When my overbearing family is asleep, I finally get control over the household and my life in it, for those few hours I extend into the wee hours of the morning. It’s the only respite some of us get.
@@aeojoe not true. And how do you know that's what we're doing? Should I sit here and guess what you're doing in your waking hours just because they're during the day..how silly would that be. Also, most every person nowadays is on their phone as soon as they open their eyes..IN THE MORNING -- how is that any better than being on your phone at night. And not for nothing, but I'm often cooking, doing grocery shopping, working, laundry..etc.; all the things you do in "normal hours' we're doing when you're sleeping. Or the best part, just enjoying the quiet and stillness of the night.. which is imperative for most of us... much like morning sun and quietitude is good for morning people's well-being. We're simply living our lives on the other side of the clock. We just get a lot of shit for it for some reason.
Another thing is if you're hungry when it's really late, DON'T EAT. Let yourself starve. I'm not kidding. You're teaching your body when is the time to eat and when is the time to sleep. If you eat, you're teaching your body to stay up at the wrong time.
What Jordan Peterson said was MASSIVE help, eat large protein packed meal every morning. This was life changing for me. I starved myself for 2 days and skipped a lot of sleep on the third night I was so tired I slept early woke up ate a steak and some eggs, did that for a week and after that it was history
I’m naturally a night owl and have been doing this for three years(due to having kids) and I’m STILL a night owl. If I slip up just once, I’m screwed and have to start all over.
Same. I've also noticed my creativity is only on fire at night, so when I'm running on an early morning routine I become a different person and lose most of my creative hobbies. So weird.
evolutionary speaking night owls and morning persons are absolutely crucial to maintaining the safety of the tribe. if everyone is a morning person, no one can stay up late and guard for the night.
Honestly I tried. It doesn't work. I mean you can stand up early and go to bed early, like you can make that happen but it never will be easy. It's always an effort to maintain the earlybird when you are a night owl. I tryed my whole 20ties to be an early bird but now I accepted that I am an night owl and that thats ok. I am not a failure for sleeping till 10 every day and go to bed at 1-2. It's ok. It's just my natural rythm. There is no reason to have a rythmn that is hard to maintain. Do what makes you happy😊
You put it perfectly "it doesnt work" " well i mean you can but its not easy". You have a terrible mindset that life is ment to be easy. That thinking always ends up in one place - depression. Be careful.
Well yeah what kinda life we will be Living if you constantly have to think about even the most basic functions. Remembering when to sleep, when to wake up, how to make yourself sleepy early. Like when are we gonna live life. 😅
Getting up at 6 am is torture. I’m not really me that early in the morning, it’s at night time when I’m creative and when I get my best ideas and projects. That’s just the way I am!
@@brayanvacostathis is something that only people who don’t know what it’s like to be a night owl say. I had to get up early every single day for months for work, I went to bed early and got enough sleep every day. And yet, I’d still feel nauseas and sick when getting up early. I can go to sleep at 2am and wake up at 9am no problem (7 hours of sleep) but if I go to sleep at 9pm and get up at 4am (still 7 hours) I feel like dying.
@@jordanwiley1283 every single time? u gotta change jobs. that job is making u feel sucky cause u wake up feeling like that knowing u had to go to work that morning.
Yeah you can do this for a while and train yourself to change your ways but, in my experience I realized I’m at home and mentally clear at night, it doesn’t change! Meanwhile all my family is waking up really early because they feel mentally clear then; that’s actually their motivation to wake up.
Would you say this maybe Revenge Bedtime Procrastination? sleep procrastination may be a response to extended work hours that, if combined with a full night's sleep, leave virtually no time for entertainment or relaxation.
What you described has been my entire life, as an infant till now (I'm in my 30s). Nothing works. I'll only eat dinner to help reset, and nothing after trying to switch my hours. The special lights helped but not consistently. I went to a sleep specialist and he asked if I get jetlag- I said, "no." After a test he said I have no circadian rhythm. 🫠
Same here. I can get up at 4 to 5 am every morning if I had to. Ill be exhausted in the afternoon, but the second the sun goes down Ill get a second wind and Ill be wide awake.
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This 100% works I went from going bed at 3am and getting up at 7 for work etc to going bed at 9pm and waking up at 5am with no alarm. Took a few months but now I literally don’t set alarms at all
Hearing this as a night owl: If you don't like the time you have to wake up, then gradually build yourself up to shittier and shittier conditions until you're used to it.
