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In one small study it took a little over two months on average for something new to become a habit, and it was different for everyone. Several missed mornings in a row make it harder, a single one doesn’t.",{"type":21,"children":149},[150],{"text":151,"type":18},"In your streak only a confirmed morning counts, but one slip doesn’t ruin your habit. Pick it up the next day with the smallest step. Shift your wake-up time only slightly on weekends, and if you’re a night owl, move it earlier in steps of 15 minutes.","staying-on-track-after-slip-ups",{"type":62},{"type":18,"heading":155,"body":156,"id":165},"What the morning gives you",[157,161],{"type":21,"children":158},[159],{"text":160,"type":18},"Getting up on the first alarm puts the first small win of the day in your pocket. You have time for a calm coffee, instead of rushing around the apartment with a toothbrush in your mouth.",{"type":21,"children":162},[163],{"text":164,"type":18},"A few squats are a small start to moving, and movement counts, even when it’s short. With every morning you notice: I do what I plan the evening before. That feels good.","what-the-morning-gives-you",{"type":167,"items":168,"id":167},"faq",[169,172,175,178,181,184,187],{"question":170,"answer":171},"How do I stop hitting snooze?","Set a wake-up time the night before, put your phone far from the bed and use just one alarm. Add one small reason that pulls you out of bed. It’s mostly a question of the plan, not willpower.",{"question":173,"answer":174},"Is there an alarm clock with no snooze button?","Yes. On the iPhone you can turn off snooze for each alarm; on Android it depends on the alarm app. Wakea has no snooze button at all: the alarm only stops once the mission is done.",{"question":176,"answer":177},"Is there an alarm clock you have to get out of bed for?","With Wakea, only the mission stops the alarm: squats, push-ups or making your bed, checked by the camera on the device. You choose the difficulty for each alarm.",{"question":179,"answer":180},"What if I can’t get to bed earlier in the evening?","Start with the phone, not the bed. Set a cutoff time for your phone and move your wake-up time earlier in steps of 15 minutes. That way the evening gets shorter bit by bit, without forcing yourself.",{"question":182,"answer":183},"Where should I put my phone so I have to get up?","On its charger across the room, or better yet in another room like the kitchen or hallway, just not in bed. Set the volume so you can hear the alarm. 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