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I even started using one of the loudest and most annoying alarm clocks I could find. (That sound still gives my university housemate flashbacks.) In my search for ways to fix my sleep schedule, I came across a seemingly simple piece of advice: Lie still in bed. If I remember correctly, that article, like many others, suggested sleeping at the target time every day. To do that, it said, you should lie still in bed with your eyes closed. It explained that most people fail not because they go to bed late, but because they play on their phones, watch TV or read a book. So, they go to bed earlier but still go to sleep late. The logic made sense and I tried it. Of course, it didn’t work the first night. But it did in a couple of weeks. Eventually, I was able to take that to an extreme and became a morning person. Over the following ~10 years, I’ve successfully applied a generalized version of this advice to several other things. And over that time I’ve realized three things about practice. J

Lie still in bed August 27, 2023 #personal #practice I found it very difficult to switch to a regular sleep, and wake, schedule after university. I even started using one of the loudest and most annoying alarm clocks I could find . (That sound still gives my university housemate flashbacks.) In my search for ways to fix my sleep schedule, I came across a seemingly simple piece of advice: Lie still in bed. If I remember correctly, that article, like many others, suggested sleeping at the target time every day. To do that, it said, you should lie still in bed with your eyes closed. It explained

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