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==Choosing a schedule==
==Choosing a schedule==
First, read through the [[Scheduling overview]] page, and then pick a schedule that you can fit in to your work/study schedule and read more on the schedule page.
First, read through the [[Scheduling overview]] page, and then pick a schedule that you can fit in to your work/study schedule and read more on the schedule page. Be sure to fully consider things such as scheduling [[consistency]] and [[dark period]]. Also, make sure you have enough time to stay adapted after the potentially grueling adaptation; according to community experience, at least one month is needed to adapt to most schedules.
== Preparation ==
Before starting the adaptation, there are several things you should do to minimise the difficulty.
* Recover from sleep debt. Going into adaptation with pre-existing sleep debt lengthens the most difficult part of it ([[4-Stages Adaptation Model#Stage 3|Stage 3]]).
* Quit drugs, including alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis. Any of these drugs will greatly reduce the quality of your sleep, potentially making your adaptation impossible. Caffeine also has a strong negative effect on most schedules, and it is best to limit consumption to an insignificant amount.
* Get used to wake up from alarms immediately. A snoozing habit is an easy way to oversleep and ruin your adaptation.
