Funnily enough I was thinking about this recently. I had a couple of weeks off the booze and found I was feeling much more refreshed on less sleep. I was getting about 7-8 hours of not great quality sleep, but woke up feeling pretty good.
But even having one beer seems to mess that up
Depressingly enough that's also my experience of going mostly alcohol free this month - I'm a lot less tired generally.
bigblackshed
What Drumon said.
I’ve noticed my pattern is in 90 minute blocks
Everyone does, roughly speaking. This is just one, interesting fact.
I read Matthew Walker's book "Why We Sleep" last year and it is astonishing. Aside from the soundbites which, in and of themselves are pretty interesting, the volume of scientific research on sleep is staggering and conclusive; for just about every ailment or illness not only are you more likely to contract it if your don't sleep enough and your outcomes are likely to be worse too.
Add to this the very sever psychological issues that even moderate sleep disruption can cause, and the combined physical and mental necessity for sleep is huge.
Cannot recommend the book enough.
I've always been a 5-6hrs a night person. It's something I wish I could change because I don't think it's healthy. I gave up caffeine a couple of years ago (on account of being wired enough naturally) and went three months without alcohol last year, which definitely helped quality of sleep hugely. So, I'll stop alcohol for longer this year (except for special occasions), be more disciplined with screentime and see how that goes. I can't change work stress much sadly.
I saw the same report that we used to have two sleeps a day, which is apparently a more natural schedule. We also used to sleep in separate bedrooms from our partners, it was only poor people who shared a bed.
7hrs a night, clockwork, bed at 11, out like light, up at 6 or soon after. If exercising particularly strenuously, more like 8hrs.
Unless offspring decide their own bedroom is too scary / need a wee / have woken up early and want to play lego.
Mrsm would sleep for 10hrs every night, if possible.
Broken sleep really breaks me; walking wounded, without 7hrs.
We also used to sleep in separate bedrooms from our partners, it was only poor people who shared a bed.
Think you'll find it was only the rich who didn't share a bed.
Digga, I’ve ordered the book today. Decided that as the small bits that I’ve picked up from the podcast has helped so much that the book is a must.
It was the links to health conditions that made me make a change. As even though I knew being tired was affecting certain aspects of my life, I decided that the my time in the evening after the kids were in bed was more important than a few hours extra sleep. Turns out I couldn’t be more wrong.
muggomagic
Digga, I’ve ordered the book today.
Decided that as the small bits that I’ve picked up from the podcast has helped so much that the book is a must.It was the links to health conditions that made me make a change. As even though I knew being tired was affecting certain aspects of my life, I decided that the my time in the evening after the kids were in bed was more important than a few hours extra sleep. Turns out I couldn’t be more wrong.
Agreed. I think this is kind of why the book is so good; it's the sum total of all of the small bits of knowledge and research and, the corresponding advantages people can get from proper sleep that makes it so worthwhile.
Normally 6-7 hours, but rarely sleep right through, so more like 5-6.
Reckon I need 7, so I lose about an hour a night, or one night per week. If it builds up like that for too long, or I have a run of really bad nights, that's when I come down with every passing bug in the vicinity.
Binary sleeper, on or off. Consistent 7-7.5 hours a night. Seldom have trouble falling asleep and I’m also instantly awake when I do wake up too. Prefer an earlier bed time, but normally hear today in parliament in bed before lights off and sleeping.
11.30 - 8 on weekdays. 11.30 - between 7.30 (if I'm biking, which is most Sundays) and 10.30 on weekends.
Still don't feel like getting up at those times, though. When I was an undergraduate I would regularly sleep until 4 in the afternoon.
JP
According to Garmin, 8.5 – 9.0hrs over the last few weeks
In my experience Garmin is unreliable. Admittedly I have a bad habit of reading in bed though but have had occasions when working from home have spun up the computer and it hasnt noticed for a while.
Digga, I’ve ordered the book today
I am reading it at the moment and it is definitely interesting. I was already trying to improve number of hours sleeping and it has made me think I really need to try harder. It isnt the best in terms of active ways to improve it though.
I read Matthew Walker’s book “Why We Sleep” last year and it is astonishing
I'm reading it and bought it for family at xmas too, it's very good indeed, though terrifying as someone who has had a lifetime of serious insomnia.