You've tried waking up with loud noises and multiple alarm clocks, but you just can't get out of bed in the morning. If you're looking for some motivation, this DIY alarm clock will slowly shred money until you get out of bed to stop it.


We've shared some DIY alarm clocks before, and you've even shared your techniques with us too. But when we saw this diabolical, money-shredding alarm clock (pictured above), we figured few things could give us as much motivation as shredding $100 in front of our eyes.


As of right now, it looks like the clock is just a concept, and we can't find the original designer. However, if you're feeling desperate for motivation in the morning, we realized you could hack one together yourself with a paper shredder and an indoor outlet timer. Just set the timer to turn on at your designated wake-up time, stick a bill in the shredder, and haul your ass out of bed when it goes off in the morning.

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To make sure it's effective, we'd recommend trying it with regular paper for a few nights before you go sticking $100 in there. I'd also recommend maybe taping it to a larger piece of paper (like the image at the left), so it gives you a few seconds to turn it off before it starts shredding the money. If you're a heavy sleeper, I'd also recommend adding something that makes sound to the outlet, since the sound of shredding paper might not wake you up on its own. There are even alarm clocks with built-in outlet timers for the hard of hearing, which could also work well for this project.

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Is it a bit off-the-wall? Yes. Is it scary as hell? Yes. Will it get you out of bed? Definitely. Plus, willful destruction of U.S. money is a federal crime, so that should be all the more motivation to get up and stop the shredder. I don't have a paper shredder myself to actually try this out with, but as with all things DIY, there are a number of different tweaks you could make to the project. So if you have any of your own ideas for making this work, let us know in the comments.


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