Anyone go to sleep early? (sleeping, ears, feeling, kids)

[Dave 92 LSC]

I start work at 7 and usually take the 5;50 train. So I’m used to waking up early, but over the years I realized I love going to sleep early. Usually between 8-9. Kids go to sleep,about the same time so it all works.
But still, I love mornings, I hate evenings. I feel like when the sun is down the day is done. This is a bit of a challenge in summer and I hate going to sleep when the sun is still up, but there are ways around it.

[heavymind]

Ten PM has been my bedtime for most of my life. I could be fully immersed in doing something at 9:45, and it seems like as soon as the clock is past 10pm it's like "party's over" and I head to bed.

I lived off grid for a few years and those winter evenings really dragged on when it gets dark by 4pm. It would feel like midnight and when I looked at the clock it was only 6pm. LOL. Going to sleep early would mean waking up at 3 or 4 in the morning, when it's still pitch black out.

[LKJ1988]

I do.Before 8pm last nite. That Xanax has a kick back when i take it at 11am for a long nap.

[tickyul]

Sometimes I try that very scary tactic, going to sleep very early, say like 7pm.........but most of the time I end up waking at 1am and not going back to sleep, UGH.

[Deserterer]

Never. I've been a night owl ever since I worked with owls at night. I go to bed after 11 and often after midnight. I like to get to bed by 1 am though, because I don't like sleeping past 730 or 8 at the latest

[Parnassia]

For me it has much less to do with chronological time and more to do with daylight. If it's daylight I'm awake. When it's dark I'm ready to sleep. Just like the wildlife I spent most of my career working with. Not sure which came first to be honest...did I end up working in the biological resources field because of my little personal circadian rhythm or did my circadian rhythm evolve because of my career? .

Not that it really matters too much except for the fact that I live in AK. The annual change in daylight at high latitudes is dramatic (where I live the shortest winter "day" is about 6 hours, the longest summer "day" over 18). Now that I'm retired and rarely need a clock to regulate how long I sleep, that change in daylength can be a problem. I find I can sleep way too much during the winter and drag around feeling sleep deprived during summer.

[Deserterer]

Originally Posted by Parnassia

For me it has much less to do with chronological time and more to do with daylight. If it's daylight I'm awake. When it's dark I'm ready to sleep. Just like the wildlife I spent most of my career working with. Not sure which came first to be honest...did I end up working in the biological resources field because of my little personal circadian rhythm or did my circadian rhythm evolve because of my career? .

Not that it really matters too much except for the fact that I live in AK. The annual change in daylight at high latitudes is dramatic (where I live the shortest winter "day" is about 6 hours, the longest summer "day" over 18). Now that I'm retired and rarely need a clock to regulate how long I sleep, that change in daylength can be a problem. I find I can sleep way too much during the winter and drag around feeling sleep deprived during summer.

I hate the seasonal change in daylight. It messes up my sleep patterns and I blame Earth. I would be perfectly content with 12/12 year round, if I didn't have to live on the Equator.

[Stagemomma]

i can't explain it but I don't have any trouble going to bed at 8:30 and sleeping until 6:30. Once a week I have rehearsal in the evening and it runs late. When I get home I'm too cranked up to sleep. but I don't suffer the next day, probably because in general I am so well rested.

[heavymind]

Originally Posted by Deserterer

I hate the seasonal change in daylight. It messes up my sleep patterns and I blame Earth. I would be perfectly content with 12/12 year round, if I didn't have to live on the Equator.

Same here. It wouldn't bother me as much if society didn't revolve around the same rigid schedule year-round without adapting to seasonal changes such as daylight. During winter I close up shop around 3-4pm most days because I want to get home before dark, especially if it's snowy/icy.

I've never lived in a 12/12 part of the world. We have a poster here (Sand & Salt) who lives in Ecuador and might have some comments about that. I've watched some Youtube travel videos from equatorial areas where they're hitting up the street markets at 6pm and it's already dark outside...any time of the year.

[ebbe]

I am tired by 8 and fall asleep, like it or not. The problem is I wake up again and wind up watching tv in the middle of the night, then back to sleep again. Very messed up sleep pattern.