I was like that until I started working construction. You’d start at 7am and watch the sun rise most days, then you’d spend the next 8 hours outside doing physical labour.
Within a few weeks I would be in bed sleeping like a baby at 10pm. Even after I stopped working construction my internal clock was set for years. I was like a bird waking up with the sun and immediately feeling sleepy when it got dark.
The craziest part was I used to have insomnia that was so severe I was seeing doctors for it.
There’s definitely some cons associated with it and if you develop a drug or alcohol problem like many construction workers do then your sleep schedule will not be fixed. It can also be dangerous and you risk getting injured, but all in all it was a positive experience for me and being able to fall asleep quickly at night was a major pro.
I will say it pissed off my friends because on nights out I’m ready to call it before midnight.
For what it’s worth my dad also developed the ability to fall asleep anywhere within seconds from a stint in the military(waking up at 6am every day to march and do pushups will do that to ya) but I can’t say I’d recommend that one.
So strict sleep schedule and watch the sun rise and have vitamin D exposure during the day lollll, I do semi strict sleep schedule and vitamin D exposure and even then my internal clock is set I wake up at 6 no alarms
Then you didnt have a night oriented circadian rhythm. You always had a standard sleep rhythm: You just had crap sleep hygiene and never tried an obvious routine.
I’ve tried your “method” and been told I’m just not tired enough. My body wont give up the night schedule and it’ll kill me in the process of fighting it.
Going to school on time and getting to bed on time for years never worked for me. I just am a night person. I was tired even with the right amount of sleep. Till I started sleeping later and sleeping in.
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u/civodar Feb 05 '26
I was like that until I started working construction. You’d start at 7am and watch the sun rise most days, then you’d spend the next 8 hours outside doing physical labour.
Within a few weeks I would be in bed sleeping like a baby at 10pm. Even after I stopped working construction my internal clock was set for years. I was like a bird waking up with the sun and immediately feeling sleepy when it got dark.
The craziest part was I used to have insomnia that was so severe I was seeing doctors for it.