I have the other side of things where I fall asleep at 9pm and wake at 3am. I think weāre both looking for that elusive 11pm to 6am golden window.
Comment on Discussion Thread š Wednesday 4 March 2026
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone āØ16ā© āØhoursā© ago
By the time I fall asleep, itās probably 1am. When I wake up, itās 7am. Make it stop :( I just wish my body would get tired earlier
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone āØ15ā© āØhoursā© ago
MeanElevator@aussie.zone āØ14ā© āØhoursā© ago
Iām struggling with a 6-630 wake up cause mornings are dark again.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone āØ14ā© āØhoursā© ago
More like 10-7 for me but even 11-6 would be better than 1-7
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone āØ13ā© āØhoursā© ago
10-7? Iāve got better chances of winning the lottery.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone āØ12ā© āØhoursā© ago
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RustyRaven@aussie.zone āØ13ā© āØhoursā© ago
I used to have sleep patterns like that. I found when there wasnāt anything forcing me to be up at any particular time Iād keep about a 26-28 hour day, going to bed and getting up a couple of hours later each day. The rotational shift work Iām doing worked fairly well with that, doing two 12 hour day shifts followed by two 12 hour night shifts, then four days off to reset.
I found that the patterns changed as I got older though - I went through a period where I stopped being able to stay up overnight and changed to doing all day shifts, and have now moved back again to the rotating shifts which are working ok again, but Iām finding it harder to sleep during the day than I used to.
I always found the most important thing is to not stress about when I āshouldā be sleeping, or how much sleep I should get. I also cycle through periods where I seem to need around 10 hours sleep a night and others where I only seem to need 5 or 6. I try to just let my body do what it wants as much as I can within the constraints of work etc. and not stress about it too much. If I start to think about it too much it just adds another thing to be circling my brain and stop me from getting to sleep.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone āØ12ā© āØhoursā© ago
Yeah I think not thinking about too much it is the way to go :)
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone āØ15ā© āØhoursā© ago
Meanwhile I crashed at 8:30 so hard I woke up at 11pm thinking it was morning and struggled to get back to sleep!