BellaOnline Forums Beauty and Self Life Coaching Do you have a set bedtime?

I'm going to use my own advice Make Bedtime a Deadline to get to bed by 11:00 each night this week.

Will give myself a 20 minute grace period just for tonight...

Do you have a set bedtime?

No.

It's been tried and done a thousand times over and finally I'm like "uncle."

The harder I try, no matter WHAT I try - (I know what it is) I just pretty much have to wait for my body to say when and then I do.

Kind of like what I eat. I never set out to eat, this or that - but I don't like going out or fast-food so much, but the cravings? Whether it's the sniffles or lack of energy, when I listen to my body...it's always right on target.

Explaining all of this is an entirely different thing

I hear you Karen, I am still on the journey.I did make it to bed by 11:20 pm last night, but ended up watching a movie until after 12 am!!!! Not good, will try to do better tonight.

I really like the aggressive stance you take with your own bedtime in your article. That lackadaisical "I'll sleep when I get there" happens in my own life as well, and normally I'm very strict about my own deadlines. Funny, that.

Somewhere I read about morning rituals. Something to do precisely when you wake up to orient yourself in the new day (more specifically to jump-start mornings!). Perhaps the same could be applied to the evening?

That same place talked about "clearing to neutral," which plays along the idea that the most difficult part of a task is just to begin it. When I leave the dishes to soak overnight, getting to them in the morning is outright dreary. Thinking of getting to them in the morning is a downer as well. I wonder if this could also apply to bedtime? Maybe have everything prepped and ready to get to bed so it's just a matter of getting there.

Great article! Thank you for helping me learn something about myself

No.

Usually around 10 PM I will go up, but I will read or watch something on Netflix before sleeping.

I aim for 10pm, also ...