Go to bed earlier at night.
Even when I want to I have a hard time going to sleep early (like before 3am)
I partially blame the computer, since it seems to energize me. If I'm tired and I start using the computer I am no longer tired.
Ask HN: How can I get up early in the morning?
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#82Well you all may missing the point. It's not important at what hour You get up. The matter is how long did You sleep. Normal person needs up to 4 circadian cycles. We make one every 1.5h, it varies individually.
Here is real catch, if You sleep over this four cycles. Your brain starts to use some proteins produced during sleep. Its big waste because catecholamine is produced only during sleep. So if You over sleep, You loose energy, and You may wake up tired.
To start wake up earlier, this was tested by myself. You need to reset your brain. So don't sleep for night or two. And after go sleep on proper time. For 6-6.5h. You will be fresh as new born.
Interesting about the sleeps starts when You have idea about, training polyphasic sleep :-). Well its different story.
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#83My wife and I had a baby. Now I get up at 7 every day.
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#84One word:
Modafinil
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#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
The starvation study I remember said _don't_ eat 16 hours before you wake up, and then eat well. Then the body will remember the time you got food, and make sure you're awake for it. Also, this is the least useful comment by pg i've seen in a long while. It's not even funny if you happen to be a late sleeper.
The description by niels_olson is thorough and in large part amounts to "how to get to sleep earlier". The pg comment simple cuts to the point and says "get to sleep earlier" without the medical explanations of "how and why". The are both very useful and correct answers to the OP. I don't think it needs to be funny. Its simply correct. Most of us have far too much to do every day and end up working too late. If you w…
I wouldn't have written my comment if pg hadn't written his.
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#86Getting up in the morning used to be one of the central struggles of my life (seriously), but I rarely think about it now and I'm almost always up by 430am, which is something I never thought would happen. Here's my story, if anyone is interested. I've struggled with getting up my entire life, and so has my entire family, immediate and extended. My 18-year-old brother regularly sleeps until 1pm, as do many of my cous…
Listen to that man!
I was about to suggest the same thing. Take Steve Pavlina's advice as seriously as you can. That should be enough for starters. You should notice a great improvement just like Ryan and myself have.
I was known as somebody who's completely alarms-any alarms-"resistant". I'd set my alarm so loud and so annoying that I used to wake up my whole family and then they had to wake me up... this just couldn't go forever.
I read Steve Pavlina's article and applied his suggestion. Wow, what a difference... I experienced great results even after a couple of days of practicing.
As for the rest of the advices Ryan gives, I should probably listen to a couple of them (I already ditched coffee completely, don't watch TV before bed, but I do work on computer...) for better quality sleep, but I never really had problems sleeping - just waking up ;)
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What if I have a problem going to bed earlier? Sometimes, I can stay awake in the bed for at least an hour, if not even a couple of hours. It's like when you suffer from insomnia. By the way, have a look at this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_sleep_phase_syndrome
Wake up very early the next day. Get something like 4-5 hours of sleep. Then you'll be so tired that you'll have to go to bed early. Then start a routine of going to bed and waking up at the same time every day and your body will get used to it.
I've tried this, but it didn't work. I was able to wake early for about 3 days then I still went late to bed and my schedule became a mess again. This has happened to me a lot of times: no matter how tired I am, somehow I still manage to go late to bed. Or if I go too early (at 11-12 PM), I wake way too early at 4 or 5 AM which is impractical. In the afternoon I'll become very sleepy and transform into a zombie :-)
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#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
To go to bed earlier 1) get up earlier 2) You can only shift your schedule about 1 hour per day. You can try shifting it more, but you're going to have sweater-head, nausea and hot flashes. If you go from getting up at 11 to getting up at 5, expect five days of feeling like crap. 3) The pineal gland is activated by light incident on the retina. So calculate when you need to go to sleep based on when you get up, and s…
The starvation study I remember said _don't_ eat 16 hours before you wake up, and then eat well. Then the body will remember the time you got food, and make sure you're awake for it. Also, this is the least useful comment by pg i've seen in a long while. It's not even funny if you happen to be a late sleeper.
This is maybe related to the study which shows you can reprogram your biological clock by not eating?
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Or find an early rising spouse. Works for me.
My case is the exact opposite: I have a late-rising espouse and two kids (10 and 3). The younger one wakes at 6am and I have to take care of her. :-P
We don't have kids, yet. My fiancée just nags me until I get up.
Re: Ask HN: How can I get up early in the morning?
#90Go to bed earlier at night.
To go to bed earlier 1) get up earlier 2) You can only shift your schedule about 1 hour per day. You can try shifting it more, but you're going to have sweater-head, nausea and hot flashes. If you go from getting up at 11 to getting up at 5, expect five days of feeling like crap. 3) The pineal gland is activated by light incident on the retina. So calculate when you need to go to sleep based on when you get up, and s…
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