How can I get up early in the morning?
tptacek: I've had this problem forever. When I was in high school, I'd stay up all night, go to school at the end of my day, come home and sleep until midnight.To the extent that I've solved it, I solved it after I had kids, and sleeping until 1PM became untenable for the family.The answer for me? Wait for it: waking up early every morning.I've learned that there is absolutely no way to predict when I'm going to fall asleep at night (even if I eliminate caffeine, use-bed-only-for-sleep, avoid stimulating reading before bed, etc); the only habit I've deliberately changed is that I never code after 10PM (a surefire way to look up and have it be 4AM).Nope, what works for me is, whether I got to bed at 12:30A or 4:45A, I'm out of bed with the kids at 7A. If I have a bad night, I'll fall asleep the next night before 12A. Won't have any choice.A day, a couple days, a week in sleep dep, not worth the life stress of starting the day in the afternoon.