Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Wake Up and Plant Trees

This alarm clock app motivates people to wake up on time and avoid the snooze button by rewarding them with real trees planted.  This kind of reward program could work nicely for other charities.

I confess this would've been tempting for the half of high school I had to drag my unhappy ass out of bed at 5 AM.  I wouldn't have felt any better,  but it would have been nice to get some compensatory joys.
Tags: cyberspace theory, environment, networking
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jake67jake

jake67jake

January 5 2020, 02:25:01 UTC 1 year ago

I really need to learn to get up ontime. I'm 52yo and the snooze button is both my nemesis and my best friend.  Gonna try this app.  Thanks for sharing!

ysabetwordsmith

You're welcome!

ysabetwordsmith

January 5 2020, 03:23:57 UTC 1 year ago

I wish you luck with it.

Two other things that work on biology rather than motivation: motion-based sleep cycle alarms, and sunrise alarm clocks.