How I became a morning person
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How I became a morning person
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#2In addition to "Pay attention to how food and drink affect your sleep", I would add Pay attention to how exercise affects your sleep.
In my case, nighttime cardio can keep me awake later. On the other hand, weightlifting late is a significant sleep aid to me.
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#3Having kids did it for me.
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#4Having kids did it for me.
That's what I came here to say too. The damn kids now happily sleep until noon, but I just can't anymore. Grumble.
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#5I suppose that will come naturally anyway as age progresses, when one will need less sleep ?
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#6To start waking up earlier, I set my alarm clock five minutes earlier every week. I gave myself permission to hit the snooze, but the alarm was going to wake me up regardless. When I'd freed up about 40 mins or so, I switched my gym routine to go in the morning rather than at night. Totally worth it.
I hope to maybe be able to get some work or chores done in the morning eventually.
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#7In addition to "Pay attention to how food and drink affect your sleep", I would add Pay attention to how exercise affects your sleep. In my case, nighttime cardio can keep me awake later. On the other hand, weightlifting late is a significant sleep aid to me.
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#8In all my years as a software developer the morning hours were just absolutely perfect for me to get the hard stuff out of the way. I reserve afternoons for the drudge work, but in the morning I have much better cognitive ability.
Better yet, if you work from home you can wake up at 6am, start your workload early and you have the entire afternoon off for whatever you need, it's a sweet system!
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#9I've given up on this. A single late night will derail your schedule for a couple weeks (if you're being honest with yourself about how much sleep you need.)
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#10In addition to "Pay attention to how food and drink affect your sleep", I would add Pay attention to how exercise affects your sleep. In my case, nighttime cardio can keep me awake later. On the other hand, weightlifting late is a significant sleep aid to me.
I've noticed the same thing re: lifting late. I get the best sleep when I go to bed immediately after lifting.