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People who sleep 9+ hours a day--is this continuous sleep? I find it really hard to sleep for more than 7 hours without waking up and then forcing myself back to sleep.
They're probably unnecessary for most nights sleep, but they eliminate that odd night here and there where your sleep is ruined by some party across the hall.
People who sleep 9+ hours a day--is this continuous sleep? I find it really hard to sleep for more than 7 hours without waking up and then forcing myself back to sleep.
A more interesting poll would accept a vector rather than scalar value. For me, over the last week, my sleep cycle: Sunday: 3 hours of sleep at night, 1 hour nap in the day Monday: 3 hours of sleep at night, 1 hour nap in the day Tuesday: 3 hours of sleep at night, 2 different 1 hour naps in the day Wednesday: 4 hours of sleep at night, 1 hour nap in the day Thursday: 5 hours of sleep at night, 1 hour nap in the day…
My work and mood just turn to garbage - especially mid afternoon. All my life, I could tell you within 10 minutes if it's about 3:30pm. I just crash like no other.
Turns out, there's a gene involved for some of those people: BHLHE41 (variant p.Tyr362His)[1,2]
1) http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-discover-why-thrive-less-sl...
2) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25083013
Can't wait to be able to turn that guy down.
For me, here's what's working best for me:
* 5:30am wakeup, hit the gym ASAP. I'm a morning person so this is great.
* 7:00am - Home, shower, breakfast, check social media, and do some basic mindless nightly report kind of stuff for our site.
* 8am - Take stimulants and nootropics (right now on ~225mg caffeine, CDP choline, and piracetam), get the hardcore work done. Between 8 and 12 are my finest hours.
* Noon - Starting to come down. Take a couple adaptogenic herbs (right now on Rhodiola and Ashwagandha). That gets me a couple more solid hours.
* 3:30pm - Doom and gloom. Take a nap, preferably 20-30 minutes. If not, it turns into a 90 minute nap and I'm screwed up for sleep. Optional extra stimulants around this time, but even with them, I'll still be sleepy.
* 6pm - Brain turns back on, get some writing / email done (I like doing emails at this time because you're less likely to get into back-and-forth conversations that suck your time up). Watch some TV.
* 10:30am - Bed. Fall asleep around 11. Try not to read HN til midnight or else bad news for tomorrow's workout.
That gets me a workout, a solid seven, my best work hours in the AM, and some leisure time in the evening with the lady.
People who sleep 9+ hours a day--is this continuous sleep? I find it really hard to sleep for more than 7 hours without waking up and then forcing myself back to sleep.
My first child turned 14 months yesterday. For the duration of his life I've operated on 5-7 hours total every night. I (and my co.) were just acqui-hired, but prior to that I was in the 5th year of startup hustle, which became infinitely harder with a newborn. The difference is that I appreciate the value of sleep more than I did before. During a near-acquisition a few years ago I was sleeping 3 hours a night thinki…
My first child turned 14 months yesterday. For the duration of his life I've operated on 5-7 hours total every night. I (and my co.) were just acqui-hired, but prior to that I was in the 5th year of startup hustle, which became infinitely harder with a newborn. The difference is that I appreciate the value of sleep more than I did before. During a near-acquisition a few years ago I was sleeping 3 hours a night thinki…
What I'm finding, though, is that when I get uninterrupted sleep now, it's amazingly refreshing. I think I know how to operate on little sleep for extended periods of time now. When I get to sleep uninterrupted, I feel amazing energy the next day. And when I string together a few uninterrupted nights, it's even better.
I hope to keep the healthy sense of urgency I have in my work time now. Having a young kid keeps me very focused and efficient in my work time, because I know I can't just put in extra hours to get things done. I hope I keep that healthy urgency, but I'm aware it could slip away as I take full nights of sleep for granted again.