Wayne.B wrote:

What ever works for you. What I do at 6:00AM is roll over and try to
get some more sleep. If that doesn't work and I still want to know
where east is, I look to see where the sun is coming up.

My bed faces the east, with a large window on the east wall, I have no
problem getting up and not knowing which way east is.

seeing the road in front of my house runs dead north/south, and I go to
work by turning right at the end of my driveway, I have no probllem
knowing which way north is.

Concerning sailing? I don't need to know which way north is, because I
only go to a large S. Illinois lake.