It's the only time I can have time to myself in a quiet environment my family drive me crazy I think it's better for my health and wellbeing sleeping late than it is vice versa
This is also known as Revenge Bedtime Procrastination. For many people, sleep procrastination may be a response to extended work hours that, if combined with a full night's sleep, leave virtually no time for entertainment or relaxation. Stay safe, and stay well. The colloquial term “revenge sleep procrastination” is relatively new, but the concept is something sleep experts are familiar with (though it's worth pointing out it's not a sleep disorder or any type of clinical diagnosis).
@@imnotmarthastewart8120 I’m getting a full 8-9 hours of sleep, and I purposely take night classes and work 2nd because I like being up at night. I’m not procrastinating sleep to watch Netflix.
Hmmm... hinestly, since "I was born", I have had to struggle with this. Even though I get every day up between 6 and 7, I can't fall asleep in the evening, so I am constantly sleepy all day long but have to get up early again. This means, I can't fall asleep before 12 or 1 at night. As soon as I don't have to get up early, I love to sleep more. And it is very hard to be all your life groggy and just waiting to fall into your bed, but when it's time, you feel the most wake, on full battery mode. So I would not fully agree with this one. Since I am like 13 as I remember, this is a daily fight for me. And no, 5 to 6 hours is not enough sleep for me. And naturally to go sleep late, get up late, means your natural biorhythm is like that and it is not that easy to switch that. It is very hard work. Every day.
@@Blub9769 I'd recommend it. just be cautious with dosages because most supplements have way too much in them. you only really need about 1mg when you take them so avoid any 10mg pills. it's really helpful for resetting your circadian rhythm when you are jet lagged, so I think it could be useful for people who just don't feel tired until late. take it about 30 minutes - 1 hour before you want to go to bed. also, try blue light glasses and avoid technology for as long as you can before bed. dim the lights in your house as well.
Omg , this is perfect timing . Thank you . I literally was just worrying about my 8am classes . I opened my you tube and this pops up 😌❤️🫶🏽🫀 I’ve been off schedule for some time and I start school next week and now Instead of having the worrybug , you’ve helped me find a solution. ❤ THANK YOU INTERNET FAMILIA
There is less nervous energy in the atmosphere at night. People are not hurrying about trying to get to wage slave jobs. 2am-dawn is the most peaceful time of day. Falling asleep as the sun rises is awesome
I tried this, after a month of sleep deprivation (i still couldn’t get to sleep earlier) I had a mental breakdown and other medical problems. But sure, “quick and painless” 😂
The mental side effects of weeks or months of terrible sleep is so underated. If you complain people act like you're just being extra and overdramatic but the mental space from intense insomnia can be hell
I have actually been able to learn to fall asleep early, but my quality if sleep is piss poor. Now when I go to bed at 2am and sleep til 9am, I wake up refreshed and ready to climb mountains.
And it doesn't work. I used to have a job where I had to get up at 4:30 am. I went to bed early and woke up at 4:30 for an entire year and I didn't enjoy it one time. When I changed jobs, I was a night owl again within two days.
I did this by just forcing myself to get up 15 minutes earlier every day. I now naturally wake up at 5am. Its great! Eat breakfast, shower, clean my bedroom, do the dishes, clean the floor, do some laundry, all by 6:30am. Its a great way to start the day, then when i get home, i come home to a clean house, and the majority of my responsibilities taken care of!
I firmly believe some people are wired to be nocturnal just like some people are wired to be gay or wired to be a psycho. Just different wiring. You can't deny that humans need sunlight to thrive tho.
@@krnseu5073 Um no. People are genetically predisposed to psychopathy. Not all psychopaths are violent. Generally the violent ones are the perfect storm of a genetic predisposition and traumatic events in life.
I would always have thought I was a night owl, stayed up until 2 or 3 even when I had to wake up early for work. Now I sleep at 10:30pm and wake up at 5:30 am go to the gym, eat breakfast and go to work, I walk 10 min to the gym every morning no matter the weather, I’ve never felt better and it literally feels like my life is falling into place. I’m much more capable of managing simple daily stress too. I’ve almost cut out all alcohol, I may have 1-2 drinks occasionally every month or so. Life is so much better, happier and more productive 🙌🏼
I’d love to be able to go to sleep at 2am. That would perfectly suit my 10am start. I can’t remember the last time I felt ready to sleep before 4am and I usually stay up till after 5. Monday mornings fuuucking suck.
