I had a co-worker who only needed 4 hours of sleep, a DBA manager. He told me had multiple sleep studies by the washington state college, he just won the genetic lotto, and just had more time to get things done.
I've been into sleep hacking for the last 3 months, and thinking on and off about sleep cycles for myself for the last decade. Picked up a sleep tracker and newer fitbit that can track my sleep and verify each others recording. I tend to want 8 to 9 hours, but with an officer job, its been 5x 6 hours and 2x 12 hours on the weekend. This just isn't maintainable anymore for me as I'm getting older and limiting my caffeine, etc.
I've switched to a 10pm to 6am with possible modifications. It makes the days 2 hours shorter, but I get time back on the weekend as I'm not re-charging up from the week, and I wake up rested every day.
I've done segmented sleep when I was working a service job in my 20s while living in dorm. Crash at 10pm, Get up at 4am, work an hour, go back to sleep at 5am, and get back up at 7am. That worked great, and want to try to replicate that again. Love waking hours in the twilight mornings when its quite and refreshed.
Plus, you get the benefit of another deep sleep cycle after being awake and active, and going to sleep again. (As my sleep trackers are reporting to me).
And thats not even talking about supplements and exercise to effect sleep. But I recommend magnesium for everyone.
> I've switched to a 10pm to 6am with possible modifications. It makes the days 2 hours shorter, but I get time back on the weekend as I'm not re-charging up from the week, and I wake up rested every day.
This is basically the 'early' schedule I have settled on. I get up between 5-6am, workout immediately, and start the day.
I've been into sleep hacking for the last 3 months, and thinking on and off about sleep cycles for myself for the last decade. Picked up a sleep tracker and newer fitbit that can track my sleep and verify each others recording. I tend to want 8 to 9 hours, but with an officer job, its been 5x 6 hours and 2x 12 hours on the weekend. This just isn't maintainable anymore for me as I'm getting older and limiting my caffeine, etc.
I've switched to a 10pm to 6am with possible modifications. It makes the days 2 hours shorter, but I get time back on the weekend as I'm not re-charging up from the week, and I wake up rested every day.
I've done segmented sleep when I was working a service job in my 20s while living in dorm. Crash at 10pm, Get up at 4am, work an hour, go back to sleep at 5am, and get back up at 7am. That worked great, and want to try to replicate that again. Love waking hours in the twilight mornings when its quite and refreshed.
Plus, you get the benefit of another deep sleep cycle after being awake and active, and going to sleep again. (As my sleep trackers are reporting to me).
And thats not even talking about supplements and exercise to effect sleep. But I recommend magnesium for everyone.