It's not actually real bro. It made me turn into a turbo autistic ass hole and people started to hate me. So I went back to waking up at 830am and that fixed me.
@@deleted_handle this season has seen a massive shift in sleep/wake cycles across all servers too, but the Devs are patching it out slowly with new daylight cycles
I was looking for this comment. When I wake up at 6am the sunshine helps wake me up actually. But something about artificial light before 6 just doesn't help
@@merisemp then the light probably isn't bright enough. I live in the Netherlands, it doesn't get light here untill 8:15 and a month ago it was like 9:00. Bought a 10000 Lux wake-up light last december because I felt sad and lethargic all the time when days started to become shorter, I wake up at 5:00 5:45 ish each morning and use it for 30 minutes, works like a charm.
Nice, that way I can go to sleep right as my friends are getting ready to do things together, and I can wake up 3 hours earlier than anyone I know so I can be isolated for half of my free time, contemplating mortality. This sounds awesome
Tips That Helped Me Wake Up at 3 AM for More Than a Year: Using Alarmy: This app requires you to take a picture of a specific object, like the water tap, before turning off the alarm. Once I take the picture, I wash my face and-just like that-I’m awake! Other Attempts: In the summer, when I didn’t have school, I participated in a chess tournament. Chess really helps with focus, but it’s time-consuming-it took me about an hour for each game. Currently, I’m trying to solve a simple coding problem as part of my morning routine. When I was desperate, I tried waking up to a show I liked. I don’t recommend this-you’ll feel lazy, miserable, and most likely go back to bed. I also tried reading, but that just made me sleepy again. Starting the day with a workout or some stretching is a great idea, but it can be challenging for beginners-and that’s okay. A gradual approach is sooo important. Don’t rush it, please-you’ll end up wasting too many mornings. Remember, motivation or willpower-whatever works for you-is only needed at the beginning. Once waking up early becomes a habit, you won’t need it anymore. The best part? When you wake up without an alarm. It feels like a superpower once you hit your goal and stick to that schedule. Evenings? I use an app called "Lock Me Out" (I did a lot of research, and it’s the best free option out there). You just have to set it up properly-you can personalize it as much as you like. For me, my phone locks at 7 PM with 5-minute breaks every half hour, plus emergency access for alarms and urgent tasks. The best night routine for me is reading-it helps me wind down for bed perfectly. You may feel tired later in the day, but a 30-minute to 1.5-hour nap at noon should do the trick. Is it worth it? YES. Waking up early was one of the happiest and most productive times of my life. I memorized a good portion of the Quran, read a lot, worked out consistently, and achieved the body I wanted. I also improved my foreign language skills. It sounds too good to be true-and honestly, it is! I’m not naturally a morning person (if that’s even a real thing). And even if it is, I wasn’t one either. The same benefits you get at night exist in the early morning-just in a healthier way. At least give it a try for a week and see for yourself. Why did I stop? I had an important exam last year and pushed myself hard for the entire year, from August to June (thank God, it paid off). I burned out early but kept going for so long. Around April (during Ramadan), I kind of messed up my routine and didn’t have time to reflect and fix it. I ended up spending the entire summer doing nothing because I had broken down. I got so lazy and felt like the whole exam experience scarred me and destroyed my willpower for good. But I’m still working on it, though.
“The same benefits you get at nights exist in the early morning - just in healthier way.” I don’t think I can express how much I needed to hear that. Thank you, truly.
This is a genius way to catch attention. I think the guy scheduled the video to be published at 1:00 a.m. for those who are awake at that time. Smart! And then people will click it because they’re awake and subconsciously feel like they need it, leading them to engage with the video. This makes the viewer click it, boosting its relevance even more.
Discipline isn't just about waking up early-it's about building a mindset where you see the morning as an opportunity, not a challenge. The 4:30 a.m. wake-up time might sound extreme, but if you treat it as a step toward your bigger goals, it's not just about gaining more time-it's about prioritizing what truly matters. That early quiet is where clarity often strikes.
The best feeling is when you wake up and you get the feeling of accomplishment. The flipside is you don't want to lose the feeling.And letting any bad event in the day make you subconsciously not wake up early the next day. You get the This is what I get for waking up early.... But I guess it gets easier the more you wake up and the continuity of your streak builds that discipline within you.
Yeah, but that's fine just as long as it's not every day you're good it would be like having a healthy diet, and then one day you go out with your family and eat a pizza. What are you gonna do stop eating cleanly. No. You will just carry on eating healthy. So same thing with sleep just carry on the next day ^_^
Try working as a bartender and finishing at 6am on the weekends whilst simultaneously having uni from 9am during the week. Sleep schedules are for the weak (who I am very envious of)
just subtract 2 from the last digit for example 18:00 8-2 = 6 and for time higher than 20:00 just subtract the whole number then look at the last digit ex. 21:00 21-2 = 19 9 pm
@@sad_cattaid say this a great method. just that it kinda took me a while to understand the second half, dumb me, but yeah it works. first half is an easy peasy good. great idea
@@sad_catta No, you just... know what time it is. It's just a couple numbers you keep in mind. When I say 16:00 o'clock, I know instantly what time it is because I've been using the 24 hour system since I was 6 years old. You just know, just how you know what 2 am is supposed to mean, I know what 14:00 o'clock is supposed to mean. There is no thinking necessary.
@@Audrey_1110 Well no. Its not. We sleep in cycles of 1.5 hrs, so even if that was the recommended amount, it would be 7.5 hrs which was optimal, not 7. And 7 to 9 hours is the recommended amount. Anything less than 7 is clinically destructive.
@@Audrey_1110 Yeah I unfortunately spend too much time with sleep specialists and research. But its pretty important. 1.5 hrs to work through all four cycles and you really dont want to wake up anywhere after 30min into a cycle. Thats why they suggest keeping naps around 20 minutes. If you wake up feeling groggy or tired when you really dont think you should, try getting to the next cycle and it typically helps.
Literally everyone in Latin America, (except Brazil), Canada and Australia uses am/pm, not only americans. And as someone that always uses am/pm (im from central America) I CANNOT understand military time, I'm a civilian..
No bro. People with 24 hour clocks are just trying to be different because I know ALL OF you just convert it to AM PM in your heads and you're just adding an extra step to make yourself seem more intelligent.
@@notdaycrucial5179 Totally true. I've lived in both Europe and the US and the truth is the 24 hour people convert it anyways. Nobody says "eighteen o clock" out loud and nobody is confused when you say "meet at 8" because nobody meets at 8 am.
