tl;dr Be honest about what’s working. Change what isn’t. Stop holding on to the idea of who you used to be (or who you’re supposed to be).
I set a 5 a.m. alarm for years. I haven’t actually woken up at 5 a.m. since Madeline was born.
I know because I write it down. I keep a daily journal in Roam, and going through it, the same note is sitting there on page after page:
Tried for 5:00, snoozed. Up at 6:30.
Tried for 5:00, snoozed. Go to bed earlier.
Went to bed at 10 pm. Still snoozed.
I’ve tried to work the problem. I tried solving it with more alarms: a sunlight alarm, my Nintendo Alarmo, and my phone.