That’s amazing that worked for you. I know it works for some people, but there are a significant number of us who have tried all of those things and it doesn’t

That’s amazing that worked for you. I know it works for some people, but there are a significant number of us who have tried all of those things and it doesn’t work for us. What does work for me, consistently and amazingly well, was to accept —after years of earnestly trying all of the incredibly well meaning advice from others— that I’m not a 6:30am riser. I adjusted to a 9am wake up and it just works. Actually just works, easily, and always. I wake up rested and alert. I’m incredibly lucky that my job doesn’t require me to rise at 6am. It really is a shame that so many in the world seemingly assume that we’re just not trying to sleep in the proper ways or that we’re not trying with enough conviction. Once I was lucky enough to be in a position where I could set my own schedule, my performance jumped significantly. I was no slouch prior to slightly altering my wake up time, but the changes after are remarkable. Again, I am genuinely happy those changes worked for you, but for some of us, the same things just aren’t impactful in any meaningful way, sadly.