How I did it: Having a regular sleep schedule must be one of the simplest goals you can achieve when practicing discipline. Essential are the willingness, the persistence and the ambition to reach this (and many other goals). Knowing what exactly is keeping you from having a decent, human sleep pattern is vital as well.
I used to have a horrible sleeping pattern. I used to go to sleep at 5AM and wake up at 2 or 3 or even 4 in the afternoon. I felt drowsy, lethargic and useless all the time. I would get migraines and feel ill. I would feel like my world was drenched in complete darkness and actually it literally was! Going to lectures at school was terrible because I was constantly tired. I couldn't concentrate and I'd waste my day napping.
So I found out the hard way that the human body is simply not built to live like this.
There was nothing to do during the night. I would surf the web and do useless, stupid things. I'd play boring online games or stalk people on Facebook or spend way too much time browsing through Tumblr. At times, I'd read a book in bed but I could never do that for long because of the headaches or just feeling like my head was empty. Another thing was that I felt lonely since everybody I knew was in bed, sleeping, dreaming, recharging their batteries.
When I woke up at 3 in the afternoon when I was at home, my mother would give me the evil eye and tell me that I was wasting my life away. At first, it didn't make much sense. I lived, but only at different times than my friends and family. However, I realised 'What am I without my friends, my family? What am I without daylight, without the hustle and bustle of the city I live in?' I wasn't myself, I was a perishing flower. It was then I understood what my mother had meant. I was wasting precious moments that I could have had with friends, family, etc.
I wasn't being myself. This wasn't how I wanted to be for the rest of my life.
Finally, it was a jet lag that saved me. However, I'm sure I would've done it either way. I slowly got into a regular sleeping pattern. My family and boyfriend motivated me a lot. When I'm with friends I never go home too late. I never spend too much time on the internet. I just check emails, then go to bed and read until I fall asleep. I keep myself active during the day so that I feel sleepy at night. I never sleep more than 9hrs.
Read how I did it… 9 months ago
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