I've heard several people say that they are having more vivid and stranger dreams since quarantine started. I wonder how broadly this is occurring.
I am having more vivid dreams, also finding it easier to remember them next morning
The coronavirus pandemic has changed our sleep
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Re: The coronavirus pandemic has changed our sleep
#22It's important when doing these kinds of analyses to consider the effects of DST. The first graph in the article depicts April 2, 2019 sleep times vs April 7, 2020. But April 2 was just a day after the time change (Dec 31 2019), while the 2020 week was eight days after (Dec 29 2020). How people adjust to the time change, given the ability to sleep in, is a very interesting topic. But it is different than a descriptio…
Yeah, I came here to say exactly this. I would guess that most people's schedules are based on wall clock times and DST doesn't matter, but I'm not really sure.
The author doesn't owe me anything, obviously, but I wish he had included a graph or two showing the normal variance (if any) over the same timeframe in a non-epidemic year. Then I'd have a bit more faith in his conclusions.
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#23Anecdotally, I can tell you that I am definitely getting up later. Between not having to be get my daughter to school by 7:20 and then a 45 minute drive to the office. I can roll out of bed about 7:45 and still be at my desk by 8ish. Honestly, work from home has been such a quantum leap in my quality of life. The fact that I am not spending 1.5 hours in the car every day has given me a surprising amount of time and e…
I've actually had the opposite experience: I am waking up earlier, without an alarm clock. I'm not sure I have a good explanation for why, but overall I guess I just feel more rested and have been able to maintain more consistency in my schedule. Less socializing on weekends (which means no late nights) helps too (although I do miss some of it)
As an aside, I've always said I'll know I've made it when I no longer have to wake up to an alarm clock. This is not the scenario I quite had in mind, but I'll take it.
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#24Since the pandemic I started getting up around 6 am without an alarm clock. I never did that before. A big part of that is I go to bed earlier, as there is nothing worth staying up late for. I've found I can focus so much more if I get up early and have been super productive these past few months. I am going to keep doing this when the pandemic is over.
> Since the pandemic I started getting up around 6 am without an alarm clock. I never did that before. A big part of that is I go to bed earlier, as there is nothing worth staying up late for.
I was the same way until daylight hours started getting longer and I found a good page turner. Before that I was out by 9:30 or 10 and up with the sunrise.
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#25It has definitely changed the sleep habits of my family. However, I've been working and in the office as usual the entire time and my sleep habits have not changed at all. My kids have no reason to get up early and really not much to do in summer. My wife has been mostly off of work, so she maps to what the kids are doing. The biggest struggle for me is having everyone stay up late - I previously had some quiet/alone…
> My wife has been mostly off of work, so she maps to what the kids are doing. The biggest struggle for me is having everyone stay up late - I previously had some quiet/alone time in the last hour or so of the day, now I'm going to bed first on many nights.
Same struggle here. My desk is also in the master bedroom, so any early morning calls I have tend to wake up whomever is in the room (which usually includes at least one kid that woke up during the night and migrated in). My other half handles it well enough (as I worked from home frequently prior to the pandemic), but when it wakes up a kid that ended up in our bedroom after staying up way later than they should have, it leads to a really cranky household for the whole day.
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#26Anecdotally, I can tell you that I am definitely getting up later. Between not having to be get my daughter to school by 7:20 and then a 45 minute drive to the office. I can roll out of bed about 7:45 and still be at my desk by 8ish. Honestly, work from home has been such a quantum leap in my quality of life. The fact that I am not spending 1.5 hours in the car every day has given me a surprising amount of time and e…
Wow. My experience is so different.
I wake up somewhat earlier than normal, though I'm groggy and take hours to fully wake up once out of bed. My productivity is completely shot. My wife, daughter and I spend the day grouchy and stressed out. I worry about my job and my sanity. After work, I find no joy in my hobbies -- I'm worried about how little I accomplished, and start dreading the next day.
I don't miss commuting, the one thing I find in common with your post.
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#27Anecdotally, I can tell you that I am definitely getting up later. Between not having to be get my daughter to school by 7:20 and then a 45 minute drive to the office. I can roll out of bed about 7:45 and still be at my desk by 8ish. Honestly, work from home has been such a quantum leap in my quality of life. The fact that I am not spending 1.5 hours in the car every day has given me a surprising amount of time and e…
I have a pair of six-year-olds at home. I'm waking up later because I can, but I'm also missing out on the 45 minute "L" ride to and from work which was prime reading time for me, plus having that built-in walk at each end of the ride for exercise. I actually feel like I have less free time now than I did before.
Exactly. The time gained by not commuting is spent (and worse) on stressing out and watching my 1-year old while trying to accomplish something job-related at the same time.
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#28I am not surprise about the findings that people are sleeping later and longer. The lack of stimuli from going to work, engaging face to face with colleagues, and coming home feels a like remote working induced fog. This feeling reminds me of the Mars500 study where astronauts simulates the trip to Mars and stays in a capsule for 520 days. The study finds that as repetitive routine sets in, the crew's mood worsened,…
It could also be that people who are working from home are more able to fall into their body's natural/preferred sleep pattern.
Re: The coronavirus pandemic has changed our sleep
#29Anecdotally, I can tell you that I am definitely getting up later. Between not having to be get my daughter to school by 7:20 and then a 45 minute drive to the office. I can roll out of bed about 7:45 and still be at my desk by 8ish. Honestly, work from home has been such a quantum leap in my quality of life. The fact that I am not spending 1.5 hours in the car every day has given me a surprising amount of time and e…
Today, for the first time, I went back to the office. It was horrible. I had to get up earlier. I had to shower before my first meeting. Get entirely dressed. Walk to the subway. Walk, walk, walk. Just to sit at a desk in an office with my laptop carried from home. What a waste of time and energy! PS: yes, it was nice to see some colleagues but I don’t wanna do it more than once a week. Max!
The walking part is healthy through.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Today, for the first time, I went back to the office. It was horrible. I had to get up earlier. I had to shower before my first meeting. Get entirely dressed. Walk to the subway. Walk, walk, walk. Just to sit at a desk in an office with my laptop carried from home. What a waste of time and energy! PS: yes, it was nice to see some colleagues but I don’t wanna do it more than once a week. Max!
The walking part is healthy through.
Absolutely! My smartwatch was quite happy today. I just wasn’t used to it anymore I guess :D