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mattbellI'm often slow to wake up in the morning -- I usually spend half an hour or so in a grumpy, groggy, and not-so-intelligent state. I also find myself in traps of laziness when I'm tired. This occurs for example when I'm feeling too tired to do the things I need to do to get to bed (eg brush my teeth) so I end up sitting on the couch relaxing and not going to bed.
I recently downloaded an iphone game called Flight Control. It's a clever little air traffic control game that involves fast reflexes and very high-speed multitasking. The hardest level (the aircraft carrier) typically lasts no longer than a minute, as it rapidly overwhelms you with an enormous number of planes that you have to prevent from crashing.
I find that playing 3-5 rounds of the game wakes me up extremely rapidly. Since my phone is right next to the bed, it takes almost no effort to grab the phone and start playing. I've used this technique for a couple of weeks now. I think the game works because it's very short (a couple of minutes at most), very intense, and very accessible as it's always in my pocket.
Last night I tried the same technique to motivate myself to get ready for bed. It gave me the "activation energy" (to borrow a chemistry term) I needed to get up off the bed and go brush my teeth.
I'm curious to play the game while hooked up to an EEG. I'd imagine that the device increases my beta waves during and after playing it.
I recently downloaded an iphone game called Flight Control. It's a clever little air traffic control game that involves fast reflexes and very high-speed multitasking. The hardest level (the aircraft carrier) typically lasts no longer than a minute, as it rapidly overwhelms you with an enormous number of planes that you have to prevent from crashing.
I find that playing 3-5 rounds of the game wakes me up extremely rapidly. Since my phone is right next to the bed, it takes almost no effort to grab the phone and start playing. I've used this technique for a couple of weeks now. I think the game works because it's very short (a couple of minutes at most), very intense, and very accessible as it's always in my pocket.
Last night I tried the same technique to motivate myself to get ready for bed. It gave me the "activation energy" (to borrow a chemistry term) I needed to get up off the bed and go brush my teeth.
I'm curious to play the game while hooked up to an EEG. I'd imagine that the device increases my beta waves during and after playing it.
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Date: 2010-01-06 08:51 pm (UTC)I haven't tried a fast/crazy game for waking up ..but it seems a good idea.