| Eat breakfast as soon as possible
| Exercise only in the morning
| Have lunch at the same time every day and eat nothing after 19:00
| Banish caffeine after 15:00
| Have no naps after 16:00
| Go to bed 2-3 hours earlier than usual and limit light in the evenings
| Maintain the same sleep and wake times every day
So basically, stop being a night owl. Great advice.
I myself used to be much more of a night owl- bed before 11:30 was just not going to happen. My wife is not. When we moved in together, I wanted to match her schedule. I started doing most of the things on this list and it worked for me. I went to bed last night at 10 and got up at 5:30 so I could go to the gym. Me of 10 years ago would have said that was impossible.
I feel that making people think it's somehow better to exercise only in the morning will discourage some people from exercising daily, which I feel is more important than the time of day.
There are still lots of people in this thread assuming that the "problem" that night owls face is that they're not sleeping in the evening, that's not it at all. They're sleeping in their natural cycle, it just doesn't fit with typical modern life.
So if exercising in the evening raises cortisol, and makes it hard to sleep for normal people, then that's not going to be a problem from someone sleeping at 4am.
I train anywhere from 9pm-1am and always sleep better at what seems to be my natural sleep time, which is around 3-5am.
No, those are not relatively simple things that anymore can do. Like getting that morning sunlight in the winter when sun rises close to 10? Not to mention my ADD causing every single new routine to be a continuous, unabating battle for years, at best!
I really wish people would stop assuming that what is simple for them, just might not be it for anyone.
Blue LED's to the rescue! (ha ha only serious)
> Research on ADHD has particularly emphasized impairments in inhibitory control (Barkley, 1997; Nigg, 2000) and working memory (Castellanos & Tannock, 2002; Martinussen, Hayden, Hogg-Johnson, & Tannock, 2005). Barkley’s (1997) model of ADHD emphasizes inhibitory control (i.e. inhibition of prepotent response, stopping an ongoing response, and interference control) as the primary neuropsychological impairment, which underlies secondary impairments in working memory and related functions https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4425416/
Trouble managing and structuring time, remembering things, paying attention to relevant cues, and avoiding impulsive behavior are some of the defining factors of ADD.
Have you considered that others with ADD have more extreme symptoms on a different axis from you, or perhaps their life experience and stress have amplified underlying proclivities? Or maybe they have mutations that make normal medication not effective.
Having ADD/ADHD means that you need to put in extra work in those areas, and not just throw your hands up and say I can't do that I have ADD. It's not fair, but everyone has their own set of challenges. CBT has been shown to have a positive impact on managing the symptoms of ADHD.
https://www.additudemag.com/cognitive-behavioral-therapy-for...
yes, and the original post you were replying to was lamenting how so many people seem to overlook that point.
> not just throw your hands up and say I can't do that I have ADD
Maybe we are interpreting things differently, but I don't see how they were making excuses for their behavior - just complaining about how so much of society seems to instantly scold them for struggling.
I interpreted your stance as a projection, and triggered off of the 'lazy' bit as being insensitive and manifesting the same unnecessary scolding.
For all I know that person is doing CBT and maybe even making a lot of effort - not just throwing their hands in the air as you seem to think. Being frustrated that large parts of society doesn't give you any slack isn't an admission that you are somehow not trying.
Did other animals develop a similar group sleeping pattern? Humans wouldn't be the only ones to potentially benefit
|Not drinking too much
|Regular exercise at the gym, 3 days a week
|Getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries
|At ease
|Eating well, no more microwaved diners and saturated fats
|A patient better driver, a safer car