[graeme]

Anecdotally I've noticed I'm much less productive when I sleep too little. I try to get eight hours.

But, I've been having trouble sleeping in recently. I want to sleep more, but can't. I'm not sure what causes it - I used to have the problem of staying up late then sleeping till 11-12ish naturally. (I never use an alarm)

I have two observations:

1. A couple months ago I started going to my balcony for morning sunlight upon waking. I had read morning light resets sleep cycles 2. I notice I need to pee when I wake up, and have trouble falling asleep again after. It's summer in Canada, so some light gets in around 5 am or so

I'm wondering if I reset my cycle, and now I "wake up" if there's morning light present, whereas I didn't before.

Anyone have this experience? I never had trouble sleeping in before, so this confuses me.

[curun1r]

I can't speak for you, but I know that for me, inability to sleep is always the product of some unresolved worry or other preoccupation. Dealing with that (in my case, that means spending time meditating) solves the problem of waking up feeling unrested. However that doesn't necessarily mean sleeping more, since I find that during periods of consistent meditation I generally need a couple hours less sleep to feel fully rested.

YMMV, but ask yourself whether there's anything that might be preoccupying your subconscious that might be triggering your sleep issues.

[graeme]

Oddly enough, I'm significantly more relaxed than I used to be when I slept more. (Maybe I need it less as a result, and so my body seeks it less urgently.)

I do think I'd be better rested with more though. I'll give meditation a shot, it can't hurt.

[Damogran6]

Waking up having to pee it often an indicator of other issues. For me, it's my allergy medication not working, leading to sinus inflammaion, leading to snoring, leading to waking up thinking I need to pee.

[agumonkey]

i had troubles falling asleep which caused more time online, delaying the issue and making it worse

I tried eating lighter, a bit earlier and jumping into bed at 10pm cutting everything so I would slip slowly but surely.

I had positive results for a while but I'm back to unregular sleep schedule.

Also tried the no-blue-light thing but didn't feel improvements.

[remir]

Some anti-blue light glasses and a sleep mask helped me a lot. Meditation before going to bed also helps a lot.