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.
Honestly the 8-5 workday is new to me and I kinda fuckin hate it. I've always worked 8-4 since starting my job as a professional, but my new job is 8-5 (1 hour lunch). Thankfully I live close to work now though so it's kinda a wash with my last job but I'm also a bit nervous because everyone seems to do overtime here and I don't think we get paid for it (salary).