Simple one this. What time do you got to bed and how many hours do you sleep before you get up?
I've always told myself that I'll only go to bed once I feel tired and if I only get a couple of hours sleep then so be it. Usually then I'm back to bed early the next night and the process could repeat itself every week or so.
Do you spring straight out of bed or just keep hitting the snooze button until the last possible moment that you need to get up.
When I worked in radio, I used to regularly get up at 4.45am without a second thought and would usually jump straight out of bed. But that was out of necessity as I usually got in to work for around 5.20am. I enjoyed the job though and I think that might have a bearing on how you easily you can get up in the morning.
I've always been somewhat of a night owl but tonight I don't feel tired at all. Maybe it's because I start in the brave new world of a job tomorrow.
Sleep
I always like to get a solid 8 hours sleep. When I'm working, that generally means going to bed no later than 10pm so I can be up 6-6.30am. Funnily enough, I never considered myself a morning person, but I've come to realise I feel more energetic when I get up at, say, 6am than if I sleep in until 10.
Usually feel crappy if had less than 4 hours, but regularly survive on such. Optimum time is around 6-7 hours, but that's usually 1am - 9am on weekends or days off. Usually only finally stop doing stuff (website design work, reading here, DVD-watching, blog-hopping etc) when I'm totally bushed and on dropping point, otherwise I lie there not sleeping.
When I worked nights I sometimes went the best part of 40 hours without sleep, due to non-ability to sleep in daytime inbetween. Needless to say come 8am and hour 40 awake, I'd sleep like a baby.
Oh.. I forgot to mention... my laptop is by my bed so I usually crash in bed and work on the computer... and I also did my internet radio shows from here too! God...that was weird.....
When I worked nights I sometimes went the best part of 40 hours without sleep, due to non-ability to sleep in daytime inbetween. Needless to say come 8am and hour 40 awake, I'd sleep like a baby.
Oh.. I forgot to mention... my laptop is by my bed so I usually crash in bed and work on the computer... and I also did my internet radio shows from here too! God...that was weird.....
For the most-part, I get a pretty pitiful amount of sleep. When not holidaysalising, I'm usually in bed at around 4am, and up for 7/8 depending on when uni starts. Depending on my workload, throw in a couple all-nighters a week towards the end of the semester, and I make for a lovely zombie. If I am in that crunch time, I stop having marked nights and days, and rather break up the day into chunks, peppered with naps, to seperate different bits of work, etc. It's usually pretty hideous, and is the result of never being able to catch up on an ever-elusive sleep pattern while still needing to deliver lots of work. Huzzah!
Weirdly, during the holidays, I actually become much more disciplined. At the moment, I'm up every morning at 9, in bed by 2. As Ison mentioned, there's something about the drive of the work you're doing to help you get out of bed. I've managed to occupy myself this Christmas with enough 'projects' which haven't been unearthed since summer, and it's generally more interesting than the code I had to churn out without still having any idea how good it was (fecking evision), or even a solid memory of having actually done it.
I've never had a particularly good relationship with sleep, though this does work for me (bar the strange floaters in my vision, numb sensation in my brain and lingering taste of metal).
Weirdly, during the holidays, I actually become much more disciplined. At the moment, I'm up every morning at 9, in bed by 2. As Ison mentioned, there's something about the drive of the work you're doing to help you get out of bed. I've managed to occupy myself this Christmas with enough 'projects' which haven't been unearthed since summer, and it's generally more interesting than the code I had to churn out without still having any idea how good it was (fecking evision), or even a solid memory of having actually done it.
I've never had a particularly good relationship with sleep, though this does work for me (bar the strange floaters in my vision, numb sensation in my brain and lingering taste of metal).
I think the amount of sleep you need really depends on how much you're doing when you're awake. At the moment I'm on an extended holiday and over the last few weeks the time I go to bed has got later and later last night I went to bed at 6am - didn't even feel tired.
