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How can I fix my sleep schedule?

Asked by rory (1407points) August 10th, 2014

It’s summer, I’m home from college, and working part time jobs that don’t generally require me to be up early.

On weeknights, I fall asleep between 1 and 2 am. I wake up around 9:30 or 10 and feel like absolute hell. It doesn’t matter how many hours of sleep I get, when I go to bed after midnight I can’t function the next day without coffee or energy drinks. They keep me up until nighttime, and around 8 or 9, I finally feel like a person. I spend the next few hours doing what I love—making art. I’m usually so wired I can’t call asleep until 1 or 2.

How do I break this cycle? If I cut out caffeine, I’m totally dysfunctional, and while I might go to bed early I will have wasted the day.

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