Midnight is only and hour later than DS recommends for going to bed at the latest. Maybe with all your efforts you could train yourself to go to bed 5 minutes earlier each night until you're at 11pm? And I personally see no reason why a person "has" to get up at a certain time, unless your schedule demands it. That would be 9 hours, which is the level I feel best at. I would not get up before 8 if I didn't have to when school starts back!