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by haldujai 4741 days ago
My own experience agrees. Making the switch to waking up really early increased my productivity and mood significantly. I found that melatonin pills (in the short term) and the Sleep Cycle app (despite the iffy science behind it) worked very well in adjusting and maintaining my sleep schedule. Additionally, I programmed the AC to kick in about 30 minutes before I wake up so it gets cold and hard for me to stay sleeping.

It also helps to have alarm clocks strategically placed in places hard to reach while your eyes are closed.
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scoot 4741 days ago
That all sounds extremely unnatural, and uncomfortable. What's I'd be far more interested in is how to naturally change the sleep cycle to be "early to bed, early to rise", and waking naturally rested, rather than the more typical "stay up 'till dawn, sleep 'till lunchtime" routine, with enforced scattered alarms to get up earlier, with resulting sleep deprivation.
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haldujai 4741 days ago
I should have been more clear - those more extreme measures were only to deal with the initial change in sleep cycle from going to bed at 4 am to going to bed at 9-10 pm. It took me about a week to adjust and wasn't all that bad. Otherwise you can try shifting an 45 minutes a day (which seems to be the ideal time) until you're at where you want to be.

Now I just use Sleep Cycle.

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