It has EVERYTHING to do with the time you are waking up!!! I guarantee, like extremely garantee that if for 30days you got out of bed and started your day at 7am, your body clock will swing around. But heres the thing. Uou wont stay consistent. You are not disciplined and your going to end up sleeping in again on those nights you struggled to sleep early enough. Your making excuses. Enjoy your mediocre life
@@e.m7110 I've done what is advised in this video for about 4 times the length time you suggest, getting up at 7am, & going to bed at 11, so it obviously doesn't work for everyone, despite your "guarantee".. Also.. A mediocre life is far better than your bitter, sad, little existence.. I almost feel sorry for you.. Almost..
Natural night owl. I've done that routine or similar ones throughout my life ( I'm 65 yrs)- Having kids, jobs, ect... no choice but to be with with the early bird crowd to be a functioning member of society, but it takes a lot of effort to sustain. My body would always eventually reset to night owl.
It's only introverts and night owls who catch all the shit. Wonder why No one tells extroverts to calm down and be less social, or morning people to stay up later and sleep in longer.
High energy extraverts are more likely to have large, confident mouths, so they're going to send a larger volume of shit out of them (on average), perhaps.
As a night owl I accomplish most of me mental abilities in these hours. When I visit morning friends and they're lagging at 8pm. I tell them its okay, I'll be up til 2am working on my computer that schedule works better for me anyways. Then they give me this grumpy look like they wish they could leave the 9 to 5 and work for themselves.
@@melfredolf It doesnt matter what schedule you put yourself on, your job will get in the way of you accomplishing anything for yourself unless you make your own schedule. Fuck the local schedule. If you dont set your own hours you're missing opportunity to do the most productive thing you can at any given time. You dont get to the bank, you dont get to the store, you miss out on time with friends and family - because some rich fucking asshole says you have to - that makes you a slave. Set your own schedule, demand it from you boss, or look for a job that will accomodate you. Nothing will fuck your life more than not being able to schedule for YOUR needs.
Legit just dealing with this right now. I've been working for myself forever but now switched to a sweet job. The shifting of my schedule has been rough. The eating bit has been particularly annoying. Eating in the morning dosent mix with me
I figured this out myself last year! I chatted my meal times and sleep and drink habits etc. When I ate earlier I fell asleep earlier. it's all about dinner for me! (I eat a big breakfast when I get up Dr. Peterson!)
This extroverted world never understands 😑 it’s not just about sleep cycle, it’s about brain activity. Naturally, our brain is more active during the night, and thus, more creative. The work that I can get done perfectly in one hour at night, I do it in five hours during day time and it’s not even close to being as good! I have been experimenting with this my whole life. I, too, would love to be able to do as good of a job during the day as so many other people, but it’s just not possible. My brain is just dead during day time. Dead, I tell you 😂😭
I'm on eltroxin can't eat breakfast I pray and do sit ups. Have a seltzer alright. That drug sucks. My thyroids pants. It becomes underactive if I take it with food or coffee. I wake at 4:30 and go to bed at 11:30. I have severe depression doesnt respond to anto ds but exercise stops severe depression. Whole family has it.
I work closing shift at a resturant. I don't get home till 130 in the morning. My wife works morning shift for her job. It works just fine. Wish we could see each other more but it is what it is
I have been a night owl for all my life (30 y/o) but now I moved in with my GF who always goes to bed at 10 p.m. (notice, I didnt say gets up at 5 am, because that is the result, not the goal, the goal is going to bed at 10 p.m.), and from one day to another, I was an early bird (for about one year now) and I feel the exact same, just with a different rythm. I now believe that the only thing that defines your 'type' is the time you set for yourself as bedtime. What may be hard for others is to actually motivate yourself to go to bed at a time that used to be for grinding, and it sure helps when your GF is waiting in bed, its something that actually makes you want to lie down, which is a motivation you most likely won't have by yourself from one day to another.
Not always. I am able to go to bed early. But my quality of sleep is poor. I usually wake up feeling more tired than when I went to bed. 2am to 9am is my golden sleep schedule. I always wake up fresh and ready to go. I can't wait for retirement when I can make my own hours.
He just said to eat when you're not hungry in the morning. He also says in another short not to eat the first 60 Minutes you're awake. So, eat, but wait an hour.
Been working the night shift for years now so my body is naturally accustomed to being awake all night. My nights off are an absolute joy because of how quiet and peaceful the night is. I have so much time to read or watch my favorite shows, then when sunrise peaks it's time for that early AM jog. And that is the only upside to this god awful lifestyle.
