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During peak business weeks I often go to sleep between pm. I know this is insane, but waking between am allows me to work on projects in the still of the morning without interruption. I highly recommend it for focusing on certain projects for a set amount of time. The second my littles are in bed, I follow. This is usually somewhere between and pm, hopefully! Ideally, pm or midnight. Life in New York can lead to some late nights when there are events. I usually go to sleep between and am, but sometimes I stay up a little later working or planning upcoming projects.

I used to be a night owl and would spend late nights editing pictures; now I prefer doing this early in the morning, but depending on my week and schedule, I will edit in either the mornings or the evenings. That usually gets it out of my head and quiets the voice.

Never early enough. I tend to wake up really early in the morning am seems to be my spot , so I listen to a podcast or something to settle my brain and try to get back to sleep again. Usually not too long after dark or sometimes even before dark in summer when the days are so long. Usually between pm and midnight. I let my body be the guide.

Backstory: I was a night owl for the longest time. I went to bed sometime between midnight and am for most of my twenties. Lots of factors contributed to this: living in Europe American internet was on fire when I was trying to get to bed ; freelancing from home or coffee shops; and, honestly, having limited self control. I fix this by using pretty aggressive content blocks on my laptop. I use the Mac app Focus and set it up to block anything vaguely related to social media, entertainment, or news from pm until am and again at regular intervals during the day.

Ironic, huh? On that note, I charge anything with an LCD screen in my living room overnight. The only device I allow myself to have in my bedroom is my Kindle. Even with Focus and f. I have a no-tech-afterpm rule, which forces me to use the time before bed to read and journal instead of staring at Facebook. I wish I went to sleep earlier. I normally go to sleep around pm. I wish it were about pm.

I go to bed at pm sharp or at least that is always the goal. I stay away from anything that may interfere with that bedtime. For example, if I am at a conference and someone schedules a dinner for pm, I will usually politely decline and try to schedule something with that person at a different time during the day.

There are exceptions, of course. I might go out with friends. I might have a show. I like to read for a while before falling asleep. Typically, around am. There are always so many exciting things happening, so it can be difficult to go to sleep! By or pm. I just devoured Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert ; it was deliciously inspiring for the creative and consulting work I do! Typically between pm. I head to bed between pm occasionally later. However, I am looking into how I can start getting hours of sleep a night.

I may need to look into shorter versions of my morning in order to find the time. Any suggestions? I try to get to sleep between pm. So I strive for I typically never have an issue falling to sleep within fifteen minutes.

Instead, I usually start getting ready for bed around pm, am actually in bed by pm, read for a bit, and then turn off the lights between pm. This year, my goal is to turn the computer off at pm. I try to limit those late evenings to a couple times a week, but my continual goal is to shift those late evenings to the early mornings. I try to go to bed around pm, because I know that, no matter what, Chloe will always wake up around am.

I fight bedtime like a toddler. I try for pm. Everyone who wants to can get to bed and get up a little bit earlier. You can still be creative early in the day. There are just as many great authors, artists, and even architects that worked early in the morning Beethoven, Van Gogh, Hemingway, Maya Angelou, Frank Lloyd Wright, etc. Two authors who switched from a night owl schedule to writing in the morning are Toni Morrison and Neil Strauss. If Stephen King can get up and write horror novels in the morning he works from am to pm , then we can get up early and write every morning, too.

I was once told that tiredness comes in forty-five minute cycles. The first cycle is feeling tired followed by forty-five minutes of feeling awake. This cycle repeats until you are unable to stay awake.

I feel sheepish saying that it seems to be earlier and earlier. I try to brush my teeth with my kids around pm. Lights out is usually around pm. I would usually say I turn in around pm or midnight. I go to bed between 10 and pm most nights. If I go out and stay out late on a weekend, I still try to get up as early as possible and then take a nap later on that day to stay on routine.

I spend a lot of time traveling, so I never get to sleep at the same time each night. Instead, I focus on getting eight hours consistently. I remember in film school when I thought it was cool to stay awake until like am working on random projects.

I functioned on six hours of sleep for about five years. But I still feel just as energized! Usually between pm. Getting up at am requires an early bedtime. I like to get eight hours of sleep a night. Usually around am, but this can vary wildly as I travel to other time zones. European and Australian travel in particular can put me off schedule for days in a row. I usually go to sleep between pm. Typically, I go to bed around pm to midnight. In my ideal state, I would go to bed at pm and wake up at am to get 7.

Lately, I have been prioritizing my sleep in favor of my routine. In those cases, I will adjust my routine proportionally. I keep the components, but reduce the time. I go to bed between pm and midnight.

Usually I end up in bed around ish and am asleep by midnight. I actually have a thing on my internet that shuts down all non-essential websites between pm and am. I can still get to anything work related or that a client might need me to use, but it blocks time suck websites like Facebook, Reddit, YouTube, and things like that that might distract me from actually going to bed.

I go to bed at pm but I start winding down around pm, after dinner. Since I aim to wake up at am each day, I usually try to have the lights off no later than pm each night. This means I need to start winding down by pm. I usually fall asleep cuddled up with Barry on the sofa, while he struggles with The New York Times crossword puzzle. Just as I have my pre-dawn hours, Barry has his late-night hours. Sleep is the most important ingredient when it comes to our wellness. When I was working in tech, I liked to think I could get by with about five, sometimes six hours of sleep per night.

