Originally Posted by
chandltp
I suspect this is why you're not a morning person.. it's a vicious cycle. You go to be late, you can't get up in the morning. You've slept to late in the morning, so you can't go to bed early.. repeat.. repeat. I learned that after about a week of forcing myself to get up (in my case to go on an early morning bike ride), I started being able to fall asleep earlier and I shifted my sleeping schedule.
Now if you're too busy in the evenings to go to bed at a decent hour, that's a different problem all together.
It's all a matter of getting yourself into something resembling a routine. Mine is kinda like this (order can vary):
1. wake up at 5am
2. sht, shower, dress, finish packing lunch, tend to critters
3. leave for work between 5:50 and 6am
4. arrive at work between 6:20 and 6:30am
5. clean up, change clothes, prepare and eat breakfast, read email and/or news
6.
officially start work at 7pm
7. change for ride home between 3:45 and 4pm (barring emergencies requiring my attention)
8. Arrive home between 4:30 and 6, depending upon route.
9. Do daily PM checks on bike and accessories, address as required.
10. sht, shower, shave, if needed, and change clothes
11. Do home chores as needed
12. prepare and stage lunch and clothing for next day
13. prepare and eat dinner
14. relax, read, study, veg, play with critters and/or wife
15. in bed (though not necessarily sleeping) between 10 and 11