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I spend all my time online and don't always keep normal hours. I sleep far better than I used to.

I'm healthier than I used to be and I live a spartan life. To accommodate my health issues, I have no carpeting, no upholstered furniture, no books or magazines in the house, etc.

These articles consistently vilify modern tech and the kind of light it emits. They seem to never, ever, ever mention modern North American Affluenza as in any way pertinent to the problem space.

I think they are overlooking a very important detail.

I'm sure there are others. That's not everything. But I think it's a large factor that is largely overlooked.

> Since the way to achieve a good night’s sleep was by no means self-evident. . .

It couldn't be more self-evident: stop doing things and go to bed with enough time to sleep your amount. Anyone can do it any evening.

The challenge isn't how to sleep but how to prioritize your life to avoid distraction from encroaching in that time. That's a matter of examining your life, figuring out your values, and learning to act on them.

If you prioritize other things and sleep less, fine, you prioritize other things and sleep less, but don't say the way to a good night's sleep is hard if you chose not to turn off your computer.

Some of us wasted years lying awake in bed trying to do just that, with abysmal results. My sleep became sort-of-normal with early morning D3 supplementation and significant protein supplementation. YMMV.

Gary Taubes in some interview gave the example (from memory) "The simple, self evident way to make a restaurant popular, is to get people to eat there". And it's true!

I get about 6.5 hours on average, and I'm pretty tired feeling usually.
I'm basically a zombie the next day if I don't get eight hours. I can function but my productivity and concentration go way down. I've found that discipline is the only way to deal with it: I force myself to go to bed even if there's something I'd rather be doing.
My average recently seems to be around 4. Last friday I got 2 and on the weekends I can sleep 12+. I'm really considering seeing a doctor just in case, because I've started resorting to very bad sleep aids and on some occasions there have been times where I am prevented from passing out in-office because i dropped my phone while nodding off. Im also pretty much unable to concentrate worth shit anymore. I'm willing to accept that its probably lifestyle issues, but idk. The times I seem to be "naturally" tired and awake seem a bit strange.
I don't know how you cope. Less than 8, even just in one night, and my work is already affected.
That doesn't seem like enough, do you use an alarm clock?