Biggest mistake in regards to this that still haunts me actively was using a song I enjoyed as an alarm. I was young and stupid. Now i can’t help but hate that song whenever I hear it. Still.

No but actually tho!

You set your alarm because you have to get up. Dreams are destroyed by an obligation that forces you to wake up earlier than natural. Usually work, or something that prepared you for work like schooling.

Maybe if you count the rooster, and Clugg banging on rocks outside the cave as alarm clocks.

Got one destroyed by the alarm clock just this morning.