Sleep

Sleep
Basic:
Right now, it’s not so important when you sleep, so long as you always sleep at the same time. If your current sleeping rhythm is at a point where you’re going to sleep around 5 am, so be it. Go to sleep then, and always then. Make a point of waking up after you’ve slept from 6 to 11 hours. Figure out how much sleep you need and plan accordingly.
Take a few days at least and try to get to a point where you are always going to bed and waking up at the same time.

Intermediate:
If you have a sleeping rhythm down, but want to adjust it so that you are waking up in the early morning, you should very slowly start to go to sleep earlier. Don’t try to force yourself by staying up 24 hours, that never works for very long.
Go to sleep 30-60 minutes earlier than before. Try to account for the time it takes for you to actually fall asleep and set your alarm accordingly. Take at least a week between each adjustment.

General:
If you have issues falling asleep or staying asleep, start to eliminate disturbances:

-Don’t drink caffeinated or sugary drinks for several hours before bedtime.

-Keep your bed clean. Change the sheets at the very least, every two weeks. Wash your pillows and duvet twice a year. Air out the mattress ( or top ) when possible. Cover the bed during the day.

-Make sure your bedroom is DARK. Get blackout curtains, or cover your window with a blanket. That little red LED on your clock? Put tape on it. Eliminate every possible source of light contamination. If all else fails, get a sleeping mask. If you are staring at your phone or computer later in to the night, use a Bluelight filter of some sort ( or, y’know… stop ). Being exposed to light interferes with your body’s natural inclination to sleep, as it’s going “oh, sun’s up, gotta be chipper.” On the other hand, use this to your advantage during the times when you need to be awake; expose yourself to bright light as much as possible.

-Get rid of noise. Might be difficult if you live in an apartment building or in the city. Get earplugs – use your phone vibrate to wake yourself.

-Avoid napping during the day. If you absolutely must nap, don’t let it be longer than 30 minutes.

-Be BORED before bed. Don’t shitpost, don’t read up on things that piss you off, don’t read about that new cool thing you learned about, don’t hype about that awesome thing coming up. Excitement of any sort is obviously going to make it harder for you to calm down to sleep. If you are agitated for whatever reason, do breathing exercises to help calm your body down.

-Don’t eat or drink within an hour of bedtime, preferably two.

-Don’t exercise within an hour of bedtime ( though some people find exhausting themselves before bed helps a lot ).

-If you generally sleep on your back, you should have a harder surface. Not necessarily the floor but you can try that.

-If you sleep on your side, you should consider getting a body pillow ( lewd anime girl not necessary but if it helps, do your thing ). You can also have one pillow between your legs and another to hug.

-If you sleep on your stomach… try not to. If you must, put a pillow under your pelvis to take the strain off your back. Either leave your head entirely without a pillow or use a thin one.

Still can’t sleep? Try guided sleep, ASMR videos, or just noise:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuzJffTliSc Michael Sealey – Sleep Hypnosis for Calming an Overactive Mind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs-iqvX6pOA Gentle Whispering – Fluffy Sleepy Whispers ASMR
https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/whiteNoiseGenerator.php - Noise Generator

Still can’t sleep? Next, try over-the-counter supplements:
–Zinc
–Magnesium
–Melatonin
-All of the above

Still can’t sleep? You may need to consider going to see a doctor for sleep aid, and this is absolutely the last resort. I don’t recommend making a habit out of using sleeping pills every night but just having them as an option might help make you feel more at ease about sleeping.
That said, sleeping with pills is still vastly better than not sleeping at all. Same for sleeping with a CPAP-machine, if you have sleep apnea.