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[-] benderation@lemmy.zip 2 points 58 minutes ago

It's a lot easier than people think, in my opinion.

Light is the main thing that sets your circadian rhythms. If you want to sleep at 10 PM, turn off the lights around that time. Fully dark. No phone. Maybe even blackout curtains. Better if it's every single night, including weekends.

Listen to music or a podcast if you're bored laying in the dark. But no light after the time you want to sleep.

You won't fall asleep at 10 the first night. Or the second night. But it'll slowly get earlier and earlier every night.

I've done this many times. When I worked early mornings, I easily adjusted to falling asleep at 8PM by shutting off all lights consistently every night around 7:45.

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 minutes ago

I've been sleeping at 9pm and waking up at 8am fairly consistently for several months now. Still waiting on that elusive 6am wake up time.

[-] abbiistabbii 1 points 1 hour ago

Simple: exhaust yourself enough over several days until you do that naturally.

[-] sausager@lemmy.world 1 points 41 minutes ago

Or just age

-old man

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

It requires melatonin and a bunch of alarms.

Source: me

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago

Get a kid between 1-4 years old

[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 2 hours ago
[-] TomArrr@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Well done for making it to 10 😉

[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 1 hour ago
[-] TomArrr@lemmy.world 1 points 59 minutes ago
[-] generic_computers@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

I need to get to work at 7:30a. I used to complain about it, but eventually I got used to winding down at 9:30p and going to bed by 10.

Set my alarm, get up early and go to work.

It sucked at first, but you get used to it.

Also, I have a big cup of coffee in the morning, that helps.

[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago

Get a job with consistent hours that suit that kind of sleeping schedule.

Or do what I did, and find a job with hours they already fit your sleep habits. You can still stay up all night go to bed at 5 am every day, when your shift starts at 2! :D

[-] aceshigh@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Why would you want to? No reason to work against yourself. Learn your body rhythm and try to create a life that supports it.

The funny thing is that if everything is going okayish in your life, you can become one of these people by going to bed at 10 and waking up at 6. I'm willing to bet your life is not going okayish, though

[-] glitchdx@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago

maintain a routine. Actually get up when your first alarm sounds. Do real physical activity during the day (every day, but less on off days is ok). Don't consume stimulants within 8 hours of bedtime. Don't consume too much depressants (this includes alcohol). DO NOT TAKE A SCREEN TO BED WITH YOU.

Hit most of these and you should be ok. If you're doing all of them and it still isn't working, maybe see a doctor.

[-] PetteriSkaffari@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Usually I will use a screen in bed, it helps me get to s

[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago
[-] nialv7@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

I sleep for longer and get tired quicker but the schedule has never been regular. So not really

[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

For some people though

[-] P1k1e@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago

Lol bruh I wake up at 530 so my commute is an hour rather than an hour and a half. Only reason

[-] Doctorbllk@slrpnk.net 32 points 1 day ago

For those actually wanting to do it: you start with the morning, not with the bed time. Regardless of when you go to sleep, gotta force yourself up a the time you want to wake. By the time 10p rolls around, now you're ready for sleep. But you're gonna start off with a very sleepy day.

[-] Gobbel2000@programming.dev 3 points 10 hours ago

Exaxtly. I similarly feel that keeping a regular wakeup time is more effective than going to bed at a regular time.

[-] Pulptastic@midwest.social 6 points 23 hours ago

Wake up on time no matter what, no naps, and follow good bed time hygiene (caffeine, screens, temperature, etc). It will take some time but your body will adjust.

[-] jystfact@sh.itjust.works 4 points 22 hours ago

Plus it helps to meditate before sleeping as it'll increase the sleepiness before hitting the bed

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 14 points 21 hours ago

Just keep going to bed later and later until you run the clock around.

[-] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Work in a manual labor job so you're tired enough that you actually WANT to go to bed at 10

I wish I got to wake up at 6 when I worked a manual labor job. It was more like 4:45

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 6 points 23 hours ago

Yeah manual labour jobs start earlier then getting up at 6 allows.

I'm always blown away by TV shows where everyone wakes up, has a shower sits down makes breakfast and leave for work at like 9

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[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 70 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Step 1) Exit Puberty

Step 2) Have a real socio-economic incentive to get up at 6am.

Step 3) Stop drinking caffeine after 4pm. Stop drinking booze after 8pm. (Stop drinking booze entirely, even)

Step 4) Gene Therapy

Step 5) Find out if you snore. If you're snoring, you're not going to get enough sleep during the night, which will make you groggy af in the early morning.

Step 6) At 6am, when your alarm clock goes off, it helps if you really, really, really need to pee.

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Step 6. Got it just drink before bed but then still have to piss middle of the night and then refill bladder mid night.

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[-] axexrx@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

Some people are just genetically nocturnal. I had one grandparent who was early to bed. Everyone else in my family is somewhere between 12 and 2 am. As we get older we seem to need less and less sleep though. By 70, my nan was averaging 4 hours. Up to bed at 1, up a 5am to teach her 6am colege classes.

My other grandma slept 3x 2 hour bouts thought the day my whole life. 2hr nap around lunch, another after dinner, then shed be up til 2am, and 'go to bed' just to be back up around 4am. I think that had somwthing to do with her living most her life off the grid and having a wood stove got heat her whole life.

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After decades of thinking I couldn’t do this it was rather easy in the end. I just started being more consistent with bedtime and not napping.

I also got into running, rock climbing, and being outdoors more often. Now I wake up before my alarm.

[-] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Get a dog. I'm now forced to get up early to take it out, otherwise it will pee on my bed.

(Do not actually get a pet if you cannot take care of them.)

[-] andyburke@fedia.io 50 points 1 day ago

Also, children will do this to you.

(DO NOT actually have children if you are just trying to wake up earlier.)

[-] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago

A tamagotchi will also do this.

(DO get a tamagotchi if you are trying to wake earlier)

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[-] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

The answer is CPAP.

When you get a proper night of sleep, it's much easier to get up in the morning. Since getting a CPAP, I wake up about 8 hours after going to bed regardless of what time it is. Really helps with jet lag, too.

[-] MML@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

Could also be your bed, try sleeping on the floor for 2 nights, if it gets better get a firm mattress.

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[-] village604@adultswim.fan 15 points 1 day ago

Unironically, touching grass is how you can do this.

Going camping for several days without screen time can help reset your circadian rhythm to normal.

[-] silasmariner@programming.dev 10 points 1 day ago
[-] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago

I'm reading this at 11pm so don't ask me

[-] KyuubiNoKitsune 3 points 22 hours ago

3:30 am here

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago

Don't become a morning person.

Their time will come.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy but socially dead.

Have a child and work in a factory. That did it for me. I used to be a 2pm to 4am kinda person.

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Drugs. No seriously. Functioning like a normal human requires drugs. Oh and lots of therapy. That helps two

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