The advice with only 1 alarm is actually genius. I used to have more and its true that I would press snooze cuz I knew there would be another timer. Gonna try this new approach now
I've got a "silent" alarm clock which I discovered by mistake. It's actually a grow light for my plant, but it's set on a 24-hour cycle so it comes on at the exact same time every morning. The light is so bright that it wakes me up or at least lets me know that it's time to wake up. Usually it works pretty well, although there have been some mornings when I inadvertently slept through it.
Thanks man. No joking around here, I needed that reminder. I do a couple of these already but I'm not taking myself seriously enough these days to actually stick to it. It really is easy, actually. I just gotta do it. Sleep well too :)
Video ideas: -Understanding yourself is easy, actually -Finding your passion is easy, actually I like the way you explain stuff! Videos like this would help me, as I've always felt a bit lost when it comes to knowing what I want to achieve in life, what my passions are, and so on. Maybe I'll find a solution this way!
First of all, using 24-hour time is easy, actually. Its so much easier to measure the amount of time between times. Instead of having to count on my fingers how many hours it is from 7 am to 1 pm, I can hust subtract 13-7 and instantly know it's 6 hours.
it's also more pure: you rely on one unit to measure time (which is also one unit) adding a.m. and p.m. makes you rely on two units to measure something one-dimensional
Two days in one sounds really nice, especially because your free time being before you exhaust yourself with work means you’ll be more productive with it. Unfortunately, it seems difficult because of how society is based around evening free time. With most places being closed early morning and events happening late afternoon or evening it means you can have more productive time, but can’t do the things you want to do. Like trading your car for gas money.
Productivity in the morning before work is genuinely difficult for me. Mainly because I get time paralysis anxiety from knowing I have to go to catch the train to school soon. 7-6 AM works better for me I think because if I had that much time in the morning I wouldn’t be able to focus on it
An alarm might work well. You can set an alarm for like 10-15 minutes (however long it takes to get to the train) for before you leave and then you can be worry free knowing that you will be reminded of when to leave without having to think about it
@@sovietleader3096 yes this works!!! when i first started waking up at 4am i was always running to get the bus because i was so indulged in my work that i would lose track of when i would have to leave the house. as soon as i got an alarm that issue went away and it meant i could actually focus better because i didnt have to try and remember when i would have to leave the house anymore
I like waking up early and getting to uni early and doing stuff in the library before my classes. Though it takes me 2 hours to travel there so even when I wake up early the library will be open when I get there.
Yeah, I'm cool with not ever doing this. I need 8 hours of sleep, so I'd have to go to sleep at 8:30 pm each day. This severely limits the possibility of hanging out with friends as I'd probably have to be home by 7:30 each night. I like mornings, and do see the benefits of this, but I think my current 6:30 am wakeup time is best for me. I think the only way I'd do this 4:30 am schedule is if my whole friend group were like a bunch of monks who had the same consistent schedule as I would have.
That's one thing I noticed immediately as well. I had a job where I basically had to be there at 6am so I was waking up around 5 am. It kinda sucked going to bed at 9pm, but luckily for me most of my friend group had similar schedules so it was in a way kinda nice.
Pro tip for all the speedrunners: Don't sleep this night. The next day you will be so tired that you can fall asleep anytime. But you have to push through the day.
Helpful Video! Since my school starts at 8am, and since I wake up around 7- 7:30, I have very little time to take a breather. This is actually such a good video, no lie. Thank you bro!
24 hour time literally just tells you how many hours have passed in the day 😭 its way easier for thinking abt how many hours have passed since a certain time, or how many hours are left in the day
Americans are known for their "retarded units" for a reason. 24h clock to easily know how much much time has passed? No, let's add am/pm to complicate things. Celsius degrees, where 0° means freezing and 100° means boiling? Nah, let's change it for 32 and 212. Grams, when we have simple decimal system? Nah, too intuitive, let's multiply it by 2.2046. Date? Obviously: month, day, year, because why write it down in descending order? That would be too logical.
What also helps with a regular sleep schedule is getting sunlight. Your body's circadian rhythm requires exposure to the elements to properly function. Also, sunlight exposure gives you vitamin D, which is associated with seasonal depression if you don't have enough.
Actually really solid useful advice! A consistent wake up time has really helped me feel more productive, now I want to start moving it back to find the sweet spot
This was almost identical to my schedule last semester. I woke up at 4:15, did morning routine and goofing off (usually math homework) until driving to school at 7:00, and went to bed at about 8:30 most days. 8 hours of sleep is important. It was great while it lasted. Such grind is not sustainable for me, yet.
I genuinely love goofing off by doing math homework. Especially since I am no longer taking any maths classes, I'm just repeating stuff from my high school math books, so no one is giving me shit for messing up one step in the calculation.
I like to consider myself a bit of an expert on this from personal experience since I work in a bakery. 1. I regularly wake up at 3am for my job 2. I used to work hours that ended up with 4 hours before and after work 3. Most of my colleagues work similar hours A lot of people think it’s super admirable but I’d never recommend anyone willingly wake up that early. It has time and time again caused depression because you often don’t see the sun until you’re a couple hours from going to bed. It’s extremely isolating since I often can’t share dinner with friends or family. Spending 12+ hours in basically work mode isn’t admirable, it can be extremely draining for most people. That’s why most of my coworkers choose positions where they can at least see the sunrise on the way to work. I also did not enjoy the position where I had time before and after. It’s a position no long term people like either. It feels like you’re always on a timer. Plus, waking up at 3 am has not made me a millionaire yet 😅 I’m sure it works for some people but don’t worry if you have the sleep schedule of a human and not a machine
i once woke up at 6am on a weekend, I went outside to buy lunch and was told they only open at 10am, I was so confused since I felt like I already had a whole day behind me anyways, good to know that I will never do that sht again
I really love how you've created content like this from 10 months ago! It's unfortunate that some people just copy your format, but I want to support you because, honestly, your content is genuinely amazing.
9:13 the thing is in the bowl is called "dolma" dish made of grape leaves stuffed with minced meat, rice, and herbs. , it's from Azerbaijani cuisine, THE BEST MEAL EVER!!! 🇦🇿 🇦🇿 🇦🇿 (and the video is great as always
actually, this dish is very popular in the Balkans, the Middle East, and Eastern Asia, where you can find different versions of dolma in their cuisines, but personally i love the azerbaijani one
1:10 "Cause I know for a fact, everyone who uses 24 hour time pretends to understand it, but they're all secretly converting everything back to American in their heads" LMAO THE SHADE IS UNREAL
Here are three things that changed my mindset and improved my sleep pattern 1. I stopped overthinking about certain things and I started focusing on things I can control 2. I started reading books on Mindbloomery - this helped me find peace even in chaos 3. I cut all toxic habits and cut screen time by a lot Now I sleep 7 hours every night and I wake up at 5 am. And the best thing is that my life got instantly better.
