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I've always had a mentality that if I say I'm going to finish x, I finish x before going to bed. This, as you can imagine, means that I have a very unreliable sleeping schedule. I probably average 5 hours a night every week.

A really good comment I read on HN a few days ago recommended that I set an alarm for going to bed not for waking up, It's been working really well for me.

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This is such a good idea. I definitely reach a point where staying up later does absolutely nothing for me.

I can get more done in one extra hour in the morning than I can in two or three hours past the time my body needs to go to sleep.

Doesn't the hacker in you just forces you to ignore the alarm to go to sleep?

I forced myself to go to bed for a week at midnight and now I start to feel sleepy/tired around that time. I also stopped drinking coffee or energy drinks after 6pm.

I often end up almost entirely stopping coffee as soon as a term ends. Last time I did, I also forced myself to go to bed earlier and do some work at home before leaving for work. It worked for quite a while but as the term progressed and work from both job and university piled up, I started to not have time to follow this strict schedule and to drink more and more coffee. It's very difficult when your schedule is tight, but I believe it's better to stick to way nevertheless. Tomorrow, I'm starting this schedule again. Keep going on yours!

Kudos. For some people (like me) the caffeine has to stop around noon in order to get a good night's sleep. Caffeine metabolism is highly variable between people, so it is worth experimenting on.

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