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  • 25 Dec 09
    meetamartian
    Johna Mandac

    "read.

    When my alarm goes off every morning, I turn it off, stretch for a couple seconds, and sit up. I don’t think about it. I’ve learned that the longer it takes me to get up, the more likely I am to try to sleep in. So I don’t allow myself to have conversations in my head about the benefits of sleeping in once the alarm goes off. Even if I want to sleep in, I always get up right away.

    After a few days of using this approach, I found that my sleep patterns settled into a natural rhythm. If I got too little sleep one night, I’d automatically be sleepier earlier and get more sleep the next night. And if I had lots of energy and wasn’t tired, I’d sleep less. My body learned when to knock me out because it knew I would always get up at the same time and that my wake-up time wasn’t negotiable.

    A side effect was that on average, I slept about 90 minutes less per night, but I actually felt more well-rested. I was sleeping almost the entire time I was in bed."

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    • One is that you should go to bed and get up at the same times every day. It’s like having an alarm clock on both ends — you try to sleep the same hours each night. This seems practical for living in modern society. We need predictability in our schedules. And we need to ensure adequate rest.
    • The second school says you should listen to your body’s needs and go to bed when you’re tired and get up when you naturally wake up. This approach is rooted in biology. Our bodies should know how much rest we need, so we should listen to them.


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  • 04 Sep 09
    jjhageman
    Jeremy Hageman

    I read that most insomniacs are people who go to bed when they aren’t sleepy

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  • 04 Jul 09
    kallie_alizadeh_9892
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    This is definitely worth a try#break#Fix the time you want to wake up, don't try to sleep when you're tired.#break#The best advice on sleep I've ever read.#break#Nice one -Rise up earlier.#break#I will try this out but I think it will definitely work.#break#You don't need 8 hours of sleep every time. It depends if your body needs it.#break#Smart advice on sleep.#break#Rising early equals success.

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    • The most common wrong strategy is this: You assume that if you’re going to get up earlier, you’d better go to bed earlier. So you figure out how much sleep you’re getting now, and then just shift everything back a few hours. If you now sleep from midnight to 8am, you figure you’ll go to bed at 10pm and get up at 6am instead. Sounds very reasonable, but it will usually fail.
    • You’re wasting time lying in bed awake and not being asleep. Another problem is that you’re assuming you need the same number of hours of sleep every night, which is a false assumption. Your sleep needs vary from day to day.
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  • 06 Apr 09
    • When my alarm goes off every morning, I turn it off, stretch for a couple seconds, and sit up. I don’t think about it. I’ve learned that the longer it takes me to get up, the more likely I am to try to sleep in. So I don’t allow myself to have conversations in my head about the benefits of sleeping in once the alarm goes off. Even if I want to sleep in, I always get up right away.
    • When my alarm goes off every morning, I turn it off, stretch for a couple seconds, and sit up. I don’t think about it. I’ve learned that the longer it takes me to get up, the more likely I am to try to sleep in. So I don’t allow myself to have conversations in my head about the benefits of sleeping in once the alarm goes off. Even if I want to sleep in, I always get up right away.
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    granfr
    Gr Anfr

    How to Become an Early Riser

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    laurashapiro
    Laura Shapiro

    This is interesting - lack of sleep has recently been proven to cause many problems with health and now many studies are also being done on children's sleep patterns and how it affects their growth.

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    • The most common wrong strategy is this: You assume that if you’re going to get up earlier, you’d better go to bed earlier.
    • It seems there are two main schools of thought about sleep patterns. One is that you should go to bed and get up at the same times every day.
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    • It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.

      - Aristotle
    • You assume that if you’re going to get up earlier, you’d better go to bed earlier. So you figure out how much sleep you’re getting now, and then just shift everything back a few hours. If you now sleep from midnight to 8am, you figure you’ll go to bed at 10pm and get up at 6am instead. Sounds very reasonable, but it will usually fail.
    • You assume that if you’re going to get up earlier, you’d better go to bed earlier. So you figure out how much sleep you’re getting now, and then just shift everything back a few hours. If you now sleep from midnight to 8am, you figure you’ll go to bed at 10pm and get up at 6am instead. Sounds very reasonable, but it will usually fail.
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  • 29 Oct 08
    joeburnham
    Joe Burnham

    Here's an interesting bit on sleep patterns and how to transition from being a night owl to an early riser ... something I'm trying to do while on my hiatus.

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    kriggins
    Kevin Riggins

    It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom. - Aristotle

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    archive01
    A Peter

    But after a while I couldn’t ignore the high correlation between success and rising early, even in my own life. On those rare occasions where I did get up early, I noticed that my productivity was almost always higher, not just in the morning but all throughout the day. And I also noticed a significant feeling of well-being. So being the proactive goal-achiever I was, I set out to become a habitual early riser. I promptly set my alarm clock for 5AM…

    … and the next morning, I got up just before noon.

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    chr15t14n
    C P

    Sehr praktischer Artikel, wie man seine Schlafgewohnheiten ändern kann

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  • 01 Apr 08
    shirleybee
    Shirley Bromwell

    Tips for those who weren't born early risers. It will increase productivity and a feeling of well-being.

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    • It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.

      - Aristotle
    • high correlation between success and rising early
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  • 02 Feb 08
    avidogsm
    Rei G.

    Go to bed only when you’re too sleepy to stay up, and get up at a fixed time every morning.

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    kabell
    Jeppe Kabell

    Are morning people born or made? In my case it was definitely made. In my early 20s, I rarely went to bed before midnight, and I’d almost always sleep in late. I usually didn’t start hitting my stride each day until late afternoon.

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    • The solution was to go to bed when I’m sleepy (and only when I’m sleepy) and get up with an alarm clock at a fixed time (7 days per week). So I always get up at the same time (in my case 5am), but I go to bed at different times every night.
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    mertnuhoglu
    Mert Nuhoglu

    Go to bed only when you’re too sleepy to stay up, and get up at a fixed time every morning.

    psychology

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    avivagabriel
    Aviva Gabriel

    Are morning people born or made? In my case it was definitely made. The solution was to go to bed when I’m sleepy (and only when I’m sleepy) and get up with an alarm clock at a fixed time (7 days per week). So I always get up at the same time (in my case

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    • Are morning people born or made? In my case it was definitely made. In my early 20s, I rarely went to bed before midnight, and I’d almost always sleep in late. I usually didn’t start hitting my stride each day until late afternoon.

      But after a while I couldn’t ignore the high correlation between success and rising early, even in my own life. On those rare occasions where I did get up early, I noticed that my productivity was almost always higher, not just in the morning but all throughout the day. And I also noticed a significant feeling of well-being. So being the proactive goal-achiever I was, I set out to become a habitual early riser.
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    • The optimal solution for me has been to combine both approaches.
    • The solution was to go to bed when I’m sleepy (and only when I’m sleepy) and get up with an alarm clock at a fixed time (7 days per week). So I always get up at the same time (in my case 5am), but I go to bed at different times every night.
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    franciscat
    Lisa, sfo

    "It's hard to become an early riser using the wrong strategy. But with the right strategy, it's relatively easy."

    Health Behavior

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