The more sleep problems I encounter, the more I realize that the most important thing is a consistent alarm that works. Each and every day same time over and over again. The one you'll only be able to disable if you're fully awake; and the one you won't be able to fall asleep to. I'm not saying this is the best way to sleep. This is the best way not to fuck up the whole rhythm too much. It's a safe guard. One more realization that I have is a formula which calculates the time till which we'll stay awake no matter what. It's waking time plus 16 hours give or take. Why 16? Well, the day is 24 hours minus 8 for healthy sleep is 16. Waking Time + 16 Hours = Awake Till X O'Clock So for example, if you woke up at noon, good luck trying to fall asleep before 04:00 in the morning. And what happens next? So in the best case, you'll fall asleep at 4, sleep for 8 hours. Wake up at noon again. Well, this is a best case scenario. You'll most likely regress, fall asleep at 04:30 or 05:00, wake up at 12:30 or 13:00. And so on. It will snowball.