Posted by cecilia on July 29, 2006, at 19:17:39
In reply to Re: Don't want to be such a night owl... » cecilia, posted by River1924 on July 29, 2006, at 11:50:07
I've read about that going to bed 3 hours later every day trick, though I didn't know they had a whole book about it-seems like it could be condensed into one short paragraph. My problem is that going to bed 3 hours later doesn't mean I'll sleep-I can go to bed a lot more than 3 hours later and still not be able to sleep. Also once you get cycled around to whatever you decide is your correct schedule then what-I'd be even less likely to be able to sleep when it's only 16 hours since I got up instead of 19 and you've got to have absolute will power and never ever allow yourself to sleep in, no matter how little you've slept, or you'll be back where you've started. In theory it seems one could do this any time they wanted without going through a drawn out 2 week resetting schedule, just skip a night's sleep and then go to bed at whatever you decide your new bedtime should be, using as many alarm clocks as necessary to force yourself out of bed at the new designated time every single day no matter how little you've slept. In actuality I just don't have the will-power to drag myself out of bed when I don't have to. Cecilia
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