How can I be pretty inaccurate telling what time it is without a clock, but I frequently wake up just a couple minutes before my alarm?

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If I was randomly asked what time it is, I wouldn’t be very accurate without looking at a clock. Likewise, if I was asked to guess when the clock hits exactly 8pm, I would be pretty far off. Yet I very frequently wake 2-3 minutes before my alarm goes off. How can my passed out brain be such an accurate time keeper?

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When Covid hit and our entire group started working from home, I found myself waking up 1 or 2 minutes before my alarm every day. Since they weren’t too fussy about exact working hours, I stopped turning on my alarm. The longest I’ve ever slept in is 16 minutes.

4 years later I’m still working from home, still not using an alarm.

And my body has almost adjusted to the November time change!

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