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Camping has a few things going for it. First, if you do it right, you won't use your devices much. Second, you might be surprised how quickly your body will adapt to defining your days by natural light. Third, I can't think of anything more relaxing than sitting around a campfire at night.
Depending where you are located, I can recommend some weed oil to kind of force yourself to sleep, take it one hour before you want to sleep and you will have a hard time staying awake.
Yes, I have. In a desire to change some bad habits, I stopped using alarms to wake up, and I configured my router to stop providing me Internet access from 11pm every day. I also put a sign on my bedroom door, saying "this is a phone-free zone". The sunshine wakes me up. I kept this up at least for a couple of years. I genuinely feel like a morning person now, instead of a night owl that I used to be.
In my current environment, I find more peace and quiet and escape from worry in the evening/night.
Also, I currently have some health issues that often mitigate somewhat -- slowly -- through the day. (My current environment seems to exacerbate them.)
Countering this is a tiredness that hits with sunset.
When I'm somewhere else -- and also with other activities at hand -- being a morning person is not a problem.
So, my suggestion: Don't just look at yourself and/or your psychology. Evaluate what other factors may be influencing this.
Yep. Got a dog. That furry little bastard is an unrelenting alarm clock.
Yep. Got a dog. That furry little bastard is an unrelenting alarm clock.
Yes, I have. In a desire to change some bad habits, I stopped using alarms to wake up, and I configured my router to stop providing me Internet access from 11pm every day. I also put a sign on my bedroom door, saying "this is a phone-free zone". The sunshine wakes me up. I kept this up at least for a couple of years. I genuinely feel like a morning person now, instead of a night owl that I used to be.
I don't live in an area where the sun can wake me up regularly, and I have a spouse to boot, but I do wake up without alarms. It took a bit of doing, but after shifting my schedule so as to be a morning person about 18 years ago, after a couple years of waking up to an alarm, I found I was waking up 1-2 minutes before my alarm. So one day I stopped setting it, and for the last 15+ years I've found my body naturally w…
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I don't live in an area where the sun can wake me up regularly, and I have a spouse to boot, but I do wake up without alarms. It took a bit of doing, but after shifting my schedule so as to be a morning person about 18 years ago, after a couple years of waking up to an alarm, I found I was waking up 1-2 minutes before my alarm. So one day I stopped setting it, and for the last 15+ years I've found my body naturally w…
What time do you usually go to sleep?