If your "naturally" a night owl, you're meant to stay up for night.....why is that a natural thing in some humans? Instinct. There wasn't many people from villages and tribes who stayed up all night, only a select few did it. It took me too long to realize that me being a night owl isn't a bad thing, at some point in time I would have been necessary to be the one to stay up and watch over my people while they rested. That made me happy to know that. If being a night owl isn't affecting your social life, don't change it. Enjoy it. It's definitely lonely sometimes when you want to share some moments with people but you can't because it's 3 am and they are in a dead sleep, but the cons usually don't outweigh the pros.
another thing to keep in mind is how your lifestyle affects your sleep schedule and how your sleep schedule affects your lifestyle, i work 2pm-11pm and i have found it is ideal to stay awake until around 4-5 in the morning and get up an hour or so before work because my wakefulness throughout the day matches my activity throughout the day
An even more OP strategy, pull an all-nighter and then you can fall asleep at whatever time you wish the following evening. Used to do it all the time during the school years.
TBH, I’ve been the night owl all my life!! I was struggling to get up early at school, at the university, during office work. And I couldn’t figure why I was struggling! Now I’m a freelancer, I start my work at about 1-2 pm, I go to sleep at about 2-3 am and wake up at 10-11 and I’m the happiest person ever! Maybe we don’t need to torture ourselves and force to be different? Just find the way how to adapt your lifestyle
I did this because of the new job I had. I kid you not, because I was awake more during the day, I drank more water and metabolism was faster than ever.
I discovered that eating as soon as you wake up makes you less groggy quicky. I've been trying to use this to shift my schedule back a few hours; along with the techniques he describes. Although I would start waking up early before going to bed early. Not the other way around. That way you are tired at the earlier bed time. Its cool to see Huberman confirm it more or less.
Some people actually do not need much sleep, can go to bed at 2 AM and wake up at 6 AM, and sometimes get a 15-30 minute nap during the day, consistently, and do and feel well. Sleep is better with physical activity during the day, eating some fat, not nonfat, in the evening, and regular sexual activity.
As someone who has lain awake in bed for hours before falling asleep since I was six years old and living a lifestyle where school and work always start early for over 40 years, I call absolute bullshit on this.
As someone who is a night owl but has turned my sleep schedule around: Melatonin. Now it can have side effects so don't take it like it's a mere supplement. But it helps tell your brain that now is the time to go to sleep and makes you tired. After a couple of days you automatically get tired around that time and you can stop taking it again
Nothing works. Just run a massive sleep deficit until your mind and body fails. Then resort to just not sleeping for a whole cycle so you are utterly exhausted and pass out when day walkers normally do. That works for about a week then you get right back to only sleeping 4 hours a night or less until you sleep thru another alarm and get in trouble at work again. 😆
@@CanadianFH no. Discipline is still getting out of bed even if you do lay there awake all night, cause guess what buddy.. you will sleep properly the next night, you just dont give up on waking at the same time everyday and it sorts itself out withen 2 months. Yet you dont have the discipline to stick at the same wakeup time for 60days its so dam simple lol Im someone whos been through it and come out the other side so i would just listen if i was you, it will do you some good. But no you just stay up late and sleep in and argue with people on youtube comments giving life changing advice.
So discipline is now the ability to do things while unconscious. Because after 2-4 weeks of sleep deprivation, that sleep isnt interrupted by anything short of violence.
@@CanadianFH oh dear your too far gone. Im not talking down the insomnia route (was me for 7yrs). No no you have gone to far down the lost control of your mind route. Goodluck bud. I would suggest trying the marine core to znap that millennial thinking out of your mind, or atleast a life devoted to discipline. Maybe itz to late for you though maybe you will continue to not exercise, eat healthy, meditate, love family and friends, achive greatness, wake up at same time everyday, ice bath, sauna, stretch, take your vitamins and minerals, set challenges for yourself, achive goals, help people. Because if your trying to sleep without doing any of that you will easily hit issues.
If you are a night owl and like being a night owl, may I suggest that you change careers to accommodate your natural night owl-ness. If your wake/sleep rhythm is different from your partner I'm sure you have no desire to change your rhythm anymore than they do.
I had to cut my work hours. I only work 6 hrs a day because I go to sleep at 1am and wake up at 10am and my regular schedule was at 10am now I go in at 12pm. I feel so much better.
