BBC News August 22, 2026 • 09:01

I taught myself to wake up without an alarm in a week. Here's how it fixed my sleep - BBC

By Ally Hirschlag

I taught myself to wake up without an alarm in a week. Here's how it fixed my sleep - BBC

Ally Hirschlag discovers that waking up naturally can be surprisingly easy, if you take care of other sleep essentials.

I'm quite light-sensitive, so the researchers I spoke to suggested using blackout blinds (which I already had) while sleeping, and I decided to wear my sleep mask for added protection. Then, upon wak… [+252 chars]

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