@ yes, because advertising two paid books on mindbloomery as a solution to one's life problems is definitely a product of "loving to share extra advice" and not just shilling people
@prospektnova9004 You have to start with small steps. One goal by one, and it’s better to do something rather than nothing. I started, and it pays off. I am not shilling, it’s up to you if you want to read those or not.
The only problem is if you have an actual life, there will come a day or two when you don't go to sleep that early, and then you're back to square one. At least that's my experience.
Well no, if you consistently wake up at the same time every day, you'll still wake up at that time, even if you go to sleep late. Just go to sleep at your normal time the next night
That's like a former smoker being offered a cigarette at a party and then going out to buy a pack for himself the next morning. You don't HAVE to buy the pack. Just go to sleep as always the next evening
you don't HAVE to be at square one though. It's like "cheat days" with diets. If you do 364 days of excellent sleep schedule and have one late night, it doesn't mean you've wasted a whole year. You get up at your usual time, spend one day tired, then get right back on schedule. Don't give up so easily.
7:15 "Who has their brightness this high at night?" My mom. LMAO Every time she asks me for something on her phone at night, I can feel my retinas burning.
Thank you Mate, i know your channel for a long time, and this is the first time that makes me reamlly start to act. Today, a Sunday in country, i woke up not 15min before, but directly at the hour of my work waking time. Thank's, i hope it's just a start ! Keep it up, you're the best channel i know and the only that i recommand.
Quando eu estudava eu costumava acordar as 4, então quando eu parei minha rotina continuou a mesma chegando no ponto em que eu acordava sem alarme as 4 horas da manhã e ia desenhar, porém com a troca de rotina e outros imprevistos perdi esse costume e venho tentando recuperar desde então. Concordo plenamente com você, e ainda acrescento que é ótimo lavar o rosto logo após sair da cama e antes de ir dormir deixar o celular em outro cômodo, assim você tem que percorrer um caminho ais longo e isso te desperta mais ainda, fora que além de tudo isso, dormir com o celular no quarto faz mal e te deixa com a escolha de desligar o alarme e ir dormir, então não é muito legal correr este risco. Um beijo e um abraço do Brasil, que você continue crescendo e apoiando a gente!!!
It actually worked. I practiced waking up before sleeping and went to sleep at 11pm, and then when I woke up, I initially felt tired, but because I did the waking up routine, I don't feel tired anymore. Thanks
Awesome guide , please make a video about how to become passionate about something like work or study or ( i dunno like horror movies , i like to be passionate about them but i just can't )
I swear this is only a problem for people who live in the right side of a timezone. Those of us who live on the left who wake up in the dark every day are just built different.
During summer, the Dutch clock is 1 hour and 40 minutes early on midday. Midday, when the sun is at the highest point occurs at 1.40 pm or 13.40. During winter sunrise is around 9, sometimes later, even with wintertime. Then there are people wanting permanent summertime, meaning sunrise could be as late as 10.30. Waking up just to spend 6 hours in darkness is some goth shit.
@ We get around 9:00 in the later end. As someone who woke up at 4:30 for years, it’s definitely a mood driving to work in the dark. It’s funny hearing people give the advice of waking up with the sun lol, you’d get nothing done in the day.
Waiting for you chief,talk about quitting addiction and even i am quitting smoking and need advice, its been a week since i am clean and its hard not to smoke, so please make a video about it. Edit: its not weed.
@@AngelMartinez-mg1ok heyy I guess we give a different meaning to the word "gringo" in Brazil. I don't know about Panamá, but I know in Mexico gringo=white american, and it's mostly a pejorative term. For us gringo just means foreigner, regardless of nationality or race, and it's not pejorative either.
I am also Brazilian and I use the 12h, bc my brain takes time to process that 20 is the same of 8 (in my social environment, we like to say the simplified number)
Not everyone needs to wake up early. Some people optimal time to wake up is 9 or 10 am, and the benefits you say that you gain by waking up early only appear to those people if they wake up "late", the problem is not when you sleep, but what you do awake
The thing that made me try waking up before 5AM was my love of the late evening hours. Turns out, the early morning hours feel the same, but you can start your day with them instead of end with it. That's how I woke up early on weekends; I just liked going outside while the city is cold and empty, no one's around to judge me ~ 🎵🎵🎶
Largely pointless unless you have to be up that early for a job or unless you enjoy being up that early. If neither of those are true for you there isn’t a great reason to limit yourself to seven hours of sleep when 8-10 is optimal. Obviously everyone varies but treating this like the best way is just not true rly
its so that you can split your free time into 2 segments that are long enough that you can actually do stuff, but short enough that you dont goof off and end up doing nothing
No, shifting your circadian rhythm from the natural day/night cycle too much hurts sleep quality immensely. It takes some time to hit, but it definitely does. Same for irregular sleeping hours.
Forget waking up at a certain time. I just want sleep period. I swore I read about most of this in a book several years ago, tried it, and was disappointed when a month passed and my sleep schedule not only didn't improve, but I ended up with the same sporadic sleep schedule that resembles a dolphin's rather than a human's, if I'm lucky. Even doing jump burpees, going on 5km jogs, or even swimming back and forth at the local beach didn't help with making me tired enough to sleep for more than 2 hours at a time. No it just gives me a headache when I wake.
@@felixthefeline2231 I did. Standard sleep tablet are way too strong and put me in the opposite situation where I struggle to stay awake enough to function. Recently got prescribed migraine meds and hopefully the drowsiness side effect helps.
I don't know how serious this is, but there is evidence that it is actually in the right direction: 1) we have evolved to wake up with the first sun rays. So 4:30 is too early. 5:30 to 6:30 depending on the time of the year is more adequate. Have a window where sunlight can come in. Your body is naturally prone to wake up with the increasing light and increasing heat of the time of sunrise. The same way manipulating light can help you fall sleep and wake up, manipulating temperature does as well. So, if you have an AC, even if it does not have any timer or temperature profile functions, there are ways to set it up to drop the temperature slowly at night and then rise temperature slowly on the next morning 2) what your brain and body do most efficiently also depends on the time of day. Doing boring office work in the morning is only productive as a way to make you fall sleep in your chair. But if you use the morning hours for physical activities (body) and the afternoon for intellectual activities (brain), then yes, you might get the benefit of splitting the free time into two smaller chunks of approximately equal size 3) yes, having the perception of having a lot of time will make you use that time less efficiently. However, you never begin and almost never end a task at peak efficiency. You need to always warm up and almost always wind down to any activity. So splitting your free time might be worse than lumping it up in a contiguous interval after work. Depends on how long you take to do your activities. 4) our ancestors used a neat little trick to wake up early when they were tired, needed to ensure waking up before a deadline for example to launch an attack on the enemy, etc: they drank a lot of water right before sleep. Having to take a pee is a certain way to wake up, and your body automatically tries to schedule that waking up between sleep cycles, so waking up that way will most likely not leave you groggy
Screw hours, I configured my clock to show the % of day that has passed
Woah! How do you do it?
