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simulate our pre-industrial environment. If I’m reading, I’ll do so by dim light. Or if I’m meditating, I’ll make my room completely dark.
However, I’m almost always on the during the last hour of the day. So what I do is turn down the monitor brightness all the way and put on sunglasses — yes, sunglasses. After an hour or so of sporting sunglasses on a dim monitor I’ll feel a sudden and heavy wave of drowsiness — that’s the melatonin kicking in. This wave of drowsiness is the brain’s way of saying it’s time for bed, and an indicator that going to sleep at that time is a “shortcut” into the deepest stages of sleep.
2. Anticipate the morning wake-up
Many people have great difficulty waking up in the morning. To a large extent this may be because of sleep deprivation or an out-of-sync circadian rhythm. But a groggy morning might be due to something else entirely — lack of alertness hormones.
Naturally, your body spikes alertness hormones — such as cortisol and ACTH — in the morning to help you get out of bed and give you a morning jolt of energy. Difficulty in waking up can simply be from a weak or mistimed hormone spike!