If you really want to be a morning person: Turn off all lights and machine sounds
How I became a morning person
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Re: How I became a morning person
#42No matter how much sleep I get, I find it very difficult to drag myself out of bed. I always hit snooze until the very last minute...
I hate going to bed 'early' because I feel like I'm losing out on valuable time - but I inevitably just sit on reddit/HN until 1am anyway.
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#43There are still only the same number of hours in the day, though. You're making pretty fundamental alterations to your habits in order to 'reclaim' time that isn't really lost.
true, but personally I can think more clearly after I'm well rested - rather than at the end of the day, before resting, when you're often quite tired.
Still need minium external distractions for this to work, though
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#44In 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.
You guys should try sex one day...
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#45I'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.)
Yes, you have to be rigorous. Or if you have a late night, compensate with a daytime nap
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#46To him a night owl is up till midnight. To me, midnight is super duper early. I struggle to sleep before 5am. At midnight I wake up and have been known to gut clean the entire house then. Even if i've been awake for over 24 hours i wake up at night. I cycle around my sleeping pattern often, i'll get up at 3am. I'll try and get it slowly to 5am wake up, then 7am - normal time. I can usually keep it there for about a w…
Just curious - what do your coffee consumption and exercise pattern look like?
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yep. This works.
Can confirm. Have a circadian rhythm disorder where I pretty much can't wake up earlier intentionally; very common in teens, but occasionally it sticks as an adult. In my case I actually cycle around, living >24 hour days left completely unchecked, which is probably worse than it sounds (but extroidinarily unlikely; guess I'm just lucky). The prescription is to get bright blue-spectrum light-box and have it within th…
Please DO NOT EVER stare at the sun
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's what I really had trouble with. There have been times in my life when I've been exceptionally motivated: pet projects, new girlfriend, etc. I'll wear out, get to bed at 8pm, wake up early and keep working or go to the gym. But I'm also really productive between midnight and 4am. That's where I got my best work done during University and when I quit my job last year and went on a 9 months sabbatical. How about…
For me night time is lazy time. The world is asleep and it doesn't demand anything of me. So I take it easy and dont get much work done. I wake up late and have to play catch up with the world again. The few times I wake up early I have a head start on the world for once. Feels good.
> The world is asleep and it doesn't demand anything of me.
I really like night time for the same reason, but I think I interpret it in exactly the opposite way you do: Nobody is bothering me with things (or distracting me with interesting conversation and fun group things to do), so I can finally get some quiet, unbroken work time in, where I can get in the zone and work for four hours without any interruptions.
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#49To him a night owl is up till midnight. To me, midnight is super duper early. I struggle to sleep before 5am. At midnight I wake up and have been known to gut clean the entire house then. Even if i've been awake for over 24 hours i wake up at night. I cycle around my sleeping pattern often, i'll get up at 3am. I'll try and get it slowly to 5am wake up, then 7am - normal time. I can usually keep it there for about a w…
Just curious - what do your coffee consumption and exercise pattern look like?
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#50In 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!
Exact opposite here - more or less severe brain fog until the sun sets. Then I can start getting things done.
I've had "brain fog" in small spells over the years, particularly when my depression went unmanaged. I can't imagine having it every day, I'd get nothing done and hate myself. It sounds like you have more self-awareness than I did though.