I'm still working through Looman's book.

I think the answer is less about getting fewer hours of sleep and more about using the time I have better - for some definition of "better"

Hmm. Maybe there is a book on this.

I wonder if training is possible or if it is worth what it would take. Enduring the cat for a whole hour pretending sleep and feeding at 4 -- Would he change? How long would it take? Or would it never change if there some unchangeable signal for the 3 o'clock need for food?

I love the early mornings before the sun is up.

I go to bed around 9 already.

It's the damn cat, waking me at 3 for breakfast. I feed him then lay back down.

It's going back to bed again that's the problem.

I need to convince the cat that 4am is soon enough for his breakfast because 4am is late enough for me to say "enough" for the night.

Is going to bed earlier possible? I get my morning by going to bed at 9pm.

I feel the same way. I have always loved the very early morning hours (when I have had enough sleep the night before!) - I always felt I had lived a whole day of delight in that time, and the rest of the day was for the mundane chores of living.

Or if I was very fortunate, more delight.