The Serenity of a 5pm Bedtime
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The Serenity of a 5pm Bedtime
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#2At work I'm known for having a weird sleep schedule (usually 18:00-02:00, though circumstance can push that out occasionally). I've similarly found that my days tend to be more relaxing and more productive since adopting this schedule. I suspect that the value of this schedule is inversely proportionate to the number of those who adopt it.
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#3That would throw me into deep depression from loneliness since my social activities outside work are in the evenings (since that is when other people do that kind of thing).
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#4That would throw me into deep depression from loneliness since my social activities outside work are in the evenings (since that is when other people do that kind of thing).
Yeah, whilst he mentions work and school, there's nowhere to just be social with people in that schedule. What do you do if you want to go to the cinema or the theatre, or just the pub?
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#5I've also been doing this for the past few months. Only difference is I have to get 10-12 hours for some reason. So it turns out to be either 12pm-12am, 3pm-3am or 5pm-5am. All of which are great.
I think the greatest merit of doing this is not being tired when you start your day. When you wake up at 8am and go to class or work at 9am, your brain just hasn't had enough time to wake up. I've failed many exams for this reason. Now when I take my exam, I've already been up 8 hours and I even get all that extra time to study.
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#6Quite coincidentally - I've just come back from the butchers, who shared with me his opinion that 3am was the optimal time to wake up and 'get stuff done before people start getting in the way'.
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#7There is a serious disconnect if you suggest that there is very little distracting content being generated and at the same time note that your day starts at the same time as your coworkers in the UK.
But then again the whole thing suggests total isolation from anything other then work and study, with the alternative rhythm just being a way of making that easier.
This is a story about someone socially isolating themselves, the 5pm bedtime thing might just as well be "living on the north pole".
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#8isn't it lonely? i tried similar schedule, even though not intentionally few years ago, and i find it hard to find time to catch up with friends,
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#9There is a serious disconnect if you suggest that there is very little distracting content being generated and at the same time note that your day starts at the same time as your coworkers in the UK. But then again the whole thing suggests total isolation from anything other then work and study, with the alternative rhythm just being a way of making that easier. This is a story about someone socially isolating themse…
With school and two part-times, I had not much purely social time reserved during weekdays, sleep schedule aside.
The experimental sleep schedule is temporary until I finish school. But given the fickle nature of sleep schedules, this will not likely last that long regardless. But for now, I don't mind it!
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#10I've also been doing this for the past few months. Only difference is I have to get 10-12 hours for some reason. So it turns out to be either 12pm-12am, 3pm-3am or 5pm-5am. All of which are great. I think the greatest merit of doing this is not being tired when you start your day. When you wake up at 8am and go to class or work at 9am, your brain just hasn't had enough time to wake up. I've failed many exams for this…
This is true! It also helps the work(/school?)day go by much quicker, since the first half isn't dragging due to grogginess and the second half isn't suffering from the poor mood the dragging first half generated.