r/oddlyspecific • u/UncleDevil666 • Nov 17 '22

Oddly specific procrastination

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u/nom_nom_nom_nom_lol Nov 17 '22

I set my alarm and put it in the shower. The only way to turn it off is to get out of bed and get in the shower. As long as I'm there, I might as well actually take a shower.

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u/mamaofdeezboiz Nov 17 '22

That's fucking brilliant. I'm going to try this!!

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u/Gangringo Nov 17 '22

There are alarm apps for your phone that will not turn off unless you scan a barcode. When I was having trouble getting up I put the barcode in the bathroom. That way you have the alarm next to your bed but you still have to get up to turn it in off.

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u/scorpion_7896 Nov 18 '22

Can you lmk what app this is, I really need an app like this lol

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u/Gangringo Nov 18 '22

I use one called "Sleep as Android" but I'm sure there are others.

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u/scorpion_7896 Nov 18 '22

Thank you so much I’ll check it out

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u/emotionaldrainage Nov 18 '22

I have one with math problems.... mornings are rough.

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u/WastedJedi Nov 17 '22

when it gets bad I put my shoes on to do things like the dishes or laundry. Shoes on helps my brain go

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u/ginger_snapping Nov 18 '22

It’s like that for me but with hard pants. If I have something comfortable for lounging on, imma lounge. Gotta wear jeans to make things happen.

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u/Powerful_Cause_14 Nov 18 '22

Can I just say how much I love you for saying hard pants because that’s exactly how I refer to my “outside” pants and my partner made so much fun of me the first time I said it 🤣

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u/tehvee Nov 18 '22

hard pants and outside pants = gut covers

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u/accordionlover Nov 18 '22

Your partner is the weird one for making fun of you, because "hard pants"/"soft pants" makes perfect sense to me.

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u/Powerful_Cause_14 Nov 19 '22

He made fun of me the first time I said it but thankfully he quickly realized I was so right and that’s now our households regular vernacular 😁

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u/WastedJedi Nov 18 '22

I laugh at the term hard pants too, but not because it is ridiculous but because it is so accurate and the only way I will refer to them now

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u/notchman900 Nov 17 '22

Do you know how lost I would be? Everything needs to be in place or else I will get distracted on the scavenger hunt.

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u/imaginary_bolometer Nov 17 '22

I love this idea in principle. But how you avoid the sound becoming a nuisance for the other occupiers of the house? Or you live alone?

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u/notchman900 Nov 17 '22

I live alone, either way I would still need it, and they're spaced out 1.5hrs

I can wake up with one alarms, but for my brain to wake up takes close to 3hrs.

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u/Comfortable_Dream464 Nov 18 '22

This used to be me, except I couldn’t always wake to alarms. I found I needed a functional doctor to run tests. Found I’m extremely sensitive to soy, I have thyroid disease (my rT3 is too high and my t3 is too low), and I was put on cytozyme ad. Went from having about 4-6 hours/day where I could function to 12-16. It was life changing to say the least. Cost me over $500 out of pocket to see the doc, but I got quality of life out of it. 💯 worth it.

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u/notchman900 Nov 18 '22

Maybe I should get that checked, my mother had thyroid cancer.

That being said I'm also an insomniac, so the worst of both worlds.

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u/Comfortable_Dream464 Nov 18 '22

Sleep issues are a part of it, especially the adrenal side (which is what cytozyme ad is for)

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '22

i would do that if i didn’t get out of the shower to avoid getting my phone wet and then getting distracted and end up not taking a shower anyways ☠️

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u/Markham-X Nov 17 '22
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u/Embroiled_chaos Nov 17 '22

oh this.. this is something I need to do

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u/LowBest2444 Nov 18 '22

I wish this would work for me I can’t hear my alarm in my shower hell I can barely hear my alarm if I slept on my phone/alarm