I set up a second clock in my menu bar to show the % of day *light* that has passed
How to do that?, i use android
That’s cool
I would totally buy this.
I genuinely can't tell if this is real, good advice, or amazingly good satire
It's real. I wake at 5:30 AM and the "no snooze, just get up" works really effectively.
@stephennass3840 damn aight. Thanks for telling me that 👍
It's not actually real bro. It made me turn into a turbo autistic ass hole and people started to hate me.
So I went back to waking up at 830am and that fixed me.
This is why I quit waking up, too many sweats
Gotta adapt to the meta
@shahtayyib the meta is rigged
@@deleted_handle this season has seen a massive shift in sleep/wake cycles across all servers too, but the Devs are patching it out slowly with new daylight cycles
you need to buy better lamps, this is pay to win
Tkill. Sissue
4:53 ah yes the 430 am bright sky
Lol 🤣
the way i didnt even realise that until i read this comment 😭
I was looking for this comment. When I wake up at 6am the sunshine helps wake me up actually. But something about artificial light before 6 just doesn't help
@@merisemp then the light probably isn't bright enough. I live in the Netherlands, it doesn't get light here untill 8:15 and a month ago it was like 9:00. Bought a 10000 Lux wake-up light last december because I felt sad and lethargic all the time when days started to become shorter, I wake up at 5:00 5:45 ish each morning and use it for 30 minutes, works like a charm.
Where I am the sky doesn't rise until 7:30am
Making every single day feel like 2 days is so real
lol yes
I really don't want that on my life lmao
@@samy7342 it halves your suffering if you live 2 days per day
@@AmandeepTSingh seems to me like it doubles it haha
Its really intriguing 🤔
Nice, that way I can go to sleep right as my friends are getting ready to do things together, and I can wake up 3 hours earlier than anyone I know so I can be isolated for half of my free time, contemplating mortality. This sounds awesome
College finals week
tell your friends to get on this schedule or they're ngmi
Yeah, that's my problem with it too. All hours are not made equal.
Just modify it for your needs
Yeah, but it's nice to be rich and jacked, right?
> waking up at 4:30 am
> posts video at 1:00 am
hmm
ever heard of different timezones
@@maingoal2006i think majority of his audience is American
No it was posted at 6:00 am
He's three and a half hours ahead on waking up, this is a zero sum game
Nope for me it was posted at 12am
Tips That Helped Me Wake Up at 3 AM for More Than a Year:
Using Alarmy: This app requires you to take a picture of a specific object, like the water tap, before turning off the alarm. Once I take the picture, I wash my face and-just like that-I’m awake!
Other Attempts:
In the summer, when I didn’t have school, I participated in a chess tournament. Chess really helps with focus, but it’s time-consuming-it took me about an hour for each game. Currently, I’m trying to solve a simple coding problem as part of my morning routine.
When I was desperate, I tried waking up to a show I liked. I don’t recommend this-you’ll feel lazy, miserable, and most likely go back to bed. I also tried reading, but that just made me sleepy again.
Starting the day with a workout or some stretching is a great idea, but it can be challenging for beginners-and that’s okay.
A gradual approach is sooo important. Don’t rush it, please-you’ll end up wasting too many mornings.
Remember, motivation or willpower-whatever works for you-is only needed at the beginning. Once waking up early becomes a habit, you won’t need it anymore. The best part? When you wake up without an alarm. It feels like a superpower once you hit your goal and stick to that schedule.
Evenings? I use an app called "Lock Me Out" (I did a lot of research, and it’s the best free option out there). You just have to set it up properly-you can personalize it as much as you like. For me, my phone locks at 7 PM with 5-minute breaks every half hour, plus emergency access for alarms and urgent tasks. The best night routine for me is reading-it helps me wind down for bed perfectly.
You may feel tired later in the day, but a 30-minute to 1.5-hour nap at noon should do the trick.
Is it worth it? YES. Waking up early was one of the happiest and most productive times of my life. I memorized a good portion of the Quran, read a lot, worked out consistently, and achieved the body I wanted. I also improved my foreign language skills. It sounds too good to be true-and honestly, it is!
I’m not naturally a morning person (if that’s even a real thing). And even if it is, I wasn’t one either. The same benefits you get at night exist in the early morning-just in a healthier way. At least give it a try for a week and see for yourself.
Why did I stop? I had an important exam last year and pushed myself hard for the entire year, from August to June (thank God, it paid off). I burned out early but kept going for so long. Around April (during Ramadan), I kind of messed up my routine and didn’t have time to reflect and fix it. I ended up spending the entire summer doing nothing because I had broken down. I got so lazy and felt like the whole exam experience scarred me and destroyed my willpower for good. But I’m still working on it, though.
dude- thank you so much for these tips!
Tremendously helpful. Thank you for sharing!
“The same benefits you get at nights exist in the early morning - just in healthier way.” I don’t think I can express how much I needed to hear that. Thank you, truly.
@@Uziorexx That statement is utter nonsense if the "early morning" in question is actually night.
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This is a genius way to catch attention. I think the guy scheduled the video to be published at 1:00 a.m. for those who are awake at that time. Smart! And then people will click it because they’re awake and subconsciously feel like they need it, leading them to engage with the video. This makes the viewer click it, boosting its relevance even more.
Wait till you learn about time zones
Yeah because everyone on the internet is american. Surely...
@@LBlendYTmost on this channel probably are
I am from India🇮🇳 and 3 hours ago it was 1:00PM 🤣 17/01/2025
It was at noon for me lol
Discipline isn't just about waking up early-it's about building a mindset where you see the morning as an opportunity, not a challenge. The 4:30 a.m. wake-up time might sound extreme, but if you treat it as a step toward your bigger goals, it's not just about gaining more time-it's about prioritizing what truly matters. That early quiet is where clarity often strikes.
True, it's said a lot but keeping view of what really matters is huge
The best feeling is when you wake up and you get the feeling of accomplishment. The flipside is you don't want to lose the feeling.And letting any bad event in the day make you subconsciously not wake up early the next day. You get the This is what I get for waking up early.... But I guess it gets easier the more you wake up and the continuity of your streak builds that discipline within you.
