Breaking the sleeping pattern

Wondering what makes you guys think so much? just keep a good balance and be disciplined.
For me this works:
Waking up 7:30, doing sports, having breakfast/brunch, work, work more, lunch, work, sports, dinner -> free time (movie, meet up, reading etc.) sleep at 11pm.
8:30h of sleep is totally alright.

and yes, i can also choose the time i want to work to. no limit or such. Just because i have this "freedom" it doesn't mean I have to totally fuck up my rythm.

Finally I'm in the "technical" last day 7th day of the chronotherapy (though I'm conscious that tomorrow is going to be similarly harsh, because I will be carrying all the sleep of this whole week).

The good part of today, is that after going to bed and waking in the middle of the day, now is the first time that I wake at a reasonable hour (4AM). I thought that today I was going to be 10x more tired but it's not the case. Not much more tired than yesterday or two days ago, so it could be maybe because I've slept better last night (yesterday I only slept 6 hours, so I had to stay awake for a total of 21 hours).

I have to clearly admit, that there is one thing that it's significantly affected by the sleep deprivation of this process: memory. I feel it takes a little bit more to remember important things useful for work, a little bit slower brain activity overall. It seems obvious because I feel sleepy all the way through the day. It's like a little pain this dizziness just hoping to go to bed as soon as possible. The funny thing is that in the last hour before going bed, suddenly I feel 100% awake like if I could keep it up for some hours more.

But also, I feel that I'm sleeping way worst (with more wakes in the middle of the night) and I'm able to wake up way faster than before starting.

So I'm a little bit impatient to see how this will continue from today, tomorrow and this weekend. Definitely, I feel a significant change in myself.

I have read about people who does that and they have become more productive with that method. Looking forward to hear your results. Share with us.

williewat said:

I have read about people who does that and they have become more productive with that method. Looking forward to hear your results. Share with us.

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Today is finally the last day so tomorrow technically will be the first day that I've slept for 8 hours after a regular 16-hour day.
One thing that I've noticed today, that contrarily to other days during this process, it has been a little bit more difficult to get up from the bed, like if the biorhythm was not fully adjusted over the process.
Tomorrow I will definitely see the real results. As I read in certain Reddit, a guy that was in a similar situation as me, commented that after this process he was able to get up easily.
Obviously I'm not expecting to get up easily 100% of the days, but at least, be a little bit more disciplined (at this moment the thing that reminds me the need of a discipline is the harshness of this past week, but as always I'm not sure if an external motivator like this will help me keep it up over the time).
I will keep updating next days

Two days after the "experiment":

I've been able to wake up at 7AM with certain level of confidence. I have to admit that since yesterday and today it's weekend I've stayed for some extra time in bed but awaken...

I have not found an extra punch of productivity or anything like that. Just waking up earlier, by going to bed earlier. That's it. I would not mind to go to bed at 12AM and waking at 8AM or going to bed at 11AM and waking at 7AM as I'm doing now. I'm going to try to stick to 11-7 because I firmly believe that it's more healthy socially-wise (especially if I decide at some time to return to a regular programmer work or something like that in the future for any reason, I will be waking at 7AM 99% sure)

But in terms of productivity, I feel more or less the same. Not high active during the morning period. Just on the right mood, but nothing outstanding. Let's see if I can keep it up for at least 1 month. I've never waken up at 7AM for more than 1 week on a row (never had the need though).

After 8 months of my last try, time has passed and I've gone back to bad habits, like the people that do a liposuction treatment and keep eating and become fat again

Fricking habits are generally harsh to keep them up in this complex lifestyle where night seems to be the best time to stay awake but society demands at the same time to wake up the soonest possible.

Therefore I've decided that today I will be doing the 2nd Round of the Chronotherapy.

The new schedule:

Today (Thursday Night): Sleeping from 2:00am to 10:00am
Tomorrow (Friday Night): Sleeping from 5:00am to 1:00pm
Saturday: ... from 8am to 4pm
Sunday: ... from 11pm to 7pm
Monday: ... from 2pm to 10pm
Tuesday: ... from 5pm to 1am
Wednesday: ... from 8pm to 4am
Thrusday: back to normal ... from 11pm to 7am

Not a good idea. Don't accumulate sleep. Do what you're doing now (12 am to 10 am), except taking a walk on one of those sleepy mornings might help your case. You cant change your sleeping schedule all of a sudden, take baby steps to achieve this (11 am to 6 am) goal.

Seoanytime said:

Not a good idea. Don't accumulate sleep. Do what you're doing now (12 am to 10 am), except taking a walk on one of those sleepy mornings might help your case. You cant change your sleeping schedule all of a sudden, take baby steps to achieve this (11 am to 6 am) goal.

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I should be creating a new thread, because the first message is totally confusing

Following from here now: https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/chronotherapy-part-2.1195245/

This isn't healthy at all. Get 7 hrs sleep per day.

SirLouen said:

I should be creating a new thread, because the first message is totally confusing

Following from here now: https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/chronotherapy-part-2.1195245/

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My fault actually, since your problem is more geared towards productivity, mind if I tell you, as long as you work from home you are going to have that problem unless you have separate workspaces/rooms for work and play. Else I'd strongly recommend renting a cubicle in a plug'n'play environment near your place. It helped me, I had the same problem as you, as long as I was working from home I felt sluggish with no real activity done when measured on paper.