People set the alarms on their phones as reminders for many things, waking up, of course, but also for taking medication, remembering to do a task, or even taking a lunch break.
But at an evening meeting, I learned a new use when the presenter’s phone buzzed. She said: “I’ll show you what it says: ‘Go home!'” She has a propensity to get lost in her work and lose track of time so she sets an alarm to jar herself out of her flow and remind her to keep reasonable hours.
Think about whether you need to adapt her idea to establish some reasonable boundaries for yourself. Perhaps an alarm telling you when to “go home” may make your morning alarm much more palatable.
