both by Steve Pavlina
Articles on how to get up early and not feel tired.
Summary
- Go to bed when you are tired not a set schedule (but the writer claims it will happen within a 1-3 hour span every day anyway.)
- Get up the same time every day 7 days a week
- Don't use the snooze alarm - get up!
- Don't use caffeine
- Prepare for bed by reading or doing something relaxing rather than something active
- Some people suggest not getting into bed until you you are tired enough to sleep within a couple of minutes
- Try it for 30 days to make it a habit.
- Drink special teas which help you sleep
- There may be an optimal time for eating before sleeping - not sure what time that is or if it depends on whether you eat meat or are a vegan like the author
1 comment:
Interestingly, I just finished the chapter on states of consciousness in my psychology class and it talked a lot about sleep.
It reminded me how important sleep really is. Lately, I've tended to put off sleep, or sleep as little as possible, in order to get things done. I think I'm like a lot of people this way. However, there are some really important things that take place while we sleep, and depriving ourselves of it really hurts us.
So I'm trying something for a couple of weeks. The past few days I've slept in as much as my body wanted (trying to "make-up" the "sleep debt" I incurred this week.) Then, I'm going to set a time to go to bed each night for a week. I'm going to try to stick to this, since I usually fight off sleep until I just HAVE to go to sleep.
The following week, I'm going to go to bed 15 minutes earlier than I did the week before. I'll do this until I find out what my "ideal" amount of sleep is.
By doing this, I should be rested and refreshed each day, and my body should actually wake up at the set time each day without the alarm clock.
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