I've definitely struggled with my sleep habits for many years.

I've always been a night owl. Midnight is my usual bedtime, sometimes 1 or 2am. I get up at 8am to get the kids off to school and start work at 9am. Working from home helps a lot. When everything goes well I feel great.

Technically if I count the hours I'm laying it bed you could say I get 8 hours sleep most nights. In reality, it's probably more like 5 or 6 hours once you count the time it takes to actually fall asleep. I feel pretty good most of the time but if something ruins the routine I end up crashing hard.

I've tried going to bed earlier, but I end up just laying there doing nothing. I know if I kept this up my body would probably get used to it eventually but so far I haven't found anything that works. It is what it is.