When 10 Alarms Still Aren't Enough

You've set five, maybe ten alarms with intervals in between — and still woke up to find every single one already dismissed. Sound familiar?

For heavy sleepers, alarms are just noise. No matter how many you set, they're useless if all it takes is one tap to turn them off.

Why Regular Alarms Don't Work

The Sleep Inertia Barrier

Right after waking up, your brain isn't fully alert yet. This state is called sleep inertia, and it typically lasts 15 to 30 minutes. During this window, your judgment and reaction time are significantly impaired.

Your Brain Turns Off Alarms Without You Knowing

This is the core of the heavy sleeper alarm problem. While in sleep inertia, the act of hearing an alarm and hitting dismiss happens almost entirely on autopilot. Many people don't even remember turning their alarm off.

Sound alone can't break through this barrier. You need a system that forces your body to physically move.

An Alarm That Only Stops When You Find an Object

How the Household Item Hunt Mission Works

Alarmy's Household Item Hunt alarm mission is straightforward. When your alarm goes off, it randomly selects an object somewhere in your home — and you have to find it and scan it with your camera to dismiss the alarm.

It could be a remote control, a toothbrush, or a pair of sneakers. Since you never know what will come up, there's no way to dismiss it on autopilot. The simple act of getting out of bed and walking around to find the object is what breaks through sleep inertia.

Wake-Up Videos Going Viral on Social Media

Videos of people completing this alarm mission in the morning have been blowing up on social media.

Watching someone stumble around their house searching for random objects first thing in the morning is both relatable and hilarious.

How to Set It Up Your Way

Re-Roll Items and Customize the List

"What if it picks something inside the fridge? I don't want to open my fridge every morning…" No need to worry.

If you don't like the item that comes up, you can re-roll for a different one. Even better, you can set your own list of items to choose from. Just register five or six everyday objects, and the mission will randomly pick from those each morning.

This level of customization lets you build a wake-up routine that fits your living space. The alarm mission stays effective without ever feeling forced.

Tomorrow Morning Can Be Different

If sound alone hasn't been working, physical movement might be the answer. Open the Alarmy app, go to alarm missions, and set it up in seconds.

Give it a try tomorrow morning.

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