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After years and years of trying anything that came my way and seemed credible, the only thing that ever worked to change me into a morning person was living in
by smhinsey 11y ago
After years and years of trying anything that came my way and seemed credible, the only thing that ever worked to change me into a morning person was living in an apartment that was so bright in the morning that even drawn blinds and an eye mask wasn't enough to keep the light from getting to your eyes. A few exhausted weeks after moving in, I was getting up with the sun naturally and feeling great about it. Since moving away, I haven't been able to replicate the effect in my new, dimmer apartment, no matter what I've tried.
- paulddraper 11y agoYep. This works.
- Joof 11y agoCan confirm. Have a circadian rhythm disorder where I pretty much can't wake up earlier intentionally; very common in teens, but occasionally it sticks as an adult. In my case I actually cycle around, living >24 hour days left completely unchecked, which is probably worse than it sounds (but extroidinarily unlikely; guess I'm just lucky). The prescription is to get bright blue-spectrum light-box and have it within the field of view for 15-40 minutes in the morning. Or stare at the sun. I also cut out blue light at night (f.lux and custom arduino-controlled lighting.) People were built for the light; some more than others, but it still holds true. I go camping on occasion to reset it as well. Edit: For those without disorders it works similarly. Doing my routine would have you comfortably waking up a bit earlier each day, but just getting some sunlight in the morning and toning down the blue at night would work.
- jasonszhao 11y agoPlease DO NOT EVER stare at the sun
- Joof 11y agoNot literally.
- greggman 11y agoDidn't work for me. I moved into an apartment with a sun roof. Made the bedroom super bright in the day and no way to cover the sun roof. I was worried I wouldn't be able to sleep because of the light but I was still able to stay up all night and sleep all day no problem. One of my best friends also has zero problems sleeping with the curtains open and sun streaming in.
- enobrev 11y agoI had a similar experience when I moved from my cave of an apartment in Brooklyn to an apartment high up on a hill in Seattle comprised mostly of windows overlooking the the city. That didn't "fix" my schedule, but it regulated it quite a bit when I wasn't entirely focused on a project. If I were in-need of something more predictable, I'd try to find something similar here in Chicago. But personally, I prefer having a weird schedule. For better or worse, there are no hills in Chicago