If you consume a lot of caffeine, refrain from drinking it within 4-8 hours before bed, limit your caffeine consumption, or both. Caffeine has a half life of 4-5 hours and the average cup of coffee has around 120 mg on average. I’ve found that water - specifically some cold ice water - helps me sleep at night when I drink it during the evening and night. FYI, root beer is a caffeine free drink, do as you please with this information. I still recommend water, hydration can make a big difference.
 
You ideally want to refrain from using your phone or computer an hour before going to bed, both because of blue light which interferes with human sleep patterns (supposedly the brain associates it with sunlight), and because using it can distract you from going to sleep. Most people can get by on 6 or 7 hours, though some need more and others can get by on less, everyone has different sleep needs. I like to sleep with a fan at the foot of my bed and sketch during the hour of unplugging. For waking up, I find that putting an alarm clock across the room is useful, it’s set up so that you have to physically get up to turn it off rather than hitting snooze and slinking back to sleep. I take that opportunity to get a drink of milk, rehydrate, get the metabolism going, etc.
 
Also if you find that coffee is leaving you feeling drowsy later in the day, try black tea or yarba mate tea instead. Both still have caffeine but have an amino acid that helps mute the excessive stimulating effects of caffeine, meaning you don’t have the caffeine crash associated with coffee (usually, your mileage may vary). Teas of all kind have less caffeine than coffee but the amount of caffeine in teas are directly connected to how hot you brew it and how long you let the teabag/leaves seep; caffeine is higher in tea that’s brewed hotter and seeped for longer. You can use more bags/leaves to increase this too, though it’s not going to be a direct 1:1 ratio. Remember that coffee and tea - contrary to popular belief - contributes to your water consumption and does hydrate you.
 
Other things can affect sleep. Temperature of the room, the softness or firmness and age of your mattress, pillows, or blanket, anxiety and stress are big ones. Destressing through meditation or relaxing before bed can make a huge difference. White Noise can be useful sometimes, I like to sleep with an eye mask and listening to calming music or sounds. To anyone who is reading this and has sleep issues, try to experiment, research, try not to rely on drugs (medicated or otherwise), try not to eat within 4 hours of bedtime if you suffer acid reflux like I do, seek professional help if you need to.
 
EDIT: Also, three words: Noise canceling headphones.

early to rise  
early to bed  
you’ll always be tired  
until you are dead

It’s all so tiresome.

Meanwhile after 3 - 5 hours of sleep, a highly distressed bee or fly woke me up at 4 - 5 AM, and I didn’t feel tired. A few more hours of sleep, and good luck pushing me out of bed.

Sounds about right.

And I’m here sleeping at 1:00am minimum and waking up at 6:00am
 
_{This is fine}

@Antonyourknee
 
Same…

@Havock  
Underrated post.

#relatable

Unervingly relatable… >_<

TOO REAL

you and the boys found the beans, huh?

Every. Single. Fuckin’. Time.

I can’t remember the last time I was asleep before 2:00am