I am the same. During the quarantine I’ve moved back to going to sleep at 3-4am. However, I have a kids and when the school year is in session I have to get up at 5am to start getting them ready. So that gets me up and going so that I can make it into work at a decent time. So, I guess my misc advice is to find some sort of responsibility that forces you to get up early.
> So, I guess my misc advice is to find some sort of responsibility that forces you to get up early.
What I find is that my judgement is impaired in the morning - and that I don’t act rationally: it’s like I prefer that nice feeling in my head I get when I’m half asleep - if I had responsibilities I’d just disregard them because at that point in time I value being in bed more than anything else.
It’s why alarm clocks, sunshine, Hue light bulbs with a Wakeup routine set, all don’t work for me :(
I think this is a great description of that feeling, and one I share. It's led me to the thought that at the moment, I just won't be able to do something in the morning I'm not intrinsically motivated to do more than just continue sleeping. Extrinsic rewards don't seem to do that, but meeting friends for a sporadic event like coffee early in the morning, or a hiking trip do. I think you've solved this in a novel way with your caregiver.
Those don’t work for me either. But having kids does. I guess being responsible for the welfare of another human is enough for me to overcome my need to sleep.