It's fun until you want to go anywhere like a concert that starts at 7 pm and ends at midnight and your schedule is ruined
It just goes back to how it used to be, but it was fun while it lasted
Yeah, but that's fine just as long as it's not every day you're good it would be like having a healthy diet, and then one day you go out with your family and eat a pizza. What are you gonna do stop eating cleanly. No. You will just carry on eating healthy. So same thing with sleep just carry on the next day ^_^
Try working as a bartender and finishing at 6am on the weekends whilst simultaneously having uni from 9am during the week. Sleep schedules are for the weak (who I am very envious of)
You need consistency but not necessarily 100%. If you are 80-90% consistent, you are doing great and the habit will stick.
I wake up at 4 a.m. , and when I go to sleep past 12 a.m., I still wake up at 4 a.m., you will get used to it
0:16 "first kiss" is literally impossible. love it!
Bro the joke is that the squareroot of - 1 is i, the imaginary number :D
@@PrismBreak32Clearly the joke was too Complex for him to understand
@@canehdianbehcon didn't get to the root of the problem
learning how to understand the 24-hour clock is easy, actually
just subtract 2 from the last digit
for example 18:00 8-2 = 6
and for time higher than 20:00 just subtract the whole number then look at the last digit ex.
21:00 21-2 = 19 9 pm
@@sad_catta wow you made it complicated
subtract 12 if the number is higher than 12, that's it
@@sad_cattaid say this a great method. just that it kinda took me a while to understand the second half, dumb me, but yeah it works. first half is an easy peasy good. great idea
@@aenvaeven this is too overcomplicated. Just do and understand it, there’s no needed science and maths behind it
@@sad_catta No, you just... know what time it is. It's just a couple numbers you keep in mind. When I say 16:00 o'clock, I know instantly what time it is because I've been using the 24 hour system since I was 6 years old. You just know, just how you know what 2 am is supposed to mean, I know what 14:00 o'clock is supposed to mean. There is no thinking necessary.
>7 hours of sleep
>"optimal schedule"
For lots of adults this is optimal, not every person is the same
7 hours is the recommended amount of sleep for adults. What’s your point?
@@Audrey_1110 Well no. Its not. We sleep in cycles of 1.5 hrs, so even if that was the recommended amount, it would be 7.5 hrs which was optimal, not 7.
And 7 to 9 hours is the recommended amount. Anything less than 7 is clinically destructive.
@@2639theboss oh I didn’t know abt the 1.5 hour thing
@@Audrey_1110 Yeah I unfortunately spend too much time with sleep specialists and research.
But its pretty important. 1.5 hrs to work through all four cycles and you really dont want to wake up anywhere after 30min into a cycle. Thats why they suggest keeping naps around 20 minutes. If you wake up feeling groggy or tired when you really dont think you should, try getting to the next cycle and it typically helps.
We are at a time when you are not really sure if it’s a joke that 24-h is hard for americans or not
Literally everyone in Latin America, (except Brazil), Canada and Australia uses am/pm, not only americans. And as someone that always uses am/pm (im from central America) I CANNOT understand military time, I'm a civilian..
@@AngelMartinez-mg1ok I'm a brazilian and can use both. But I prefer the am/pm system
@@AngelMartinez-mg1ok in Chile we use military time; in every-day life, in the news, even the government use it
@AngelMartinez-mg1 same here in iraq
@@AngelMartinez-mg1ok BRASIL MENTIONED 🗣 🗣 🗣 🗣 🗣 🗣 WE SO BASED OMFG
being a grown ass person and not understanding 24 hour clock is crazy
No bro. People with 24 hour clocks are just trying to be different because I know ALL OF you just convert it to AM PM in your heads and you're just adding an extra step to make yourself seem more intelligent.
@@notdaycrucial5179 there is no step, i literally see 19 as 7 immedietly, i see 14 as 2 it's 0 calculation
@@notdaycrucial5179 Totally true. I've lived in both Europe and the US and the truth is the 24 hour people convert it anyways. Nobody says "eighteen o clock" out loud and nobody is confused when you say "meet at 8" because nobody meets at 8 am.
@@notdaycrucial5179 or they just aren't American
@@notdaycrucial5179my sister uses it because that’s how they do it at her job in the government. Not everyone is trying to be quirky
Bro posting this at 1am is crazy
and us watching it right away, haha
4:30am about to be my bedtime at this rate 😭
@@finnabefocusing were part of the problem :|
Not necessary he is in your timezone
Down right diabolical
The advice with only 1 alarm is actually genius. I used to have more and its true that I would press snooze cuz I knew there would be another timer. Gonna try this new approach now
I have two alarms: one that vibrates, another one plays energetic music 5 minutes later. Work perfectly and helps me wake up at a great mood.
I've got a "silent" alarm clock which I discovered by mistake. It's actually a grow light for my plant, but it's set on a 24-hour cycle so it comes on at the exact same time every morning. The light is so bright that it wakes me up or at least lets me know that it's time to wake up. Usually it works pretty well, although there have been some mornings when I inadvertently slept through it.
I added doing 10000 pushups after my alarm. thanks i am now a 7'1 billionare athlete
Omg Shaq is that you?
Thanks man. No joking around here, I needed that reminder. I do a couple of these already but I'm not taking myself seriously enough these days to actually stick to it. It really is easy, actually. I just gotta do it. Sleep well too :)
0:17 wow the first kiss was root of - 1 CAUSE ITS IMAGINARY. didnt expect to get burned by easy actually 😭
was hoping someone else noticed that 😭
@@demifane lmfao same
the fact that you noticed that is irrefutable proof you're a virgin
@@ratmix8238no one cares lil bro , imagine not knowing what iota is
Never got that far in school, dropped out in kindergarten lol
Video ideas:
-Understanding yourself is easy, actually
-Finding your passion is easy, actually
I like the way you explain stuff! Videos like this would help me, as I've always felt a bit lost when it comes to knowing what I want to achieve in life, what my passions are, and so on. Maybe I'll find a solution this way!
First of all, using 24-hour time is easy, actually.
