I'm extremely productive on 4.5 hours, but using a biphasic sleep pattern. 3 hours at night, 1.5 hours in a daytime nap.
How long have you been sleeping like that?
Productive on six hours of sleep? You’re deluding yourself, expert says
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Re: Productive on six hours of sleep? You’re deluding yourself, expert says
#12the article states 7 hours is the minimum, but I seem to need a lot more. they state, if you can sleep after the alarm clock goes off, then you should sleep more. So, what if you get 8.5 hours of sleep but you still could sleep, after the alarm clock goes off? there should be some upper limit, maybe 9?
Unless there is extend of stress or body injury that needs sleep to continue the recovering process, or other medical situation occurs, a healthy body does NOT require more sleep than 6-7 hours, because it is not about sleep's length but the quality of REM sessions of your sleep. If you happen to to push your sleep over 8.5 hour, you are entering into another REM session (that you don't need) that's why when you wake up in the middle of from it, you feel very tired. But try to wake up precise 6.5 hour after you fell asleep and you will feel very refreshed (given you had interrupted good night sleep)
Re: Productive on six hours of sleep? You’re deluding yourself, expert says
#13> the Foundation suggests anywhere from six hours to 11 hours of sleep per night for individuals between the ages of 18 and 25 may be suitable, or six hours to 10 hours for those between the ages of 26 and 64. A four to five hour deviation is quite significant. That's a difference of 80% between the most amount of sleep needed and the least. > "I suppose the rule of thumb in adults is about seven to eight hours, but…
Scientific sources?
> Prescribing one amount of sleep for every kind of person seems very obviously wrong.
That's, AFAIK, not.
Re: Productive on six hours of sleep? You’re deluding yourself, expert says
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#15Sleep need is variable, work is variable, motivation is variable. It's more likely that sleep is a spectrum, hence the 8.34% variance in required minimum sleep for adults, or how general quality of health affects ability to maintain sleep. It's even possible that sleep has nothing to do with our health and productivity other than being an indicator of it, and not necessarily a cause for it. Thanks, pseudo-scientific studies.
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#17This is one of the reasons I hate the eight-hour work day. Between that and all of the other shit you have to do in a day (commute, chores, eating, exercise etc.), it seems like there's little to no opportunity to just have a life. I know it sounds like first world problems (people used to work 100 hour weeks), but I think our culture needs to change before we can really put the onus on people to improve their sleeping habits. I'd love to get 7-9 hours of sleep, but I just don't have the time.
Re: Productive on six hours of sleep? You’re deluding yourself, expert says
#18> the Foundation suggests anywhere from six hours to 11 hours of sleep per night for individuals between the ages of 18 and 25 may be suitable, or six hours to 10 hours for those between the ages of 26 and 64. A four to five hour deviation is quite significant. That's a difference of 80% between the most amount of sleep needed and the least. > "I suppose the rule of thumb in adults is about seven to eight hours, but…
Scientific sources? > Prescribing one amount of sleep for every kind of person seems very obviously wrong. That's, AFAIK, not.
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Re: Productive on six hours of sleep? You’re deluding yourself, expert says
#19I don't you can generalize things like this. I am sure there are people who can get by on 6 hours or less naturally. But the problem starts when people who need more try force themselves to sleep less. I have done a lot experimentation with this and had to accept that the only sustainable way for me is to sleep around 8 hours every night. It would be cool if I could make do with 4 but it's just not in me.
The point is that people who claim to function on six are unable to correctly judge their capabilities and are most likely wrong about that claim.
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#20I feel like when I get 8-9 I am much more productive and have a much better mood. Seven for me is sort of the point where I can go throughout the day but I will be distracted. Six or less is really bad for me.
I really notice when I get less sleep I make a bunch more comments on HN / reddit or use Twitter much more.