You have to realize that there is a difference between the psychological barrier (your mind tells you to get back to bed as quickly as possible) and a physiological barrier (your body just needs more sleep).
I managed to overcome the first barrier on a regular basis to hit the second one (and I hit it hard a couple of times ;-)
For example I worked on myself until I jumped out of bed nearly every day at 6 am sharp. I moved this time to 5 am and I could do it. The problem was that I was very very tired in the evening.
I could solve the problem with a nap in the evening (from 30 to 90 minutes depending on how I feel). I can get out of bed at 4:30 am without much of a problem now (with an average nap time of 60 minutes in the evening).
If anyone is interested I can write some more about my journey to the psychological barrier *g*
Volkmar
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