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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.
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!
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
One of those sunrise alarm clocks, going to bed more than 8 hours before it goes off, a neti pot or benadryl so I can breath while sleeping. Blackout shades, and an air filter that makes some soft white noise.
My "strategy" consists of going to bed at a fixed time and a modern electronic alarm clock that is 100% reliable.
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.
Make a clone of yourself to wake up early for you
My only strategy is to try to get enough sleep. Coffee provides less of an effect and more of a feeling of an effect.
Don't have kids
Drugs
I have add and take adderall. My alarm is set for 7 and 8. At 7, I get up, take my meds (more than just adderall), let the dogs out, and feed them. I do all this trying to stay as "asleep" as possible and go right back down to nap until 8. By then the adderall has started to kick in and I literally can't stay asleep.
How early? When I had to get up at 5, it just sucked no matter what. At 7? Just do it for a couple of weeks until you can be sleepy at 11pm, it will work itself out.
I get seasonal affective disorder in the winter. Thirty minutes of the light therapy lamp first thing in the morning works wonders if you use it properly and consistently.
No screens for two hours before bed.
Go to bed at 8:00 p.m.
I'm pretty sure that's a physical impossibility in the known laws of the universe. Best I can do is wake up earlier to give me time to feel like garbage, but then be fine by the time I have to do anything.
Be consistent with the time you wake up and don't use the snooze button. Get out of bed as soon as the alarm goes off.
Actually go to bed very, very early. I don't mean "23:00 instead of midnight" early, but at like 19:00. My body is used to going to bed at 22:00-23:00 and then 2 hours of videos and livestreams. Instead, it gets 3 hours till 22:00, at the end it slips into disbelief that it should sleep already, but finally slips into it at 22:00-23:00. And so, 8 hours of sleep at 6:00-8:00. And then either getting up, or resting till 9:00.
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.
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.
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.
There's always going to bed earlier.
Doesn't work for everyone.
Some people always go to bed early and wake up early. They complain if they sleep on because it is too far from their natural sleep cycle.
Some people go to bed late and wake up late and getting up early sucks even if they get the same number of hours of sleep.
Some people can adjust. Maybe even the majority of people can adjust. Not everyone is able to adjust.
Eat relatively healthy, stay hydrated, and get 7 hours of sleep.
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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.
Yellow zzzquil at bedtime
Alarm clock set for an hour before you need to wake up, now spend that extra hour doing nothing or taking a morning nap.
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.
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.
I don't. I'm not a morning person and I'm always garbage if I try to be.
