have a regular sleep schedule

I simply cannot make myself get out of bed with any level of consistency if I turn the alarm clock off while laying down. Sometimes I wake only enough to perform the task of turning off the alarm and then fall asleep in mere seconds as soon as my arm return to the bed. The desire to sleep is so strong that I recall instances where I would have a mental dialogue telling myself that I will reach over, turn it off, wait 10-15 seconds for my body to wake up, and then get out of bed. That was the goal anyway. What actually happened was that I would fall asleep while in mid-mental-conversation, awakening suddenly half an hour or more later (sometimes hours) mid-sentence.

About a month ago I decided to make one small change – I moved my alarm clock (my cell phone) far enough away from my bed that I would have to get out of bed to turn it off. This simple hack fixed a major problem that has plagued me for years – waking up at a consistent time. Now, at 6:30 am, my alarm clock goes off, I get up and turn it off, and I walk out of the bedroom. My waking up problem has been solved.

The waking up hack of moving my phone away from my bed solved the problem with a nearly 100% success ratio. If I allow myself to sit back down on the bed, I am more likely to lay back down, which in turn makes me more likely to fall back asleep. The only way to get the results that I want are to wake up, walk to the alarm clock, and then walk out of the room.

Now… I need to figure out how to go to bed at a consistent time. Meeting that goal will be the primary focus of this project.

I remember I slept well one month last year. It was because I woke up at the same time every morning, even weekends. My sleep was deep and I was alert all day.

I need to go back to that. I will probably need to start sleeping separately from my boyfriend and dog. That way I can wake up when I want to, and won’t be bothered at night. Sleep is definitely an issue for me.

I am jealous of people who are adaptable. I seem to require rigidity in my life to be comfortable. So it goes.

failed=4 episodes of a horrible tv show, same goal today: bed by 12, no laptop usage, up by 8, no naps following day

9/13-PLAN: get to bed 12 am or earlier and stay in bed even if I wake up until at least 8 am save bathroom breaks. no usage of laptop in between. no naps following day.

So far I have taken a cue from someone who has successfully completed this and I started setting my cell phone alarm for my bedtime of 9:30 p.m. The alarm is my reminder to start winding things down and head for bed. My goal is to be in bed somewhere between 10 and 11 p.m. I have trouble getting to sleep and staying asleep, so that’s no guarantee that I will get a decent night’s sleep, but at least I will be doing all I can to have a regular schedule.

Well I have been writing down the times I go to bed and wake-up. Not always getting up at 7:30. But good news is I start class this week, and it starts at 10:00, so I’ll need to be getting up early to get ready and go. Once I find a good time I’ll start waking up this time every day, not just days I have class. Hope this is what will finally get my sleep schedule fixed. I’m optimistic about it.

In my last entry about this goal I said I’d set my alarm and start waking up at 7:30 AM every day. But then… I didn’t. So right now, I’m going to go set my alarm clock and actually get going on this goal.

1/8 0:05 4:27 & 12:33 18:02
1/7 0:15 4:06

These days, my pattern of sleeping is worst in my life time. So, I decided to manage and change and maintain several months.

Goal: midnight – 6~7 o’clock. I don’t know how long hours I need to sleep, so I will decide later.

Method: recording my pattern everyday. Just that, it’s simple.

Trying again, but this time I am starting by studying what my current sleep schedule looks like, so I can figure out why it keeps wrapping around.