Its so much easier to measure the amount of time between times. Instead of having to count on my fingers how many hours it is from 7 am to 1 pm, I can hust subtract 13-7 and instantly know it's 6 hours.
cool
but i'll stick to my trusty 12hr clock, thx
@@realElectroZapSpotted the American
@@samdaniels2 lol I'm Indian but ok
@samdaniels2 actually I'm the American 😂
it's also more pure: you rely on one unit to measure time (which is also one unit)
adding a.m. and p.m. makes you rely on two units to measure something one-dimensional
Two days in one sounds really nice, especially because your free time being before you exhaust yourself with work means you’ll be more productive with it. Unfortunately, it seems difficult because of how society is based around evening free time. With most places being closed early morning and events happening late afternoon or evening it means you can have more productive time, but can’t do the things you want to do. Like trading your car for gas money.
You should get another job if its exhausting. Exhausting jobs are ok for the beginning of yoir career but really kills you in the long run.
Productivity in the morning before work is genuinely difficult for me. Mainly because I get time paralysis anxiety from knowing I have to go to catch the train to school soon. 7-6 AM works better for me I think because if I had that much time in the morning I wouldn’t be able to focus on it
An alarm might work well. You can set an alarm for like 10-15 minutes (however long it takes to get to the train) for before you leave and then you can be worry free knowing that you will be reminded of when to leave without having to think about it
@@sovietleader3096 yes this works!!! when i first started waking up at 4am i was always running to get the bus because i was so indulged in my work that i would lose track of when i would have to leave the house. as soon as i got an alarm that issue went away and it meant i could actually focus better because i didnt have to try and remember when i would have to leave the house anymore
I like waking up early and getting to uni early and doing stuff in the library before my classes. Though it takes me 2 hours to travel there so even when I wake up early the library will be open when I get there.
Yeah, I'm cool with not ever doing this. I need 8 hours of sleep, so I'd have to go to sleep at 8:30 pm each day. This severely limits the possibility of hanging out with friends as I'd probably have to be home by 7:30 each night. I like mornings, and do see the benefits of this, but I think my current 6:30 am wakeup time is best for me. I think the only way I'd do this 4:30 am schedule is if my whole friend group were like a bunch of monks who had the same consistent schedule as I would have.
Coolio. Follow the schedule of your friends then
4:30 is a bit extreme, stick to your circadian rhythm, 6:30 is perfect. As long as its before 8am
yeah 4:30am is unrealistic for anyone who wants to have a social life AND get a full night's rest.
My family would not let me sleep at 9:30 let alone 8:30
That's one thing I noticed immediately as well. I had a job where I basically had to be there at 6am so I was waking up around 5 am. It kinda sucked going to bed at 9pm, but luckily for me most of my friend group had similar schedules so it was in a way kinda nice.
0:31 Absolutely legendary Summoning Salt moment
Pro tip for all the speedrunners: Don't sleep this night. The next day you will be so tired that you can fall asleep anytime. But you have to push through the day.
Pro max tip: sleep 2 hours so you can actually make it for 22 hours
you wretched genius, how come i have never thought of this! i will just never sleep again!
Don't do this, it will increase the risk of multiple things!!
literally did this last night. passed out at 10. would not recommend
Pro tip: Just don't sleep, procrastinate sleeping forever. Gives you a lot for work.
Helpful Video! Since my school starts at 8am, and since I wake up around 7- 7:30, I have very little time to take a breather. This is actually such a good video, no lie. Thank you bro!
1:15 "I know for a fact everyone using Celsius pretends to understand it but they're all secretly converting it back to American in their heads."
24 hour time literally just tells you how many hours have passed in the day 😭 its way easier for thinking abt how many hours have passed since a certain time, or how many hours are left in the day
Americans are known for their "retarded units" for a reason.
24h clock to easily know how much much time has passed? No, let's add am/pm to complicate things.
Celsius degrees, where 0° means freezing and 100° means boiling? Nah, let's change it for 32 and 212.
Grams, when we have simple decimal system? Nah, too intuitive, let's multiply it by 2.2046.
Date? Obviously: month, day, year, because why write it down in descending order? That would be too logical.
WAKING UP AT 4:30:??!!! .... Bro I'm already awake,I gotta go to sleep😭😭
Same, I was up late washing the dishes. See ya in the morning I guess
This actually gave me motivation for some reason. Thanks yellow stickman
What also helps with a regular sleep schedule is getting sunlight. Your body's circadian rhythm requires exposure to the elements to properly function. Also, sunlight exposure gives you vitamin D, which is associated with seasonal depression if you don't have enough.
It has been 3 days since I watched this video. And at the moment is working. Great video, seriously
please make a "being happy is easy, actually"
are you ok?
No, that's the one thing that's actually impossible.
I recommend "7 ways to maximize misery" by CGP Grey. Just do the opposite :o
Being happy is easy actually, you just need a loving family and goals. If you don t already have a family, find a woman and make it yourself.
@@luxraider5384 if finding a woman was that easy, i wouldn't have to comment here
Actually really solid useful advice!
A consistent wake up time has really helped me feel more productive, now I want to start moving it back to find the sweet spot
This was almost identical to my schedule last semester. I woke up at 4:15, did morning routine and goofing off (usually math homework) until driving to school at 7:00, and went to bed at about 8:30 most days. 8 hours of sleep is important.
It was great while it lasted. Such grind is not sustainable for me, yet.
goofing off (usually math homework)
@@paratame105 fr bro the heck 😂his goofing off and mine is completely different
I genuinely love goofing off by doing math homework. Especially since I am no longer taking any maths classes, I'm just repeating stuff from my high school math books, so no one is giving me shit for messing up one step in the calculation.
0:45 Yeah maybe in middle school. I HAVE to wake up at 5:30 AM just to go to school
I wish I wasn't watching this video at 3 AM
Same
Same
Same
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(The video realsed at 3:00pm in my time)HELLO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD
I like to consider myself a bit of an expert on this from personal experience since I work in a bakery.
1. I regularly wake up at 3am for my job
2. I used to work hours that ended up with 4 hours before and after work
3. Most of my colleagues work similar hours
A lot of people think it’s super admirable but I’d never recommend anyone willingly wake up that early. It has time and time again caused depression because you often don’t see the sun until you’re a couple hours from going to bed. It’s extremely isolating since I often can’t share dinner with friends or family. Spending 12+ hours in basically work mode isn’t admirable, it can be extremely draining for most people. That’s why most of my coworkers choose positions where they can at least see the sunrise on the way to work.
I also did not enjoy the position where I had time before and after. It’s a position no long term people like either. It feels like you’re always on a timer.
Plus, waking up at 3 am has not made me a millionaire yet 😅
I’m sure it works for some people but don’t worry if you have the sleep schedule of a human and not a machine
ah thanks i needed this, was gonna wake up at 5 tomorrow. its currently 12:30 for me so it'll help
8:20 "...Really?"