Now I aim for , and I do things like shut down my technology at pm, reach for a book instead of social media, and give my mind and body time to disconnect from a busy day.

I try to go to bed around pm, but sometimes I stay up writing until am. If I do, I just try to be forgiving. All the time, I forgive myself. Rigidity and self-punishment were always my motivators until I moved to Seattle.

Now I often think of myself as a little kid. If I overslept, would I yell at me? Tell me about it. I try to go to bed between pm and midnight, whenever I can. Anywhere between pm and am. I try to spend a few hours with him before I sleep.

I do my absolute best to wrap up all work stuff by pm. Between pm and pm I wind down by either reading a book, meditating, or taking a bath. I then spend a few minutes giving thanks for the day and setting an intention for the following day. Between pm and pm I am most likely in bed and asleep. It is important for me to get enough sleep, so I make sure I have at least hours before I have to get up.

Otherwise, the routine becomes unsustainable. I do find, however, that the earlier I go to bed say, pm the less sleep I need to feel amazing, vital, and rested. I like to read for about half an hour, then I set my alarm for the next day and fall asleep straight away. Usually close to midnight.

I found out during all-nighters in engineering school in college that my brain does not like intensive work past midnight. When the baby was waking up at am, I went to bed at pm sharp.

When he sleeps longer for a few days in a row, I let myself push that back to or pm. I generally try to steer clear of morning meetings because it allows me to sleep later if need be. I rarely sacrifice sleep. Despite my efforts to thrive on less sleep, my body seems to need hours a night. Between 9 and pm. Around half-past midnight. I used to stay up a lot longer but now I just try to be a normal person.

I try to get about seven hours of sleep a night, which it turns out is actually the ideal amount for most people. I really need a good eight hours sleep if I want to work well the next day, so I tend to go to bed around pm, lights off by pm. Exist tells me my average bedtime is pm.

I used to go to sleep later on weekends before I moved in with my partner and co-founder, Josh. All the pets sleep on my side of the bed, so I typically wake up times a night as they readjust and annoy each other. So getting as much sleep as possible is important. You never know when the cat is going to bite you out of nowhere and decide he wants your pillow.

I typically hit the bed at about pm, much past that and I am asking for trouble the next day. Ideally I would make it to bed by pm, but my wife is a night owl so I try to spend more time with her. I have a fantasy I can fall asleep at pm every night like clockwork and wake up at dawn, but it never works out like that. The art of getting up is the art of going to sleep. They work hand in hand. The end of the day is equally as important as the beginning of the day.

If you look at the likes of Ernest Hemingway, he would finish halfway through a sentence when he was writing at his best in the evenings, so that his flow and positive state of mind would continue into the next day. But every so often, I love catching a good sunrise after a long night of dancing with loved ones. Usually between and pm. On the odd occasion it could be later, but I generally try to get enough sleep. Usually around pm or midnight.

I used to be such a night owl — up until 2 or am every night, but I value sleep now more than ever. Getting enough sleep is the best productivity hack I know. I try to fall asleep by pm. It can—but rarely does—happen. I normally fall asleep close to midnight. Too late! I hate writing while the sun is still up. My partner is a teacher, which means her days are spent wrangling twenty-seven little five year olds.

She is often early to bed, so I usually stay up and read, but I tend to be asleep around midnight. That ranges from season to season. In wintertime, I go to bed at 12 to am because I work during the day. I generally go to sleep any time between pmam, which means I average about hours of sleep per night. I like getting ready for bed prepping everything starting at pm, and climbing into bed around pm.

I usually have a pretty hard time falling asleep, so I take melatonin. Lying in bed is when my brain decides to get ALL the ideas, so I usually keep a notebook close by and am sometimes jotting things down until 1 or am. Between pm and midnight if I can.

Early to bed, early to rise. I usually hit the hay around ten or eleven at night. Learning is most effective when the brain is in acquisition mode, generally between am to p. Night owls beware: think twice before pulling an all-nighter. The lowest learning valley occurs between a. The phrase "sleep on it" has persisted for a reason: we make worst decisions late at night and first thing in the morning.

Your cognitive powers are strongest once your brain has a chance to shake off sleep inertia. Save important decisions for when you feel most alert, generally within one to three hours after waking up. Ironically, research has found that people are at their least creative when it's demanded the most: at the heart of the workday, between a.

Breus suggests leaning into "moments of groggy greatness" when we're slightly tired and easily distracted. During these times, right and left brain communicate, which can trigger new and novel connections -- and spark innovative ideas. She thinks that high-profile businesspeople who follow up an early start with long hours in the office or a late-night presence on email have a damaging effect.

Famous CEOs and celebrities frequently brag about early rising - but is it really right for everyone? Credit: Getty Images. Experts say to experiment. And, hey, maybe that does mean waking up super early after all. Pay attention to when you feel most tired and most awake. When on holiday, make a note of the times you fall asleep and wake up naturally. This means that the team sits down at the very initial stages of a project and brings up their individual needs, schedules and preferences right out of the gate to the group — ideally, so that the group can adjust accordingly.

If team leaders are flexible, you could agree to have an early riser start checking email or working earlier, and then allow them to knock off earlier in the afternoon. That way, workers can enjoy the benefits of early rising, but avoid burnout. To comment on this story or anything else you have seen on BBC Capital, please head over to our Facebook page or message us on Twitter.

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