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      While this might help initially, I don’t think it would modify your sleep cycle. I’ve been a heavy pot smoker for 20+ years. The only thing that ended up changing my sleep cycle was getting old. I wake with the sun now.

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    maintain a routine. Actually get up when your first alarm sounds. Do real physical activity during the day (every day, but less on off days is ok). Don’t consume stimulants within 8 hours of bedtime. Don’t consume too much depressants (this includes alcohol). DO NOT TAKE A SCREEN TO BED WITH YOU.

    Hit most of these and you should be ok. If you’re doing all of them and it still isn’t working, maybe see a doctor.

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    The anxiety of not catching the train to university did it for me. Go to sleep at midnight. Wake up at 5:30 to get ready.I manage to hold up for the five days of courses.

    Saturdays though? A nuke could go off and I wouldn’t wake up.

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    For those actually wanting to do it: you start with the morning, not with the bed time. Regardless of when you go to sleep, gotta force yourself up a the time you want to wake. By the time 10p rolls around, now you’re ready for sleep. But you’re gonna start off with a very sleepy day.

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      Wake up on time no matter what, no naps, and follow good bed time hygiene (caffeine, screens, temperature, etc). It will take some time but your body will adjust.

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    I just made a conscious decision to switch about 2 weeks ago. I used to go to bed at midnight and wake up at 8:30. I now go to bed at 10:30 and wake up at 7:30 so I have time to hit the gym before work.

    As you get older you get tired more easily so you naturally start going to bed earlier. This has the consequences of raising earlier.

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      “Early to bed and early to rise makes Jack’s wife go out with other guys” - The Warner Brothers

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    After decades of thinking I couldn’t do this it was rather easy in the end. I just started being more consistent with bedtime and not napping.

    I also got into running, rock climbing, and being outdoors more often. Now I wake up before my alarm.

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    My wife has to be at work before 5 every day. We need to keep making our mortgage payment because paying off our shitty house is our best hope at maybe at least a partial retirement before I die. If the house is paid off, and I’m able to collect social security, maybe I’ll be able to be able to only work part time. I have no retirement funds

    So we’re both up around 4 every day. And in bed between 8 & 9p. If you just get up early every day because you have to, at some point you’re too tired to stay up late. The answer is necessity and responsibility.

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    Just an alarm clock is enough. Or doing it the fancy way with phones, they even say when your bedtime is starting.