Do We Really Need That SNOOZE Button?

 

Do we really that SNOOZE button?  If we do a lookup with Mr. AI's definition, it says that it ALLOWS USERS TO POSTPONE WAKING UP FOR A FEW MORE MINUTES.  Oh Oh Oh really?  All along, me thinks that this is utterly unacceptable because the night before, one has firmly decided WHAT time he/she needs to wake up and that timing is most likely aligned with one's priorities and schedules come next day📘📙📗

BUT alas, recent researches seem to shoot down even my perennial apprehension [OR frustration, to be frank] with regard hitting that SNOOZE button.  Amongst more than 1,700+ respondents in a Swedish study, 69% said they hit the SNOOZE button 'SOMETIMES' and 60% admitted that most often OR always, they did fall asleep between alarms, the result being that, on average, SNOOZERS got just a 'little less sleep'💥💥💥

And surprisingly, the top reason for choosing to SNOOZE rather than have an unbroken stretch of sleep was that a person COULDN'T wake up OR was too tired  And the next two most common reasons were that SNOOZING feels good and that it allows a person to wake up more slowly OR softly.  To take a closer look at the impact of SNOOZING, the researchers recruited 31 people to spend several nights in a SLEEP LAB.  And all of them admitted hitting the SNOOZE button several times.  BTW, none of them had sleeping disorders❌❌❌

And WHEN the respondents were told to hit the SNOOZE button, they ended up with six minutes less sleep on average BUT the overall structure of their sleep was the same.  And the participants' cognitive abilities were tested right after they got out of bed and then again 40 minutes later.  And WHEN it came to performance on cognitive tests, testing reaction times and solving math problems, SNOOZING appeared to give advantage😊😊😊

Our takeaway:  Although these clinical research showed a slight advantage with regard the cognitive abilities of SNOOZERs, I hate to say this BUT I will NOT peddle and aggressively egg everyone to join the SNOOZERS club because my take here is that, as part of our habit formation [that leads to character building], managing [and disciplining] our time management starts right at the time we rise up every morning.  My take is that the SNOOZE button is there for you to hit IF EVER you are unwell come next morning, right?  Otherwise, DO WE REALLY NEED THAT SNOOZE BUTTON???