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Hello.
I have a regular job, starts at 9, ends at 7 or so. Waking up is a real pain in the ass, it's like I'm dying inside and my body refuses to move.
I sleep around 1am which is late but I can't sleep earlier because, I don't know, I'm not tired enough, I want to play SC2 a bit more or my girlfriend is at home.
Anyway; I feel like I can't keep on having such difficult mornings and I wonder if there are ways to train myself to be in good shape with 6/7 hours of sleep or if I HAVE TO sleep at 11pm (and quit gaming).
Quitting my job is, of course, not an option, neither my gf.
 
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having a job and a life is hard enough, gaming is a luxury, if you can't afford it, just drop it...
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a quick fix is getting some over-the counter sleep pills. Check out Unisom, at any walgreens. They take about an hour to make you tired, but they do work. Also, there is a time at around 11 pm during which it is important to start shutting down, physically. I know it sounds like hocus pocus, but human bodies are just made that way. If you stay up online past 11 pm, it will be alot harder to calm your body down from the stimulation.
Another idea, if you want to train yourself to be on a better sleep schedule, work out. Go to the gym a couple times a week, and it will do wonders. You'll be tired at a normal time, waking up regularly, and feel alot better overall.
These solutions are just surface fixes though, deeper solutions involve re-evaluating life priorities
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Work on your diet, less processed food, more quality veggies/fruit...don't include in your dinner much stuff that's hard to digest, either.
Run about 20 minutes in the morning. It'll give you energy for couple extra hours instead  .
Go to sleep only when you feel sleepy,but wake up at fixed time every day.
Here's a detailed article on this issue.
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On August 12 2010 21:33 SpartiK1S wrote:
These solutions are just surface fixes though, deeper solutions involve re-evaluating life priorities
Exactly, you have to realise that SC2 comes first. Do you really want a girl friend?
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You'll get used to it. Use the weekends to catch up on sleep.
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On August 12 2010 21:34 Soulforged wrote:Work on your diet, less processed food, more quality veggies/fruit...don't include in your dinner much stuff that's hard to digest, either. Run about 20 minutes in the morning. It'll give you energy for couple extra hours instead . Go to sleep only when you feel sleepy,but wake up at fixed time every day. Here's a detailed article on this issue.
Seems to me that's good advice. I do the running part and i feel really better in the morning.
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On August 12 2010 21:34 Soulforged wrote:Work on your diet, less processed food, more quality veggies/fruit...don't include in your dinner much stuff that's hard to digest, either. Run about 20 minutes in the morning. It'll give you energy for couple extra hours instead . Go to sleep only when you feel sleepy,but wake up at fixed time every day. Here's a detailed article on this issue.
Going to sleep when i'm sleepy never works for me. I'm always sleepy at the wrong times and I always need to watch like an hour of TV before I can sleep. Or atleast that's what I want to believe. I probably sleep better not watching any TV at all.
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What are you doing during the day (job) that wears your body down so much where 6-7 hours of sleep i'snt enough? Ive gone years on 4-5 hours a night, i just figured 6-7 was the norm and its roughly what I get now. But like someone else mentioned work on your diet, eat a lot of good food. I remember hearing somewhere that after a certain point your body substitutes food energy for sleep, so if you're well fueled you should feel like the sleep you're getting is enough.
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On August 12 2010 21:35 shawabawa wrote:
Do you really want a girl friend?
lol, that line will forever be applied to all things.
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You pretty much have to give something up for one or the other.
I work including getting ready and travel time 7a.m. - 6 p.m. I have a GF. That doesn't include groceries, laundry, cooking, friends. Add all of that up and you have barely any time to game.
Now if you having gaming friends, you can mix those with gaming and 'hanging out'. Cooking has pretty much turned out to be fast food.
Laundry gets the man sniff test and then worn again.
Now that you freed some time...the GF will sinkhole that.
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I had an internship for 10 weeks where I was in the office from 7am to 6.30pm. By the time I had dinner with friends and commuted home it would be around 8.30pm. I usually slept around 12.30 and got abt 5/6 hours of sleep a night. The first 2 weeks I was really exhausted and struggled every morning, but after a while my body got used to the routine... so yes it is possible. I do drink a lot of coffee though. And I'd say 7 hours of sleep is pretty luxurious haha.
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You are looking for a shortcut. There is none. You don't need to sleep longer, you need to sleep harder!
Since you stated quiting your job and your gf is no option, quit sc2. 1+1=2
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I always find myself wishing there were a few more hours in the day.
I guess one or the other has to go, either your girlfriend or starcraft 2.
The choice should be obvious 
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Eh, you get used to 6-7hr sleeps. I'd rather get an extra hour or two each weeknight and catch up on the weekends
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Wow, you work 10 hours / day? That's a lot (50h week?), here most people work 40h or less. If its an option, cut down on work. Do you need all the money you are making? Are you willing to sacrifice material stuff in order to get more free time? Or are you barely able to pay rent as it is?
Another option is cutting down on SC2. You don't have to quit SC2, I know people who have a job, a wife AND kids and still manage to make room for gaming, just not 4-6h / day. It shouldn't be too hard squeezing in 1-2 h / day, and there are always weekends. You can't have a job+life+sleep and still have the time to become a mega pro gamer, but you can easily get a couple of games per day.
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Hyrule19178 Posts
I do the same thing. I force myself off my computer at 11pm at the latest. I also sleep a lot more on weekends than I used to. But really, if you've got a job+girlfriend...gaming is a low priority.
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heres how i look at it, if i was actively playing to the point where i posted about my life and job but added gaming just to make myself feel like it wasnt gaming. Then I'd know it was gaming when a guy like wishbones wrote this response.
Side note: would you stay up late if it wasnt for games,(discluding sex).. then dont stay up late because of this man made life ruiner! (edit) or *sleep depriverer*
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Just man up and wear shades to cover the bags under your eyes like the rest of us. I'm sure most people on here have commitments like work/school/girls and still game.
tofucake is right 50 hours a week is a lot. In fact in the UK it can be illegal! If you shaved an hour off work each day you could get an hours kip after work and it would probably make things ok I know that's prob not gonna be possible but just saying.
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