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George Johnson • Edited

Routine, routine, routine. Don't mess with it once you have a good one worked out. I tend to go to bed around 9pm, get up around 4am. Always go out for a 1hr walk as soon as I get up when it's still dark, time to get my brain warmed up, no music, just walking and thinking about this and that, good time to work out problems. My work day is around 7am to 4pm, I try for 1hr lunch but often miss it.

Watch the chemicals! I used to be on about 14 cups of dark roast coffee a day, I found I was sleeping really badly and getting pains in my bladder and kidneys!! Some nights I would get about 2 hours sleep I was so wired, then I'd crash every 3-4 days. So I completely cut coffee and switched to plain tea, no sugar or sweeteners, down to 7-8 cups a day max. I sleep like a log now.