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What I am learning about sleep I wanted to be a morning person, because I wasnt, because I am a hacker and our pledge requires constant self-improvement, becau

by kashif 18y ago

What I am learning about sleep I wanted to be a morning person, because I wasnt, because I am a hacker and our pledge requires constant self-improvement, because others could do it and finally because i wanted to feel good about myself. Alas, all this failed, till I chanced onto something interesting. Here is how I manage getting up early-ish. After numerous unsuccessful attempts my body just gave up...but I wasn't quite done yet. So, the alarm was set for 7 AM and every morning I would get up to switch it off and promptly go back to sleep. My body and I had reached a compromise. I was allowed to set any big hairy audacious goal and my body was free to disregard it just as long as it went through the motions to humour me. Soon enough the body started getting up a few minutes early just to switch off the alarm and then took its own time going back to sleep. Now, it gets up at 6.30AM to switch off the 7 AM alarm (lol) then it sleeps till 8 AM and is fresh as a daisy for the rest of the day. I sneakily fooled my body! You can too... Next goal 6.00 AM!

drawkbox 18y ago
I also read that our bright monitors are fooling us for daylight but the key thing is eating. Usually I would eat late in the day and just get going on coffee. But I read and tried it (it works somewhat) that if you dont' eat at night, then wake up early just one day and eat a nice meal. Your body instantly adjusts. You repeat this for a while and soon enough you are an 7-8am'er.
- mleonhard 18y ago
  Making any lasting change requires three things: Motivation, Mechanism, and Monitoring. I've implemented these three things to fix my sleep schedule: Motivation comes from my own desire and encouragement from those around me. The Mechanism is to shift my eating schedule earlier by eating a snack in my bed right when the alarm goes off and eating dinner earlier. Monitoring is the log book of times that I eat, wake up, and go to sleep. Applying this technique for 2 weeks has yielded a 2-hour forward shift in my sleep schedule! :) The article mentions another mechanism: going outside right after waking up. I'm going to think about adding this mechanism to my sleep-schedule-shift personal development project.

by kashif 18y ago

drawkbox 18y ago

I also read that our bright monitors are fooling us for daylight but the key thing is eating. Usually I would eat late in the day and just get going on coffee. But I read and tried it (it works somewhat) that if you dont' eat at night, then wake up early just one day and eat a nice meal. Your body instantly adjusts. You repeat this for a while and soon enough you are an 7-8am'er.

mleonhard 18y ago
Making any lasting change requires three things: Motivation, Mechanism, and Monitoring. I've implemented these three things to fix my sleep schedule: Motivation comes from my own desire and encouragement from those around me. The Mechanism is to shift my eating schedule earlier by eating a snack in my bed right when the alarm goes off and eating dinner earlier. Monitoring is the log book of times that I eat, wake up, and go to sleep. Applying this technique for 2 weeks has yielded a 2-hour forward shift in my sleep schedule! :) The article mentions another mechanism: going outside right after waking up. I'm going to think about adding this mechanism to my sleep-schedule-shift personal development project.