Quote Originally Posted by NewArtemis View Post
I'm hesitant to try WBTB because once I'm up, I'm up, no matter how early or how tired I am. I'd be interested in experimenting more when Christmas break rolls around.
I completely understand this. I used to be exactly this way and it drove my wife nuts. "Why can't you go back to sleep?" she would tell me. "Just close your eyeballs!" But it never seemed like I could, so I really resisted WBTB at first when I started trying to LD.

In the end, though, WBTB has been far and away the most productive helper technique I've used. The great majority of my LDs come through some form of WBTB so I'd have missed out on a lot if I hadn't started using it.

What helped me was learning to quiet my mind both in general and before bed in particular. I simply don't bring concerns to bed with me anymore and I never think about what I have to do the next day until after I've showered in the morning. By making bed and bedtime a firewall between the concerns of the day and the concerns of tomorrow, I found myself much more able to slip back into sleep.

Also, I admit that having a couple of small kids got me more used to grabbing sleep any way I could get it. LOL.

Quote Originally Posted by NewArtemis View Post
Going to add DEILD to my methods, similar but not as disruptive from what I understand (correct me if I'm wrong). I'll try that during the day with naps, and maybe some on the weekend. I just don't want to disturb my mate
What concerns do you have about disturbing your mate? Are you worried about alarms and stuff? I actually don't use any alarms and eventually just trained myself to get up during natural awakenings. You can enhance this with a drink of pre-bed pee water or apple juice, too.

I believe that Xanous uses a vibration alarm on his phone and sticks it under his pillow.