I fixed my morning exhaustion by ditching my snooze button habit — here’s the expert 3-step reset that helped me

The image shows a glowing sunrise alarm clock on the left and a woman stretching her arms above her head as she wakes up on the right .

I used to be the person who sprang out of bed as soon as her alarm went off, but this spring I’ve been struggling with extreme morning fatigue. It was so strong that I kept hitting the snooze button, not just once, but multiple times a morning.

As a sleep tech writer for Tom’s Guide I know that hitting the snooze button is bad news for my sleep (it makes it harder to fall asleep at night for one, and it can make morning grogginess ten times worse). But honestly, I’ve been so tired, that extra 9 minutes’ sleep each time I hit ‘snooze’ have been irresistible.