Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise

[pne]

In response to a recent entry I read, I thought I'd make a poll on bedtimes during the week.

I decided to use a scale with "decimal" hours, so 5:30 in the morning = 550, 11:00 at night is 2300, and 2:30 in the morning = 2650.

[Poll #1087168]

Edit: I'm amused by the ditemid of this entry! (The number part of the URL.)

Comments

[sparkofcreation.livejournal.com]

It looks like I get up/go to bed when I mean to, but that's just because of rounding. My alarm clock goes off for the (third and last) time at 5:54 and that's when I intend to get up (there's a whole routine involved), but I usually get up between 6:05 and 6:15. I do wake up each time my alarm clock goes off if I'm asleep (I'm not always asleep when it goes off for the second time) so I counted that.

I'm really strict about going to bed because of my sleep disorder so I start getting ready between 10:10-10:20 with the goal of being asleep as close to 10:30 as possible.

[pne.livejournal.com]

I'm really strict about going to bed because of my sleep disorder so I start getting ready between 10:10-10:20 with the goal of being asleep as close to 10:30 as possible.

I think I should do that, too.

Without having measured it or kept a sleep diary or whatever, it seems to me that less sleep correlates with less motivation at work, a greater tendency to leave home late (which means coming home from work late, making it more likely to go to bed late), and a worse mood. And 10:00 seems to be about as late as it can comfortably get.

[sparkofcreation.livejournal.com]

I believe studies have shown that the ideal amount of sleep is however long it takes you go to through 4 complete sleep cycles and waking during Stage 1 of the 5th cycle. For most people that's between 7½-8½ hours of sleep.

I try to make sure that, even if I get up exactly when my alarm goes off the first time, I get at least 7 hours of sleep. Eight is better (and nine is ideal) but who has time?

[pne.livejournal.com]

but who has time?

It's a matter of priorities, I suppose - most people make time to eat and go to work, and many people make time to exercise or play sports; similarly, they could make time to sleep if they considered that part of their life (or their health) important to them.

Though I'll admit that it may suck not to be able to do someting else you previously enjoyed (say, reading a good book for an hour every evening) because you decided that your body is better off using that extra hour for sleeping - or telling people that no, you can't attend your party, because you need to be in bed at X hour and your body is more important to you right then that that person's company, which might be hard to explain if they have different priorities.

[sparkofcreation.livejournal.com]

Who has time to read? *g* Between the dog and, well, the dog, I usually have just enough free time in the evening to drink a glass of water after our walk and before going to bed—and that's with getting only 7 hours. I could probably eke out another 30 minutes, but two more hours? No way.