before actually getting up.
- Two-thirds (67%) of early birds say the alarm is “very effective” at getting them up on time, compared to half (52%) of night owls.
- As you’d expect, night owls struggle more with getting out of bed one time (54% of them do compared to 17% of early birds), even though they all get about the same amount of sleep - about six and a half hours.
- So, what’s keeping us from getting enough sleep? Worries are the biggest thing keeping us awake (51%), followed by a sleep condition like insomnia or sleep apnea (30%), nightmares or stress dreams (20%), an uncomfortable bed (19%), and loud noises outside (14%).
- Early birds (37%) and night owls (35%) struggle almost equally to stay asleep, but night owls are more likely to deal with other challenges.
- They’re twice as likely to stay up later than they “should” at night (48% compared to 24% of early birds), struggle more to fall asleep (44% of night owls versus 27% of early birds), and stay in bed later than they “should” in the morning (25% compared to 8% of early birds).
Source: Talker
Scott's Thoughts:
- No one should skip brushing their teeth all day! It only takes two minutes!
- I get up early most every day. I don't need an alarm clock. I got up at 4am to deliver newspapers while in high school, then did early morning radio for 20 years. Even though it has been 12 years since I HAD to get up early, I still wake up early!
- I actually like getting more done before 10am than a lot of people get done all day!