Every night I try to be in bed for 10:30pm, sometimes this drifts to and beyond 11 (but not often). Hardly ever past midnight.
My alarm goes off at 6am but I am usually awake from say 5am - when it is light, the alarm is just for reference really, not to wake me. My breakfast porridge cooks on a timer to be ready at 6am which encourages me to get up but it will keep warm so I don't rush, I take an hour for breakfast.
I don't sleep through, I usually go to the toilet about 3:30am, sometimes 1am.
Is that enough detail :)
I used to work until 4am and sleep half the day but I chose to shift to this circadian rhythm based pattern and not a stressful rush and I feel much better for it.
Never enough, last night I went to sleep around 1AM and was back up at 7AM; that is a good average for me. I am worthless until about 11AM but I have kids so I don't really have a choice if I want to get anything done.
If I'm working-out regularly (cardio or strength training), I need the full 8 hours. If I'm just coding all day/night (to meet a deadline for example) and ignoring my health, I can average 4 hours without much of an issue.
Found that 6.5 hours is perfect for me. I sleep at like midnight and snore my way to 6:30am when my alarm goes off. In that 6.5hr period, I don't wake up at all. I then go to the gym for about and hour and listen to music just doing nothing for 15-30mins before I start planning for work.
Impressive! How do you motivate yourself to go to the gym every morning? I tend to run in the evenings which is really nice now that the sun doesn't set until at least 9pm.
I really can't cope on less than 8 hours of sleep for extended lengths of time. It completely wears me down and I get tired and ill. Usually what happens is that when I get up at say 6:30am I am completely exhausted by 7:30pm. If I get up a bit later I can usually function until at least 10:00pm.
We sleep in cycles which last about 90 minutes each. Assuming it takes you around 15-20 minutes to go to sleep you wake up at the end of a sleep cycle and don't feel drowsy. What also helps is going to sleep at the same hour every day, like in your case.
I did the exact same thing as you, I would always go to bed at 11.30 PM every day and wake up at 6AM. After a while I'd wake up a minute or two before the alarm went off.
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I don't sleep through, I usually go to the toilet about 3:30am, sometimes 1am.
Is that enough detail :)
I used to work until 4am and sleep half the day but I chose to shift to this circadian rhythm based pattern and not a stressful rush and I feel much better for it.
I really can't cope on less than 8 hours of sleep for extended lengths of time. It completely wears me down and I get tired and ill. Usually what happens is that when I get up at say 6:30am I am completely exhausted by 7:30pm. If I get up a bit later I can usually function until at least 10:00pm.
I did the exact same thing as you, I would always go to bed at 11.30 PM every day and wake up at 6AM. After a while I'd wake up a minute or two before the alarm went off.
I drink coffee all day long to compensate.