Don’t forget that whatever method you adopt repetition and time are the most help. Like exercise or quitting smoking, eventually your body will get the message that now it’s time to go to sleep, and now it’s time to wake up. But it takes practice to make a habit. I heard once a habit takes on average 36 consecutive attempts, so expect at least a month or more before you don’t feel like you’re trying anymore and it just happens on it’s own.
Acceptance
Be born different, my friend. Never regret how you were built, however, as it is prized and unique.
For some reason if i go to sleep at 0000 i wake naturally quite early. But if i go later or earlier, i sleep way too much. I went to bed at 0000 for about a year as I had things to wake up for and at some point i started to wake in time or earlier even without alarm. It still seems to work even after sleeping way too late for many months.
While i had work, i also woke up about hour before i had to leave just so i can “nap” for hour. I would wake up, brush my teeth and put my clothes on so i can just leave and then set alarm for about 1h. I dont know if it was good idea or not, but it felt like it worked.
So going to bed at same time each or at least most nights and getting enough sleep might help. And definitely dont do anything extra in bed while trying to sleep like using phone, it will surely lower the quality of sleep.
The only thing I’ve tried that actually works: apps like Sleep Cycle.
The app tracks your sleep, but that’s secondary for you. What you want out of it is the alarm part. You give it an interval of time when you want to wake up, and it’ll do it based on which sleep stage you’re in.
The idea is simple - you have different stages of sleep. Sometimes you’re in deep sleep, sometimes in REM (rapid eye movement), sometimes in light sleep - there may be others, idm. You want to wake up from light sleep, that’s when you feel the most fresh. Waking up from deep sleep you’re all groggy and still half asleep. So the app determines when you’re in the lightest sleep, and it plays an alarm gradually, so that you’re not just scared awake.
You can read more here: https://www.sleepcycle.com/features/smart-alarm-clock/
The thing is, this feature is actually not why I got the app. I wanted to track my sleep, I didn’t really care about how I woke up. But I honestly just found it easier to wake up with this, so now I recommend it.
That sounds awesome, I wish I could use that. Unfortunately my fiancée and I have very different sleeping habits and I imagine one of us is going to be waking up at the wrong point in the sleep cycle. Sounds like a great idea though
If you hold the phone on your side of the bed, it should theoretically record your sleep pattern, not hers. So it should play the alarm when you’re in light sleep, not her. And since the alarm starts off with low volume, there’s a high chance you will be the first to hear it - she might not even notice it before you’re already up. Unless you’re a heavy sleeper and she isn’t, in which case - yeah, it might not work.
Do you mean regularly or exceptionally?
If I need to get up early as an exception I just go to bed earlier and automatically tend to wake up before my early alarm.
Wake up early consistently every day for at least a week before then. Also go to sleep early every day for a week before then.
This is technically the best advice.
I just got back from 4 weeks in a +5 timezone and after a week home I’m still waking up at 5:00 fresh as a daisy.
So if you’ve got the money, time, inclination maybe go for a trip to help.
This is not the way.
If I might add: Jump out of bed the moment your timer goes off. No 8 timers to wake up bullshit. Just one. When it rings -> you’re already on your way to the bathroom.
It’s kinda inhumane the first few times but the shock will wake you up. You will be too preoccupied with shivering and can’t feel like shit.
Eat relatively healthy, stay hydrated, and get 7 hours of sleep.
cracks a beer and stuffs a jalapeño popper in his gob
This is not the way.
Do as I say and not as I do
" I ain’t an athlete, lady. I’m a baseball player." - John Kruk absolute unit and legend First Baseman.
Knowing the right steps is not the same as doing them. That is only hypocritical if you judge others for what you won’t do. Otherwise it is just being self aware.
You can’t make yourself sleep. You can make yourself get up. Force yourself to get up early the going to bed early part will take care of itself.
Oh and you should stop drinking liquids a couple of hours before bed. Unless your a man over 50, in that case if you want to sleep through the night you’ll have to avoid any fluids after Tuesday.
This is not the way.
Force yourself to get up early the going to bed early part will take care of itself.
Maybe for you, for me I get exhausted in the middle of the day, and when night rolls around I get a second wind that lasts until the wee hours anyway.
YMMV but personally, I’ve never found that no liquids thing to be good advice. My body seems to wake me up if I need to pee in between sleep cycles, and I have no problem getting back to sleep. But I can get busy and forget to drink enough, and then realize how thirsty I am as I’m getting ready for bed.
Routine. Go to bed at the same time. Reduce electronics before bed.
This is ignorance. It is not the way for many of us.
get 10-12 hours of sleep before, works like a charm, I get tired around 3pm and go to sleep at 7-8. wake up at 4-6 and have no free time. but I manage to get to school on time, and all I have to do is sacrifice my entire personal life.
No drinking definitely helps me.
Ignorance is what helps you.
So far it looks like the consensus is: wake up early and don’t feel like garbage. 😆
The masses do not always have the solution. Genetics is a harsh mistress. We are the ones that take the late watch. We protect the tribe at night. Today, we are despised unless we fulfill the meager agendas… But we are not without worth. Chin up, friends. We may have our day.
Best answer here.
I do the classic where I get anxious about having to be up and actually alert, and don’t sleep as a result. Don’t really recommend.
What is your point of no return? For me it’s 3 in the morning. If I’m still awake, i better stay awake…
That makes no sense, any sleep is better than no sleep
Nah, getting half a sleep cycle is worse than no sleep.
Go to bed early if possible. Coffee if I can’t and then try to stay away from other humans till I can be less of an asshole.
If I’m shifting my schedule, I’ll try and aim for 9 -10 hours in bed until my body adapts, then it’s back to the 6 to 7 I usually get.
