What's a lazy habit you swear by that actually works?

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What's a lazy habit you swear by that actually works?

I'm a college student living in a dorm, and I was literally failing because I kept oversleeping and missing my 8 a.m. classes.

Not just occasionally. Every. Single. Day.

I'd set 15 alarms on my phone, buy the loudest alarm clock I could find, even asked my roommate Marcus to physically shake me awake.

Nothing worked. I'd sleep through fire alarms, construction noise, everything.

My GPA dropped to 2.1. My parents were threatening to cut off tuition money. My professor told me if I missed one more Organic Chemistry class, I'd automatically fail and have to retake it over summer.

Everyone kept giving me the same advice: go to bed earlier, put your phone across the room, drink less caffeine, get blackout curtains, try melatonin.

But honestly, I tried everything. I was already going to bed at 9 p.m. like some kind of grandpa, and I'd still sleep through every alarm until noon.

Then one random Tuesday, I'm complaining to my friend Jake about it, and he tells me about this absolutely insane thing his older brother does.

He sleeps on his dorm room floor. No bed. No mattress. Just a sleeping bag on the hard tile floor.

I thought he was joking, but Jake was dead serious.

"Dude, he says it's impossible to oversleep when you're uncomfortable. Your body naturally wakes up early because sleeping on the floor sucks."

Everyone I told thought it was the stupidest idea they'd ever heard.

Marcus was like, "Bro, you're going to destroy your back. That's not lazy, that's just masochistic."

But I was desperate. That Thursday night, I dragged my mattress into the closet and rolled out my sleeping bag on the cold dorm floor.

Friday morning, 6:47 a.m., I woke up naturally. No alarms. Just my body saying "get up, this floor is terrible."

I made it to my 8 a.m. class 10 minutes early for the first time all semester.

Saturday, same thing. Sunday, same thing.

Marcus thought I'd lost my mind. He'd wake up and see me rolling up my sleeping bag like I was at summer camp.

"Jake, this is insane. Just buy a better alarm clock."

But I felt amazing. No grogginess. No snoozing for an hour. Just instant alertness because my body wanted off that uncomfortable floor.

Week two, I started waking up at 6:30 without even trying.

Week three, I was consistently the first person in every morning class.

My Organic Chemistry professor actually asked if I was feeling okay because I'd gone from never showing up to sitting front row every day.

The crazy part was how much my grades improved. When you're awake and alert at 7 a.m. instead of rushing to class half-asleep at 8:05, you actually absorb information.

I went from barely passing to getting A's on every quiz.

My study group noticed and asked what changed.

When I told them about sleeping on the floor, they all laughed and called me crazy.

But then my friend Sarah tried it for one night because she had a huge exam the next morning and couldn't afford to oversleep.

She texted me at 6:15 a.m.: "Holy shit, this actually works. I feel like I've been awake for hours."

Next thing I know, three people in my study group are sleeping on their floors.

Then it spread to other people on my floor.

Marcus finally tried it after failing another midterm because he overslept.

"Dude, I hate that this works, but I woke up at 6 a.m. feeling more rested than when I sleep 10 hours on my mattress."

By the end of the semester, half our dorm was doing it.

People started calling us the "Floor Gang."

My GPA shot up to 3.7. I never missed another class. Got into the honor society.