Lost it here bro, lmfao
I know the info is not groundbreaking, but i really like your approach. Thanks.
wake up babe easy, actually just dropped another banger
that comma placement made me reread the sentence like 4 times lol
Same @@sirdumpybear
This is... actually brillant ! The time attribution, the Pavlov method, makes me want to try !
my guy is posting this at midnight to reach the target audience
have you heard of timezones?
5:14 MY 6AM ALARM LITERALLY JUST WENT OFF EXACTLY AS HE SAID THAT WHATTTT
i once woke up at 6am on a weekend, I went outside to buy lunch and was told they only open at 10am, I was so confused since I felt like I already had a whole day behind me
anyways, good to know that I will never do that sht again
THIS! I work at 4 am and take lunch around 9am. Nothing has food and I can’t even get coffee before work because nowhere has opened.
I really love how you've created content like this from 10 months ago! It's unfortunate that some people just copy your format, but I want to support you because, honestly, your content is genuinely amazing.
9:13 the thing is in the bowl is called "dolma" dish made of grape leaves stuffed with minced meat, rice, and herbs. , it's from Azerbaijani cuisine, THE BEST MEAL EVER!!! 🇦🇿 🇦🇿 🇦🇿
(and the video is great as always
no it’s called dolmaki it’s from greece 🇬🇷
actually, this dish is very popular in the Balkans, the Middle East, and Eastern Asia, where you can find different versions of dolma in their cuisines, but personally i love the azerbaijani one
it's not dolma it's sarma, dolma is different... idk about azerbaijan though maybe you guys don't have dolma and call sarma, dolma.
its not from azeri cuisine 😭 its the entire middle east and caucasus
I'm waiting for your time management vid, it would help me a LOT
1:20 but the 24 hr time format is great - its super easy when you get used to it and can also help if you’re stuck underground 😊
ok but what about for the people who arent gonna go get themselves stuck underground
1:10 "Cause I know for a fact, everyone who uses 24 hour time pretends to understand it, but they're all secretly converting everything back to American in their heads" LMAO THE SHADE IS UNREAL
People with AM/PM time convert the time into 24 hour time. Literally how else do you understand AM/PM, makes no sense
Dumb people often think everyone else is dumb too
@@editingtimothyit makes perfect sense.
1-12AM Night-Morning
1-12PM Midday-Night
maybe you just dont understand it yourself?
9:15 for those interested, It's a Dolma, stuffed grape leaves dish
They are delicious man
It looks more like a Sarma though
Man of culture
becoming a real life sweat is so cool (to think about)
Solution: have a baby. They will wake up early, and so you will too. Done. Problem solved.
😂😂😂
very expensive solution, also impossible for people like me :')
Where do they hand those out?
I love how this pops up in my feed at 4 am lmao. Jokes on you though i havent gone to sleep yet
Here are three things that changed my mindset and improved my sleep pattern
1. I stopped overthinking about certain things and I started focusing on things I can control
2. I started reading books on Mindbloomery - this helped me find peace even in chaos
3. I cut all toxic habits and cut screen time by a lot
Now I sleep 7 hours every night and I wake up at 5 am. And the best thing is that my life got instantly better.
but rick... who asked?
Thanks, I asked for this extra advice
@ Nobody asked but I love sharing extra advices
I guess nobody asked you to ask 'who asked', so there is that as well😁
@ yes, because advertising two paid books on mindbloomery as a solution to one's life problems is definitely a product of "loving to share extra advice" and not just shilling people
@prospektnova9004 You have to start with small steps. One goal by one, and it’s better to do something rather than nothing. I started, and it pays off.
I am not shilling, it’s up to you if you want to read those or not.
This was so good
The only problem is if you have an actual life, there will come a day or two when you don't go to sleep that early, and then you're back to square one. At least that's my experience.
Well not exactly
Well no, if you consistently wake up at the same time every day, you'll still wake up at that time, even if you go to sleep late. Just go to sleep at your normal time the next night
That's like a former smoker being offered a cigarette at a party and then going out to buy a pack for himself the next morning. You don't HAVE to buy the pack. Just go to sleep as always the next evening
you don't HAVE to be at square one though. It's like "cheat days" with diets. If you do 364 days of excellent sleep schedule and have one late night, it doesn't mean you've wasted a whole year. You get up at your usual time, spend one day tired, then get right back on schedule. Don't give up so easily.
I get that feeling, I am really struggling with my "all or nothing" mindset ;-;
Telling people to sleep less than 8 hours is wild
Agreed!
Watching this video at 4:30 am. Only, I didn't wake up, so i guess i'm half way there!
At 9:13 the bowl has dolmades, a Mediterranean dish consisting of grape leaves filled with rice, spices, and sometimes meat. They are amazing
7:15 "Who has their brightness this high at night?"
My mom. LMAO
Every time she asks me for something on her phone at night, I can feel my retinas burning.
Thank you Mate, i know your channel for a long time, and this is the first time that makes me reamlly start to act. Today, a Sunday in country, i woke up not 15min before, but directly at the hour of my work waking time. Thank's, i hope it's just a start ! Keep it up, you're the best channel i know and the only that i recommand.
Quando eu estudava eu costumava acordar as 4, então quando eu parei minha rotina continuou a mesma chegando no ponto em que eu acordava sem alarme as 4 horas da manhã e ia desenhar, porém com a troca de rotina e outros imprevistos perdi esse costume e venho tentando recuperar desde então. Concordo plenamente com você, e ainda acrescento que é ótimo lavar o rosto logo após sair da cama e antes de ir dormir deixar o celular em outro cômodo, assim você tem que percorrer um caminho ais longo e isso te desperta mais ainda, fora que além de tudo isso, dormir com o celular no quarto faz mal e te deixa com a escolha de desligar o alarme e ir dormir, então não é muito legal correr este risco. Um beijo e um abraço do Brasil, que você continue crescendo e apoiando a gente!!!
Lmao that quote at the end was accurate af
It actually worked. I practiced waking up before sleeping and went to sleep at 11pm, and then when I woke up, I initially felt tired, but because I did the waking up routine, I don't feel tired anymore. Thanks
Awesome guide , please make a video about how to become passionate about something like work or study or ( i dunno like horror movies , i like to be passionate about them but i just can't )
I swear this is only a problem for people who live in the right side of a timezone. Those of us who live on the left who wake up in the dark every day are just built different.
During summer, the Dutch clock is 1 hour and 40 minutes early on midday. Midday, when the sun is at the highest point occurs at 1.40 pm or 13.40. During winter sunrise is around 9, sometimes later, even with wintertime. Then there are people wanting permanent summertime, meaning sunrise could be as late as 10.30. Waking up just to spend 6 hours in darkness is some goth shit.
