I wish that it was easier to turn back the clock

I could reminisce about regrets and what I could have done if I went back to where I made mistakes armed with the knowledge gained from making those mistakes, but that's not what I mean by turning back the clock. I mean an actual clock - the alarm clock by my bed in particular. When I have to wake up a little earlier than usual, instead of pressing the hour button one time while holding the alarm button as well, I have to press it 23 times. Since it's a tedious task, I try to get through it as quickly as possible which means that sometimes I pass the intended time and have to go through a day's worth of chronological units once again. All this has to be done while holding down the alarm button, and sometimes my finger slips off thus causing me to change the regular mode of the alarm clock instead of alarm mode, and then the minute button has to be pressed a few dozen times to go back a couple of minutes. I have enough of a carpal tunnel risk typing blogs (mostly) with one finger like I do and I don't need extra risk when my health plan doesn't cover anything I could actually use.

I think that I'm not the only one who would pay a bit extra if that's what it would take to an extra button or two on an alarm clock so that perceived time could move backwards. However, if I could afford to buy a new alarm clock then I wouldn't have to accept extra work that requires me to wake up earlier than I would like to.