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One minor thing I've done is to wake up to natural light (ie light or no shades or curtains). Prior, I had black out shades, and I'd sleep in but wake up groggy
by Ozzie_osman 5y ago
One minor thing I've done is to wake up to natural light (ie light or no shades or curtains). Prior, I had black out shades, and I'd sleep in but wake up groggy, then have trouble sleeping the next night. It made a pretty large difference for me (I wake up and sleep pretty early and feel a lot better). Obviously, if you need to stay up late this won't work for you.
There were other things I did that helped a ton (exercise, no caffeine, etc), but those are obvious and get mentioned a lot. I rarely see the natural light piece mentioned.
- dbspin 5y agoThis is highly geographically dependent. For example, in Berlin where I live currently, sunrise in mid Summer is at 4:40am. I'm highly sensitive to light, and use blackout currently for this reason. That's not a remotely practical wakeup time with a regular work schedule.