Surefire Wake-Up Technique

I now know that nothing can wake me from a deep sleep quite as effectively as my wife sitting up in bed at 4 a.m. and saying, “Do you smell smoke?” In about three seconds I was pacing the house, sniffing the air, trying to figure out where the smell was coming from. Fortunately, it appeared to be something carried by the breeze outside, which came through our open bedroom window (the temperature has been in the 80s and 90s in Seattle, so the house gets pretty hot).

Published by Jeff Carlson

Author, photographer, and late-nighter Jeff Carlson writes for outlets such as Popular Photography, DPReview, Creative Pro, and others, and is a contributing editor for TidBITS. He is the author of Take Control of Your Digital Photos; The Photographer's Guide to Luminar AI, Take Control of Apple Watch, and Take Control of Your Digital Storage, among many other titles. View all posts by Jeff Carlson