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Comment by mcqueenjordan | Hacker News Reader

If it works for Jeff Bezos, it's probably good enough for me.

> He wakes up every morning naturally, without the aid of an alarm clock.

> "I like to putter in the morning," Bezos told a gathering of Economic Club of Washington, DC. "So I like to read the newspaper. I like to have coffee."

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I do this, but seasonality can be an issue. The last few winters I've added some artificial lighting that ramps up before sunrise, with seemingly positive results.

Yep. My bed faces an east window so during winter I can tell before opening my eyes in the morning what it's like outside. On days like today when it's 55F, I wake up naturally before my alarm with no desire to keep sleeping, my breathing feels amazing, I have no muscle soreness, and I just get right out of bed. When it's cold and the sun isn't out, I feel like I'm trying to get over a bad cold. Artificial lamps help quite a bit though.

Curious how you implemented this. I bought a Phillips “sunrise alarm clock” about a year ago, but the light was weak and I didn’t feel a difference at all. Did you hack together something yourself?

Nope, I'm lazy: Lifx.

They were a little annoying to set up, but have worked well since.

Yep. The Philips one is a joke.

Try looking up Yeelight, they're made by Xiaomi and are basically what I wish Hue was.

I'm sure being the richest man in the world helps too.

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