I am not saying I don't show negative effects from this life... I love staying up late, I have my whole life, but I also love getting up early. Currently it's 3:08 A.M, because it's the weekend I will stay in bed longer, probably until 8:30ish -9 when I get out of bed, my normal sleep is between 4-5 hours, I'm also up at least once in that time for the bathroom... When I made myself get into a routine of 1:00/1:30 bedtime, I still would get up at 5:-6... I tried going to bed earlier about 3 weeks ago, I was up at 3:30 thinking about how much 10:45 a.m. was going to hurt me and how I was going to combat my urge to sleep lol Sometimes you are who you are.
Constantly find myself back and forth trying to conform to 'normal' morning routines, but I always slip up within about 3 days, and then I've stayed up too late, then I have to either wake up late to compensate or wake up early but remain horribly tired. And as for just "sleep half an hour earlier", that is impossible - the going to bed on time, and ACTUALLY FALLING ASLEEP, is sooooooo hard.
I can be a night owl or early bird pretty much whenever I want. I go to sleep about 1am and wake up 6 to 630 every morning. Or stay up all night and sleep for 4 hours and I'm good. Maybe it's because I have done both throughout my life but it's an easy transition if you want it to be.
What's fucked is that if I'm naturally more inclined to sleep late, it is I who has to change. Why? Why do we have such arbitrary rules about when it's good to be awake or asleep??
I have tried this and every time I do I end up so depressed and my my only switch on always around the same time and I feel it’s a waste of my productivity. We not all the same and I’m done conforming to the so called norm.
Funny, now that I'm retired, I wondered how I worked a normal daytime schedule for 40+ years. It didn't take long to revert to my "normal" sleep schedule, staying up until 2 and sleeping 9 hours.
I have always been a person that can wake up early and be in a really good mood mostly I am not sure why but I have never really stayed up late unless I absolutely had too I tried the other night stayed up late felt different I will still be the person who enjoys going to sleep early late for me is 12
I was born at 3pm, I has never been an early bird, going to school, when I was a kid was tough, I used to sway all the time diring the class fighting in order not to fall asleep, sometimes I did and was awaken by the teacher who hit the book hard on my table in order to wake me up, after that I was transferred to study in the afternoon time shift
I quit doing this when I realized it just became an endless cycle of becoming so sleep deprived and exhausted until my body had no choice but to sleep, then actually sleeping decent for a few nights, and then having to start the whole thing over again when my circadian rhythm would inevitably reset itself back to being a night owl when I was no longer sleep deprived. No point in doing it.
let me just say something rude to you ‘early birds’. i’ve been told all the childhood and youth that i’m lazy and i need to wake up, eat early in the morning, see the sun… that’s bullsht. after years of betraying my own body and it only getting worse, i don’t believe you anymore. i just don’t. because i did something for myself that i was afraid to do such a long time. i embraced being late night person. i STUDIED my own behaviour. i really do work better after hours (around 7-11 pm). i do focus better. i hate early breakfasts. and tbh, i just love the ambiance of the night. it is much more calm. it is peaceful. i respect early sleepers - when they fall asleep, i don’t make much noise. i stay silent af. but they don’t respect me at all. i usually wake up around 11, which i consider really okay for someone like me. but damn, do they be noise pollutioning me. im tired of this. i don’t believe you or anyone at that state. i am really comfortable at that state and i’m studying for a not fixed schedule job. yes, i will find my inner peace eventually. stop telling us night owls otherwise. stop forcing all the people to be ‘right’. this pressure almost seems to me like forceful right-handed kids’ education in 20th century. that’s concerning. and to my night owls - never be ashamed of what you are. acknowledge your strength and your rights to be undisturbed of your biological need - healthy sleep, that suits your own body. (and also - i suggest that early bird partners need to respect their night owls. or the relationship is long gone. until one of you is fed up and pissed off and you won’t be able to fix this with a talk)
As someone who stays up late, but has to work early, I have had less energy, vibrancy, happiness, and creativity in the last two years since not being able to stay up til midnight than in my entire life. I haven't written as a hobby since the week my schedule changed. Writing is my favorite thing to do. Fuck anybody who says it's painless. I'm dying inside for money.
I tried it. I went to bed one-half hour earlier. It didn't work. People are built differently. As a child, my bedtime was ten. I couldn't sleep. Everybody was sleeping. I lay awake, and got up at six. The earlier I went to bed, the longer I would stay awake. Works for a lot of people, I'm sure.
I find the complete opposite works for me 1. Have something you NEED to do early. 2. Set all the alarms. Sound / light alarms whatever works. 3. Get up earlier than you think it's easier to get up 5/6 am than 7/10am 4. Getting up that early you will get tired earlier and the cycle continues.
