Ask any one who knows me and I am sure they will tell you I am a bit of a procrastinator. I have a tendency to leave things till the last minute. I’ll get out of bed at the last possible moment.
I’ve tried various tricks to get me out of this habit. I’ve tried setting my alarm to go off that little bit earlier than I need it to. But some how it doesn’t seem to work with me, my brain remembers that I set it early and I subconsciously set the alarm to snooze when it goes off.
Today I’ve come across a brilliant solution to this problem. Over at David Seah’s Blog, he’s put up a post about a Chindogu Clock for Procrastinators. Whats Chindogu I hear you asking. Well basically Chindogu is the Japanese art of designing something to is next to totally useless. Basically the clock can be anywhere up to 15 minutes fast at any given time. The clock has a randomly updated time buffer, the value is changed every so often so that you can not get used to the idea that the clock is always x minutes faster than a normal clock. Sometimes it is 5 minutes slow, sometimes it’s a minute and sometimes it is dead on time. If you are like me and have trouble getting up before the last minute, this is idea. Top marks for making this one.