[journeeman]

I agree. I used to make the same mistake. Until I realised that it is best to go back to how people slept before electric light was invented; i.e. it is best to align your sleep cycle with the Sun's movement.

Of course, maybe it's harder to do this nearer the poles but, in the tropics we get near equal hours of day and night.

I have found sleeping early and staying away from modern tech 30-45 mins. before sleep to be _immensely_ beneficial.

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Even at 60 latitude it is still possible to wake up durung winter if not after sunrise but at least at dawn if one can afford to wake up at 8:00.

For a while I had to wake before 6:00 and it really sucked at winter when sunrise here is after 9:00. This has little to do with the amount of sleeping. To my surprise I managed to switch to going to bed before 10pm. It is precisely waking up in the dark that was problematic.