Go to bed earlier! 19 April 2022 at 11:02PM in Old style MoneySaving 20 replies 6.2K views

Itsnotgone

Nearly everyone could do with more sleep I go to bed an hour earlier and save around 30 hours of electric and gas a month!

elsien

If I go to bed earlier I save very little because my heating is on low by then anyway, I make a cuppa to take to bed with me and I read in bed so the light is still on. 

LameWolf

Unfortunately, if I go to bed earlier, I just have longer lying there staring at the ceiling and wondering how long til it's time to get up.

TheAble

Maybe we could just stay under the covers the whole day and save even more!

Pollycat

Itsnotgone said:

Nearly everyone could do with more sleep I go to bed an hour earlier and save around 30 hours of electric and gas a month!

Too much sleep can be as bad as too little sleep.

Siebrie

Going to bed earlier prevents late-night snacking

OrkneyStar

This is a personal choice topic really. I sit under bed covers to do my German lessons, to knit, to do all sorts of other random things, and it does keep me warm. Others may end up sleeping when they shouldn't (falling asleep due to being in bed) or feeling sluggish. I tend to walk a lot during the day, so that keeps me warm, I wear layers too, different things work for different people!

London_1

I usually go between 9-10 depending if theres anything worth watching on tv or not, but I read until 11.30-12 anyway and I'm always up by 6.30 in the morning.I somethimes just lie and listen to LBC radio on my Alexa if I don't feel like reading.

Shropshirelass

I agree this is a really good idea, especially now we have light mornings. Go to bed earlier and get up earlier, even only half an hour. In winter we have the heating come on at 7.30am, so don't want to get up earlier and be cold, switch lights on etc. With warmer and brighter mornings it is very pleasant to get up earlier, potter around and enjoy the quiet. 

littlemoney

In winter I lie in bed till at 9 am to save on heating, sometimes later if I have nowhere to go. I try to time my getting up so I can get up and out the house without putting the heating on,  often eating breakfast with my coat on.

ZolaBuddy

I only need about 4-5 hours sleep of a nighttime. Any more than that and I end up with headaches and feel irritable. So if I went to bed at 9 I would have to read or watch TV for a couple of hours before feeling sleepy. And then by 5 I'll be up like a lark.

And now that we are having lighter mornings/evenings I find it even more difficult to go to bed when its still light outside.

Just one of those things I guess.