A) Going to bed late and setting the alarm at the usual early time B) Going to bed late and setting the alarm a couple of hours later C) Going to bed late and not setting an alarm at all
With A, I’ll wake to the clock but be groggy. With B I’m not necessarily so groggy but still not as energetic as I would have if I’d gone to bed early and woken up early. With C I’ll wake up naturally at some late time and feel pretty lethargic.
I was about to say that there are two dimensions here—groggy/neutral/awake and energetic/neutral/lethargic. Very roughly, A leaves me groggy/neutral, B leaves me neutral/neutral and C leaves me neutral/lethargic. But that doesn’t sound entirely right, either—all three often also tend to leave me an extra unspecified uncomfortable feeling that I can’t quite put into words, and which might be part of what I’m calling “groggy” or “lethargic” in the above. (Going to bed on time and getting up early leaves me awake/energetic or at least neutral/energetic, as well as without that extra uncomfortable feeling.)
I have attempted:
A) Going to bed late and setting the alarm at the usual early time
B) Going to bed late and setting the alarm a couple of hours later
C) Going to bed late and not setting an alarm at all
With A, I’ll wake to the clock but be groggy. With B I’m not necessarily so groggy but still not as energetic as I would have if I’d gone to bed early and woken up early. With C I’ll wake up naturally at some late time and feel pretty lethargic.
I was about to say that there are two dimensions here—groggy/neutral/awake and energetic/neutral/lethargic. Very roughly, A leaves me groggy/neutral, B leaves me neutral/neutral and C leaves me neutral/lethargic. But that doesn’t sound entirely right, either—all three often also tend to leave me an extra unspecified uncomfortable feeling that I can’t quite put into words, and which might be part of what I’m calling “groggy” or “lethargic” in the above. (Going to bed on time and getting up early leaves me awake/energetic or at least neutral/energetic, as well as without that extra uncomfortable feeling.)