These days I go to bed around midnight, give or take half an hour. I get up anywhere from 5:00-6:30. If I can get to bed around 10:00, I wake up at 4:00 or 4:30

These days I go to bed around midnight, give or take half an hour. I get up anywhere from 5:00-6:30. If I can get to bed around 10:00, I wake up at 4:00 or 4:30. I can't remember exactly what happened when I first stopped using the alarm, but I remember a couple patterns: - I used to set an alarm for 6:00, and snooze until 7:30 or so. Getting up when I first woke up meant I often got up around 6:30 or 6:45 - later than I set my alarm for, but much earlier than I usually got out of bed. - I stopped "just staying up late". I used to get tired around midnight, then stay up until 1:00 or 1:30, not getting much done. I knew I needed sleep, so I started going go bed when I was tired. Overall, it made me pay attention to the sleep my body needed, and stop pretending the alarm clock would just get me up.