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I've tried lots of different things and the most effective has been forcing myself to get up early (~6am for me). It was really difficult when I first started,

I've tried lots of different things and the most effective has been forcing myself to get up early (~6am for me). It was really difficult when I first started, but then I got into a routine. It's the only thing that consistently causes me to be feel tired earlier at night and be able to fall asleep more easily. I also combine that with reading in bed (with a orange filtered light bulb) until I nod off (~20 minutes). Sometimes getting up so early makes me tired during the day (I'm not a natural morning person) so I'll take micro naps to mitigate. And getting an early start to my day is fantastic. I can run, read, meditate, etc before I start my work day.

TheSpiceIsLife 10y ago
I'm a tradesman, at my work we always start at 7am for an 8hr day. If we're busy and doing overtime we start at 6am for a 10hr day. Im at a computer for a third to a half of my day, otherwise I'm walking and packing and on a forklift. I'm at the gym by 5am for an hour or so for weights abd running. There are no cool white fluoros or CFLs in my house, nor outside. I find this regime thoroughly exhausts me physically and mentally, and I have no trouble falling asleep and staying alseep unless I get cold.