Actually go to bed very, very early. I don't mean "23:00 instead of midnight" early, but at like 19:00. My body is used to going to bed at 22:00-23:00 and then 2 hours of videos and livestreams. Instead, it gets 3 hours till 22:00, at the end it slips into disbelief that it should sleep already, but finally slips into it at 22:00-23:00. And so, 8 hours of sleep at 6:00-8:00. And then either getting up, or resting till 9:00.
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My "strategy" consists of going to bed at a fixed time and a modern electronic alarm clock that is 100% reliable.
I don't. I'm not a morning person and I'm always garbage if I try to be.
Go to bed early the two nights before, if it's just a one off thing. If I'm adjusting my schedule I'll take some NyQuil or melatonin to help sleep only the first two nights or so.
This is my way as well. I would add that I also don’t drink alcohol or eat 2-hours before going to bed. Z-Quil works in lieu of NyQuil.
Don't have kids
One of those sunrise alarm clocks, going to bed more than 8 hours before it goes off, a neti pot or benadryl so I can breath while sleeping. Blackout shades, and an air filter that makes some soft white noise.
Sunrise alarm and more than 8 hours before alarm is the best for me
Only problem is my kid sees the light early on and assumes I am already awake. Then he comes and puts a hand on my shoulder while leaning in with the light behind him. Not sure that one will make adulthood. Lol
Try Melatonin and Vitamin D about an hour before bedtime.
Wait, why vitamin D before bed?
I thought your body produces it in response to daylight, so I always thought that should be taken in the day?
Actually, yeah, that may well be a "me" thing. I shouldn't presume. It really helps me feel more alert in the morning when taken before bed, I've noticed, having tested just Melatonin and the two together repeatedly, but I shouldn't presume everyone would need it. Though, it's Vitamin D, so it probably won't kill you.
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Make a clone of yourself to wake up early for you
Drugs
I have add and take adderall. My alarm is set for 7 and 8. At 7, I get up, take my meds (more than just adderall), let the dogs out, and feed them. I do all this trying to stay as "asleep" as possible and go right back down to nap until 8. By then the adderall has started to kick in and I literally can't stay asleep.
There's always going to bed earlier.
Doesn't work for everyone.
Some people always go to bed early and wake up early. They complain if they sleep on because it is too far from their natural sleep cycle.
Some people go to bed late and wake up late and getting up early sucks even if they get the same number of hours of sleep.
Some people can adjust. Maybe even the majority of people can adjust. Not everyone is able to adjust.
My only strategy is to try to get enough sleep. Coffee provides less of an effect and more of a feeling of an effect.
No screens for two hours before bed.
Be consistent with the time you wake up and don't use the snooze button. Get out of bed as soon as the alarm goes off.
Shower and a cup of tea or coffee
I get seasonal affective disorder in the winter. Thirty minutes of the light therapy lamp first thing in the morning works wonders if you use it properly and consistently.
Biphasic sleep. One 5 1⁄2-6 hour block over night, one 90 minute siesta before work.
I know what biphasic sleep is. But I’m not clear on when you are doing it. Do you get up at like 4 am? For how long?
Or maybe I just need to know when work starts for you?
6:30am-12pm I am awake
12pm-1:30pm I am asleep (siesta)
1:30pm-12:30am/1:00am I am awake
12:30am/1:00am-6:30am I am asleep
I work from 2:30pm-10:30pm
How early? When I had to get up at 5, it just sucked no matter what. At 7? Just do it for a couple of weeks until you can be sleepy at 11pm, it will work itself out.
It doesn't just work itself out for everyone.
Sure, but it's certainly the first thing to try. Get up when you need to, go to bed when you get sleepy. And I do think there is some "7:00" for everyone, some earliest time that can feel good, unless you have a literal sleep disorder, in which case asking the internet doesn't seem like the best strategy.
Definitely the first thing to try, along with not looking at screens/the blue light spectrum.
Yellow zzzquil at bedtime
Alarm clock set for an hour before you need to wake up, now spend that extra hour doing nothing or taking a morning nap.