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For anyone interested in changing their sleep habits and becoming a regular early riser, I found this guy's blog to be quite helpful: https://www.stevepavlina.c

For anyone interested in changing their sleep habits and becoming a regular early riser, I found this guy's blog to be quite helpful: https://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/how-to-become-an-early-riser/ https://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/how-to-become-an-e...

madeuptempacct 8y ago
Pavlina is a good author, but I don't believe most of what he says - the whole spiel about how he finished college in a year while starting a video game company or whatever and how he slept 4 hrs a day while doing this. This makes me questions anything else he says. There is another, far-less famous, far-more sane blogger like him, but I can't find his page and don't remember his name. Maybe someone here can help me out.
_tulpa 8y ago
This is more or less devoid of any useful information... When my alarm goes off every morning, I turn it off, stretch for a couple seconds, and sit up Is what everyone already knows. The article implies that you somehow just do this and conveniently ignores how useless that advice is for breaking or replacing habits. Especially ones where you’re not going to be alert enough to even remember that you’re supposed to be be doing something. If you simply go to bed when you’re sleepy and then get up at a fixed time, you’ll cure your insomnia This is not how insomnia works at all. ”If you simply be happy you’ll cure your depression!”
- dceddia 8y ago
  This other one was much more useful. I tried this a few years ago and it seemed to work, but it was also really easy to fall back into old habits. Still though, might be worth a try. > This is going to sound really stupid, but it works. Practice getting up as soon as your alarm goes off. That’s right — practice. But don’t do it in the morning. Do it during the day when you’re wide awake. https://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/04/how-to-get-up-right-away-when-your-alarm-goes-off/ https://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/04/how-to-get-up-righ... (actual strategy starts about half way down)
- mi100hael 8y ago
  > Is what everyone already knows. Is it, though? I know plenty of people who set 7 different alarms or intentionally set their alarm half an hour early so they can snooze it 12 times.
  - _tulpa 8y ago
    That’s that’s not the point of that paragraph - the advice there is still just as useless for anyone who might actually need It. It would also probably be worse getting those instructions from someone who totally ignores how difficult it is to actually follow them.

madeuptempacct 8y ago

Pavlina is a good author, but I don't believe most of what he says - the whole spiel about how he finished college in a year while starting a video game company or whatever and how he slept 4 hrs a day while doing this. This makes me questions anything else he says. There is another, far-less famous, far-more sane blogger like him, but I can't find his page and don't remember his name. Maybe someone here can help me out.

_tulpa 8y ago

This is more or less devoid of any useful information... When my alarm goes off every morning, I turn it off, stretch for a couple seconds, and sit up Is what everyone already knows. The article implies that you somehow just do this and conveniently ignores how useless that advice is for breaking or replacing habits. Especially ones where you’re not going to be alert enough to even remember that you’re supposed to be be doing something. If you simply go to bed when you’re sleepy and then get up at a fixed time, you’ll cure your insomnia This is not how insomnia works at all. ”If you simply be happy you’ll cure your depression!”

dceddia 8y ago
This other one was much more useful. I tried this a few years ago and it seemed to work, but it was also really easy to fall back into old habits. Still though, might be worth a try. > This is going to sound really stupid, but it works. Practice getting up as soon as your alarm goes off. That’s right — practice. But don’t do it in the morning. Do it during the day when you’re wide awake. https://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/04/how-to-get-up-right-away-when-your-alarm-goes-off/ https://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/04/how-to-get-up-righ... (actual strategy starts about half way down)
mi100hael 8y ago
> Is what everyone already knows. Is it, though? I know plenty of people who set 7 different alarms or intentionally set their alarm half an hour early so they can snooze it 12 times.
- _tulpa 8y ago
  That’s that’s not the point of that paragraph - the advice there is still just as useless for anyone who might actually need It. It would also probably be worse getting those instructions from someone who totally ignores how difficult it is to actually follow them.