Acknowledge it is late . For most of the people who go to bed late it is mostly a problem of mentality. You look at the clock and think "2:00 AM?". Oh, no problem, I've still got plenty of time". No, you don't. When you make it a habit to go to bed way past midnight, your idea of late becomes an increasingly later hour. So, the next time you look at the clock and see it's past 11:30 PM (or any time you'd consider 'early'), abandon everything you were doing at that time and start hurrying to go to bed. The first step in starting to go to bed early is redefining your idea of 'early' and 'late'. 2 Give yourself reasons for getting to bed earlier . One good incentive is recalling a time (or several) when your lateness in getting to bed had disastrous results: you overslept, didn't get enough sleep, became sick, etc. Also, if you're a habitual late-nighter (e.g. college student), this will give you a chance to see that rarest of natural phenomena: a sunrise! Staying up through the night to see the sunrise does not count! 3 Determine what time you need to wake up . "Well, most of the time I wake-up at 7:00 AM, but sometimes I wake-up at 6:00 AM to do homework" isn't a good answer. If you planned on waking up at 6:00 then you would think that going to bed an hour earlier would make up for