Waking up at the same time every day is as important, if not more important, than the quantity slept (up to a point).
For example, if I go to bed 1-2 hours later than usual, I will still choose to wake up at the same time the next day to maintain my normal circadian rhythm. But if I stay up 3+ hours later than usual, then sleeping in makes me feel better.
I’d do some research online to confirm this for yourself, as well :)
Honestly, I’d just suggest moving your sleeping schedule forwards/backwards in ~30 minute chunks until you find something more restful and then do binary search. Just takes a few days.
Also, you may want to get blood work done and get a Whoop sleep tracker to gather some data bearing on what’s stopping you from sleeping well.
If I consider getting off the bed in the morning, but I feel tired, is there an easy way to figure out whether I have slept too little or too much?
Taking a nap when I return home from work is like magic: it resets my brain so that the evening feels like getting an extra piece of weekend.
Waking up at the same time every day is as important, if not more important, than the quantity slept (up to a point).
For example, if I go to bed 1-2 hours later than usual, I will still choose to wake up at the same time the next day to maintain my normal circadian rhythm. But if I stay up 3+ hours later than usual, then sleeping in makes me feel better.
I’d do some research online to confirm this for yourself, as well :)
Honestly, I’d just suggest moving your sleeping schedule forwards/backwards in ~30 minute chunks until you find something more restful and then do binary search. Just takes a few days.
Also, you may want to get blood work done and get a Whoop sleep tracker to gather some data bearing on what’s stopping you from sleeping well.