And how does that impact your productivity?
Ask HN: How much do you sleep?
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Re: Ask HN: How much do you sleep?
#2I sleep at least for 7 Hours. Whenever I sleep less or when I don't get quality sleep, it's very difficult to focus.
Re: Ask HN: How much do you sleep?
#36.5 to 7 hours. Staying longer in bed makes me feel worse than getting less sleep so I'm usually pretty sharp at getting up.
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#4Pretty much always between 7 to 8 hours, if less then it becomes super difficult on second part of the, if too long then strangely it's harder in the first part of the day. Might be related to sleep cycles from which i wake up.
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#57 to 8 hours during the work week, 9 if possible on the weekend. A couple of nights of 6 do not have a good effect, one night of less than 6 hurts.
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#6Used to sleep for 8 hours, now its down to 7. Less sleep definitely affects productivity, but i can stretch couple of days with very less sleep (Are you are feeling low productivity, and blaming lack of sleep? There is a chance it could be something else as well.. pls seek help if needed.
Re: Ask HN: How much do you sleep?
#7Less and 7 hours kills my productivity. It's can be a real problem, and I know that a lot of people on here use Modafinil to deal with it.
Re: Ask HN: How much do you sleep?
#86 to 7 hours during the week, on weekends mostly 7..8, rarely up to 10 hours. In my teens and twenties I had a hard time getting up early, but this gets better with age ;)
PS: productivity is only affected if I only get 3..4 hrs sleep for 2 or 3 days. I'm basically useless then. The more important decision was to get up early and not working late, this reduced 'latent burnout' symptoms dramatically.
Re: Ask HN: How much do you sleep?
#9Around 8.5 hours (lights off to alarm ringing).
Productivity is a bit complex to relate in a direct way (I can be "productive" also with less sleep), but I know for sure that this is the amount I need to be 100% of my potential.
Interestingly, I estimate that doing sports (which I do heavily) accounts for 30 to 60 minutes of my sleep - in other words, if I didn't do sports, I could sleep such amount less and be equally "productive", although obviously, my body would slowly decay.
Re: Ask HN: How much do you sleep?
#10Many activity trackers will provide stats about how much you sleep, and how you compare with the rest of the population. I appreciate your question is about HN readers rather than fitness nerds, but there might be an overlap.