It turns out they were right. The whole time. Assholes. I’ve been doing a pretty consistent midnight to 9-9:30 for a couple of months, no screens in my bedroom, just a nightly podcast. And I’m usually asleep inside half an hour. Sometimes well inside. I still sometimes wake up during the night but that’s mainly cos of painful crampy legs from working on my feet all day.

I regret to report that sleep hygiene is in fact a thing.

  • RION [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    in high school I had the most cursed sleep schedule ever

    • wake up at ~6:30 to get ready for school
    • come back from school around 2:45, immediately fall asleep
    • wake up around 5 or 6, have dinner and goof off for a few hours
    • fall asleep again around 11
    • wake up around 3 to do my homework while nodding off
    • fall asleep again at 4 or 5
    • repeat above

    I was not a well adjusted individual. Still not, but I've gotten better with sleep since.