Sleep in the darkest place possible. Use light-blocking curtains, put a pillow or towel over your head, or both.

I listen to hypnosis apps that I downloaded to my iphone, there are lots. I personally love the Andrew Marr ones, literally now put me into a really deep sleep without fail. I've also been a lot calmer during the day too since I started listening to them, I have been using them for about a year now. They are really cheap too, just make sure when your headphones are in, you place the wire above your head so you don't strangle yourself in your sleep, although that would definitely ensure a deep sleep....

Hypnosis apps are good. I listened to them for a while. I got better sleep. Later i moved on to a relaxation technique. it's quite simple. When i'm in bed i start relaxing from face (forehead,eyebrows, lips, etc) gradually to toes. i do this twice and then i'm left feeling like a log i focus on my breathing and never have i known when i fall alseep

I bought Tranquileyes Quartz Goggles, which completely block the light and aren't too uncomfortable to wear. Still, I suspect that our bodies are smarter than that. I, too, need to sleep earlier.

I had to get up 3 hours early today to take my grandkid to catch a bus for the state cross-country meet.

Like an idiot, I went back to bed and work up feeling HORRIBLE. For me, it works much better to just stay up and go to bed at my regular time the next night.

Now that I'm older, my ideal sleep duration has gone from 7-8 hours to 6-7 hours. For many years, I woke up many times each night but about 2 weeks into primal I started sleeping through the night and it's now very rare for me to wake up before morning.

I've said it before, I'll say it again. Sleepytime tea is amazing and has changed my life. My sleep is so restful now!! I feel a million times better during the day! I am trying to get 8 hours a night, but it's tricky. This tea helps me sleep better-- you can buy it at basically any grocery store, Celestial Seasonings is the brand.

Fall asleep meditating on your breath, the longer you have dreamless sleep the deeper rest you'll get, if you dream most of the night you won't feel very rested when you wake up (or when your forced to wake up) i find deep breathing while trying to fall asleep helps me fall into a deep sleep, i can go 5-7 hours sleep & feel fully rested if i get deep sleep, if im dreaming a lot it's more like 9-10 hours, if well into a fast a few hours sleep is enough

I work til 6pm everyday, theres no way im going to bed at 9/10pm & only having 3/4 hours of non-work playtime, that ain't living