I stopped setting an alarm 90% of my nights and ended up with 10h sleep (2-12) till I wake up by myself.
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
#32This 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 sleepi…
Actually, studies have shown that hunter-gatherer societies spent much less than 40h/week "working" and had more leisure time than we do. It's just recent history that's an anomaly...
Why is it important that studies have shown a particular result?
Re: Productive on six hours of sleep? You’re deluding yourself, expert says
#33Why not sleep 8 hours a day if needed (Personally, I'm even more useless on less than 7-8 hrs of sleep)?
I am sure you can reinvent the wheel and then some in what's left. People are productive when they are productive, you can come up with the idea to change the world in 60 mins...or never in your lifetime.
If Einstein had lived to 150 it's not a given that his contribution to the would would have 2X...
Re: Productive on six hours of sleep? You’re deluding yourself, expert says
#34By use of meditation and yoga I've found the opposite to be true. The system I've used is described somewhat here http://isha.sadhguru.org/blog/lifestyle/health-fitness/10-he... Edit: downvotes why?
I didn't down vote you,but just skimming through your article, #9 seems false.
Blood is not affected by magnetic fields, it seems to me. https://www.quora.com/Why-isnt-blood-attracted-to-a-magnet-s...
Re: Productive on six hours of sleep? You’re deluding yourself, expert says
#35I 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.
Anecdote is not data, but I have not set an alarm for many years - I sleep 5-6 hours (only 5 since I went vegan) and I wake up on my own, refreshed. Occasionally I’m tired, I take a nap. I don’t do coffee, I have unsweetened tea but don’t go nuts on caffeine, social drinking.
I don’t feel any need to ‘sleep in’ on weekends.
Yes, I work from home and own my own company, so I have the luxury of taking a nap in the middle of the day.
If I were to try to force myself to sleep 8 or 9 hours I feel worse; so I don’t do that anymore.
Re: Productive on six hours of sleep? You’re deluding yourself, expert says
#36I've slept roughly 9 hours every night my entire life. I can't imagine giving up good sleep for anything. Hell, going to bed is usually my favorite thing to do outside of hobbies.
Re: Productive on six hours of sleep? You’re deluding yourself, expert says
#37the 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?
I recommend a 'Sleep' app on your phone. I set it to 7am and it'll wake me up anywhere from 6:30-7, depending on my sleep cycle. Never felt drowsy on 6:30 days.
This works well for me (I use ‘sleep cycle’) but doesn’t solve my inability to actually get tired and go to bed at night.
Re: Productive on six hours of sleep? You’re deluding yourself, expert says
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Anecdote is not data, but I have not set an alarm for many years - I sleep 5-6 hours (only 5 since I went vegan) and I wake up on my own, refreshed. Occasionally I’m tired, I take a nap. I don’t do coffee, I have unsweetened tea but don’t go nuts on caffeine, social drinking. I don’t feel any need to ‘sleep in’ on weekends. Yes, I work from home and own my own company, so I have the luxury of taking a nap in the midd…
Good for you. When I was working from home I never used an alarm either and woke up every day around 7:30 no matter when I went to bed.
Re: Productive on six hours of sleep? You’re deluding yourself, expert says
#39This 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 sleepi…
Actually, studies have shown that hunter-gatherer societies spent much less than 40h/week "working" and had more leisure time than we do. It's just recent history that's an anomaly...
Not only that, but the 40h/week ignores commutes. For some people that's an additional 15h/week.
Also hunger-gatherers lived right beside the people they knew. They just had to step outside to meet up with friends to socialize.
Re: Productive on six hours of sleep? You’re deluding yourself, expert says
#40If you feel groggy in the morning or just not well–rested even after 7-8 hours sleep, get your sinuses & lungs checked. Could be sleep apnea, but in my case I felt congested all the time. What I thought was allergies was actually the linings of my sinuses inflamed to the point of closing off air passages. Unclear if the root cause in my case was acid-reflux into the sinus cavities or exposure to dust from ground zero…
I was just diagnosed with sleep apnea this week after it wreaked havoc on my personal and professional life for the last 6. I couldn't work, couldn't engage in anything. Now I'm pretty much terrified to go to sleep every night as I know I'm probably not going to get any rest and wake up zombified. I heard the surgery was a hit or miss. Would you recommend?