Guaranteed Way to Fix Your Sleep Schedule in 5 Steps

After struggling with sleep issues for most of my life, I finally figured out a guaranteed approach to fixing my sleep schedule earlier this year. I’m 100% sure it will also work for you. It’s not easy and may not be the most efficient way to fix your sleep schedule but it will definitely work.

Follow these steps and get on the path to better health and living a better life:

1. Start Waking Up at Your Desired Time: First things first, you need to just start waking up at the time you want to wake up. Don’t worry about the sleep part. The first 3–4 days you will be tired as hell but your body will regulate itself based on the time you wake up.
2. Wake Up at the Same Time Every Day: Everything in life operates on a routine. The sun and moon “rise and fall” on a regular cycle. The planets in our solar system revolve around the sun on a regular cycle. In fact, our universe will expand and eventually collapse… likely in a regular cycle. And your body also wants a regular cycle. All of life operates in this way, you should realize your body also seeks this regularity and routine. Don’t shift your sleep/wake times around too much if at all!
3. Eliminate Computers 1.5 Hours Before Sleep: The first 2 steps focus on waking, now let’s shift to the sleep side. Most importantly, stop any computer related work 1.5–2 hours before sleep. Active displays will stimulate your brain and make it difficult for you to sleep. This doesn’t happen to all people but it does for MOST people. I’ve found this is one of the primary reasons especially for modern day information age workers that people have problems sleeping.
4. Aerobic Exercise: When it’s time to go to sleep your mind may be super tired but your body may not be. Hence, daily exercise will definitely help you with sleep! Not everyone has the will to exercise but it will help a lot. The majority of people make weak excuses about not having time but there is always a way to make the time for exercise. If you can’t get 30 min to 1 hour daily, try to exercise at least 3–4 times a week. Also aerobic exercise will be better for you for the purposes of sleep.
5. Sunlight: Melatonin from sunlight can help with sleep. I’d recommend at least 20–30 minutes of sun a day (e.g., get out, take your shirt off, or whatever you can do) and earlier during the day if possible. I also believe there are other factors at play here which doctors just don’t fully understand besides melatonin from sunlight that helps your body regulate sleep.

That’s it. If you do the above you will definitely have fixed your sleep schedule. Try it for 2 weeks and I guarantee you it will work.

As a bonus here are a couple of extra tips to try to sleep:

• Listen to an Audiobook: Get a boring audiobook or listen to a podcast while you’re laying in bed trying to sleep. Often times, your mind is just thinking about too much and if you can get your mind to focus on something else like the audio book, then light’s out!
• Get Out of Bed: If you are spending over 20–30 minutes without being able to fall asleep, then get out of bed and do something else (non-computer based) for 10–15 minutes and try again. Don’t allow yourself to build a habit/routine of laying in bed for long amounts of time without sleeping.