The first hurdle that I really must overcome is my bad sleeping cycle. For many years now I’ve gotten used to going to bed at 3 or 4 a.m., and getting up at 10 or so. Occasionally I’d wake up early for appointments and such, but that doesn’t necessarily mean I’d slept early the previous night. My Circadian rhythm’s completely out of whack!
I was thinking about this last night: what’s the best way to "normalize" sleeping cycles? I mean, the accepted sleeping hours. Is it better to gradually adjust your bedtime, say, half an hour earlier over the course of a few weeks? Or do it by brute approach, like stay up the whole time until it’s the "proper" time to go to bed? By then you’d be so exhausted you’d probably sleep soundly for enough hours.
Am I making sense? If not, that’s because I’m trying the second approach. Had just a few hours of sleep last night because I’m so not used to sleeping at a, well, godly hour. My temper’s shot too, as it is wont to be when I am lacking in Zzz’s.
If I did it gradually, I wonder if it would be better?
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