Acceptance
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.
Be born different, my friend. Never regret how you were built, however, as it is prized and unique.
Get up. Don’t fuck around with snooze, those few extra minutes don’t help.
Allow time to reward yourself for getting up. For me it’s word puzzles and coffee before I get ready.
Routine. Go to bed at the same time. Reduce electronics before bed.
This is ignorance. It is not the way for many of us.
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.
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.
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.
No drinking definitely helps me.
Ignorance is what helps you.
Pay attention to your sleep cycle, so you don’t wake up in the middle of deep sleep. And as others have said, wake up early the day before so it’s easier to fall asleep
I think I used to use this website to try to figure out when I should go to sleep based on when I needed to wake up. I eventually stopped because I got to where I could figure out 6, 7.5, or 9 hours + 15 minutes on my own (or even 3 or 4.5 hours if I made poor decisions about when I’m going to sleep). It seemed to help.
Go to bed earlier. Give yourself 9 or 10 hours to sleep so that you wake up before your alarm rested.
Not possible for some people, but as a single person without kids it works for me.
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…
Get old.
for me the difficulty started in my 30s. before that 6:30 am daily with 2 years of 4am. zero problems and no energy drinks or excessive coffee outside of grade 11 and 12 of high school.
My puppy. First thing at 0430, get up, take him out to pee, get dressed, go for a short walk, inside for training (all kibble is used to training), then hand him over to my wife at 0530. That hour really gets me going, but only because I want to give the puppy three best life, which also brings me joy!
My “strategy” consists of going to bed at a fixed time and a modern electronic alarm clock that is 100% reliable.
