The thing I've noticed is that I have way more free time than I thought I did, because I wasn't explicitly thinking about things in terms of "hmm, I have five hours before bed, I should probably do X".
Also, melatonin supplements are my friend. :)
This is very useful if you're someone whose bedtime tends to be pushed gradually back because you're not ready to sleep yet -- the easy act of taking a pill can make it less difficult to go to sleep at a consistent time. It can also be useful in periodically resetting your bedtime, by going to bed a few hours earlier.
This may or may not help you, though. You have a pretty high rate of bedtime drift. Could you elaborate on how it happens? Do you just not feel tired when you should? If that's the case, then melatonin might help. Other things you could try include:
1. Use something like f.lux to make your monitor use lower-energy colors at night. Melatonin production is photosensitive, so artificial lights with a lot of blue (such as LCD backlights) can throw that out of whack if they hit your retinas.
2. Exercise vigorously every day, in the evenings. Even if this doesn't help with sleep, it's a good idea, so why not?
And in general, when trying to figure something like this out, it can help to keep logs so you have some data you can analyze later, to see what's working and what isn't. Good luck.
When I have a 9-5 job though I end up tired one day and fine the next. I end up getting up at 8 or so and going to sleep at either 11 or so because I was really tired or 3-4 am because I wasn't.
f.lux actually did help a lot. I was much worse when I didn't use it (I could never get to sleep early so I was always tired.)
Anyway, I'll do some research into melatonin supplements, thanks for the lead.
That is a lie.
There is no reason to assume he is lying about this.