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You've only been doing it a week... going to bed at 5pm when it is sunset is well and good in February. Come summer time trying to tell your body to sleep when the Sun is high in the sky might be a big problem. Certainly not impossible but it might not feel so great for you. I fell into a very natural (seeming) sleep pattern from 8am - 3pm which worked for me at the time. That was a lifetime ago though and it simply isn't practical for me now.

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Speaking as someone who grew up in the South-East of Norway, where there's very short dark parts of the night during the summer, it is certainly harder to go to bed when it's light outside, but it is still manageable. Heat was a much bigger issue for me in terms of getting sleep. Dark blinds, and a strict bedtime ritual to calm down and prepare for sleep helps. you get used to it. Up North there are substantial parts (though sparsely populated) of Norway where it doesn't get dark during the night in summer and people still manage.

I mention that I do not plan on keeping this schedule up for a few weeks or couple months. My schedule is working for me for now, but one day it will soon also become impractical.

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