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Comment #3623

2013-01-02T14:09:28Z

I'm working on having the computer off by 9, though last night it was delayed by wanting to finish the above-mentioned graph.... I certainly see the value of getting the preparations done an hour early. For one thing, I identify with all the distractions you mention; for another, I do like to read in bed for a while.

Comment #3622

2013-01-02T14:00:25Z

You know me too well. I have an Excel spreadsheet that creates a graph.... Well, I guess I might has well have some fun with it.

I like your stocking idea, though I would have to supplement it with other reminders, as "out of sight, out of mind" is a big problem here.

Comment #3621

2013-01-02T13:49:13Z

The trick for an ontime bedtime for me is 1) turn off the computer EARLY and 2) get ready for bed 1 hour before your lights-out time. No, it doesn't take me that long to get ready for bed, but if you procrastinate a little, then you read a little, then you talk with your husband a little, you can still get to bed on time. Good luck!

Comment #3620

2013-01-02T12:42:38Z

Before our Christmas stockings get packed away, all four of us sit down and write a list of goals or resolutions. We put them in our stockings and will get them out next Christmas Eve. It is fun to get them out and see how we have done. Of course, there is a little bit of the "out of sight, out of mind" problem. Okay, maybe more than a little bit. Perhaps that speaks to not setting reasonable or realistic goals, or goals that you really want to achieve.

Anyway, we haven't done our lists yet, but I also choose three areas of focus: healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Measuring whether you got to sleep by 10 should be as easy as putting a check mark on the calendar the next morning. I don't know if your other goals will be that easy to measure. Knowing me, I would try to build some elaborate, all-encompassing goal-measurer which would quickly lead to failure.