@ We get around 9:00 in the later end. As someone who woke up at 4:30 for years, it’s definitely a mood driving to work in the dark. It’s funny hearing people give the advice of waking up with the sun lol, you’d get nothing done in the day.
As someone that wakes up early (5:50 am), 4:30 am seems too early and 7 hours of sleep too little
Becoming a programmer is easy actually next ?
It’s really easy
This will be the single most important video I have ever watched
3:09 "since last year" I see what u did there
This is the only genuinely good and helpful 'how to wake up early' video i've ever seen
Waiting for you chief,talk about quitting addiction and even i am quitting smoking and need advice, its been a week since i am clean and its hard not to smoke, so please make a video about it.
Edit: its not weed.
Read allen carrs book easy way to stop smoking
@@raindow92which book
But that’s hard, actually
@@daniellos852 fr lol
@ Thats the title
A video on overcoming gaming addiction would be hella cool ngl
1:05 hey, here in Brasil, EVERYONE uses the 24h time. Its weird for us the 12h, we call people like that trying to be a "Gringo" kkkkk
As someone from latin america, everyone here uses am and pm. or at least countries that speak spanish (im from Panamá), and trust me we're not gringos
@@AngelMartinez-mg1ok heyy I guess we give a different meaning to the word "gringo" in Brazil. I don't know about Panamá, but I know in Mexico gringo=white american, and it's mostly a pejorative term. For us gringo just means foreigner, regardless of nationality or race, and it's not pejorative either.
@@AngelMartinez-mg1ok Chilean here, we use both interchangeably
I am also Brazilian and I use the 12h, bc my brain takes time to process that 20 is the same of 8 (in my social environment, we like to say the simplified number)
exactly what i needed, thankyou g
4:11 U'll never find someone to live with 😂😂😂
To finish "Being attractive is easy, actually" and this year will be my year
TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH GANG I MISS TOU🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
7 hours of straight sleep will leave you feeling like crap the next day
Depends
Not everyone needs to wake up early. Some people optimal time to wake up is 9 or 10 am, and the benefits you say that you gain by waking up early only appear to those people if they wake up "late", the problem is not when you sleep, but what you do awake
This… is fucking. Incredible. You’re insight is priceless
Bold of you to assume 7 hours is enough sleep for me
as someone with narcolepsy, no amount of sleep is ever “enough” for me 😭
This is actually a very good video, thanks!
1:29 Pressure Washer
Man, I love this channel!
The thing that made me try waking up before 5AM was my love of the late evening hours. Turns out, the early morning hours feel the same, but you can start your day with them instead of end with it. That's how I woke up early on weekends; I just liked going outside while the city is cold and empty, no one's around to judge me ~ 🎵🎵🎶
Anti spiral
This channel is a gold mine man, keep it up!
Dropping this at 1 am is fucking hilarious
At least it’s funny in my timezone
I've been trying to wake up early and I do now but I always end up falling back asleep or staying in bed so this helps a lot, thanks!
Man that sub 5am wakeup time caught me off-guard
what's the joke here
@yourecool7329 It's a reference to a youtuber called Summoning Salt. He makes documentaries of speedruns and often uses that song in his videos
Largely pointless unless you have to be up that early for a job or unless you enjoy being up that early. If neither of those are true for you there isn’t a great reason to limit yourself to seven hours of sleep when 8-10 is optimal. Obviously everyone varies but treating this like the best way is just not true rly
as long as you sleep 8 hours you can wake up at any time you please. 4:30am sounds so inconvenient for no reason
it feels nice waking up before others
its so that you can split your free time into 2 segments that are long enough that you can actually do stuff, but short enough that you dont goof off and end up doing nothing
No, shifting your circadian rhythm from the natural day/night cycle too much hurts sleep quality immensely. It takes some time to hit, but it definitely does. Same for irregular sleeping hours.
Yeah I think just waking up around when the sun comes up is what I'd prefer if given the option
Wow I‘ve never thought about it like that! Thank you so much for making this
Forget waking up at a certain time. I just want sleep period. I swore I read about most of this in a book several years ago, tried it, and was disappointed when a month passed and my sleep schedule not only didn't improve, but I ended up with the same sporadic sleep schedule that resembles a dolphin's rather than a human's, if I'm lucky. Even doing jump burpees, going on 5km jogs, or even swimming back and forth at the local beach didn't help with making me tired enough to sleep for more than 2 hours at a time. No it just gives me a headache when I wake.
You could try visiting a doctor for insomnia if these tips don't work.
@@felixthefeline2231 I did. Standard sleep tablet are way too strong and put me in the opposite situation where I struggle to stay awake enough to function. Recently got prescribed migraine meds and hopefully the drowsiness side effect helps.
@@jorionedwards Yeah, hopefully.
@@jorionedwards try melatonin 30 minutes before sleep. Don't take it too often, just when you know that you will have a hard time sleeping
@ I tried that too. If I recall correctly that was the first thing that got prescribed before switching to sleeping tablets.
1:26 ...you really need to factor that in
But I wants to wake up at 3:30 and not 4:30, but I'm late again today... It's already 4:25. Damn!
I don't know how serious this is, but there is evidence that it is actually in the right direction:
1) we have evolved to wake up with the first sun rays. So 4:30 is too early. 5:30 to 6:30 depending on the time of the year is more adequate. Have a window where sunlight can come in. Your body is naturally prone to wake up with the increasing light and increasing heat of the time of sunrise. The same way manipulating light can help you fall sleep and wake up, manipulating temperature does as well. So, if you have an AC, even if it does not have any timer or temperature profile functions, there are ways to set it up to drop the temperature slowly at night and then rise temperature slowly on the next morning
2) what your brain and body do most efficiently also depends on the time of day. Doing boring office work in the morning is only productive as a way to make you fall sleep in your chair. But if you use the morning hours for physical activities (body) and the afternoon for intellectual activities (brain), then yes, you might get the benefit of splitting the free time into two smaller chunks of approximately equal size
3) yes, having the perception of having a lot of time will make you use that time less efficiently. However, you never begin and almost never end a task at peak efficiency. You need to always warm up and almost always wind down to any activity. So splitting your free time might be worse than lumping it up in a contiguous interval after work. Depends on how long you take to do your activities.
4) our ancestors used a neat little trick to wake up early when they were tired, needed to ensure waking up before a deadline for example to launch an attack on the enemy, etc: they drank a lot of water right before sleep. Having to take a pee is a certain way to wake up, and your body automatically tries to schedule that waking up between sleep cycles, so waking up that way will most likely not leave you groggy