I tend to be more disciplined when I've got work in the morning, although there are still times when I just can't sleep and I end up going to bed at 4am, which leads me to sleep a bit in the evening after work and then of course I wake up at about 11pm and stay up until 4am and its a vicious circle.
One thing though, I always feel better when I do wake up early.
I tend to be more disciplined when I've got work in the morning, although there are still times when I just can't sleep and I end up going to bed at 4am, which leads me to sleep a bit in the evening after work and then of course I wake up at about 11pm and stay up until 4am and its a vicious circle.
One thing though, I always feel better when I do wake up early.
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James Vertigan
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I'm having trouble sleeping tonight - I think it's down to this bronchitis/bad cough I've got as a result of a heavy cold I got around Boxing Day (I had the same thing in January last year, and then also ended up with food poisoning!).
I retired at 9pm tonight but have not slept a wink so far! Typical really that it's my first day back at work after Christmas tomorrow - I was considering phoning in ill but didn't want to push my luck by having an extra day off after my holiday...
I guess I'll have to see how things go at work tomorrow, and may try and get a doctor's appointment for Tuesday AM.
On a normal work day, as I said, I'd usually be in bed by 9pm and then up around 4am-4:30 before leaving the house just before 6... I have no idea what time I usually drop off though.
I live for weekends, because I get to stay up a bit later!
I retired at 9pm tonight but have not slept a wink so far! Typical really that it's my first day back at work after Christmas tomorrow - I was considering phoning in ill but didn't want to push my luck by having an extra day off after my holiday...
I guess I'll have to see how things go at work tomorrow, and may try and get a doctor's appointment for Tuesday AM.
On a normal work day, as I said, I'd usually be in bed by 9pm and then up around 4am-4:30 before leaving the house just before 6... I have no idea what time I usually drop off though.
I live for weekends, because I get to stay up a bit later!
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The older I get the more I appreciate my bed. That sounds trite, I'm sure, but its the truth.
I get up around 7.00 - 7.30 - although as I'm close to the office I don't have to be up that early; but getting the earlier bus and having time for coffee etc before I start makes the day better for me.
They say that 4-7 is optimal, don't they? I probably get the higher end of that every night - but I'll happily not get any sleep at all at the weekends - if I'm having a good time.
I get up around 7.00 - 7.30 - although as I'm close to the office I don't have to be up that early; but getting the earlier bus and having time for coffee etc before I start makes the day better for me.
They say that 4-7 is optimal, don't they? I probably get the higher end of that every night - but I'll happily not get any sleep at all at the weekends - if I'm having a good time.
Hmm, well, last night I had a dream that Sally Field was trying to play the DangerMouse theme on the piano, in my living room. I knew there was a reason I didn't particularly care for sleep...
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I recently heard a sleep expert saying if you need an alarm to wake up, you're not getting enough sleep. I like that idea, but it's not very practical.
A good night's sleep for me is 9 hours, but I can manage with anything above 4. It's rare that I manage to get any pattern as my shifts kinda mess me up; especially the late shifts. I stay up until I feel sleepy so I don't wake the wife, but that then drifts later and later. I have to leave the house for a late shift at 1230, so at it's worst, I end up only getting a couple of hours before and after work at home!
A good night's sleep for me is 9 hours, but I can manage with anything above 4. It's rare that I manage to get any pattern as my shifts kinda mess me up; especially the late shifts. I stay up until I feel sleepy so I don't wake the wife, but that then drifts later and later. I have to leave the house for a late shift at 1230, so at it's worst, I end up only getting a couple of hours before and after work at home!
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I need quite a lot of sleep, at least 7-8 hours. But I often don't get it. I wake up every morning at 0440, no matter what time I've gone to bed. Sometimes I can get straight back to sleep, other times I'm awake for an hour or more before getting back to sleep, which can take me round to nearly the time I'm due to get up. 15 years of shifts have completely ruined my sleep pattern.