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micah67 · 08-13-2003, 01:43 PM

As I stated in another topic on being a picky sleeper: I don't sleep well. I find that it take a long time to get to sleep but once there I'm OK.

One of my "wishes" is to be able to thrive on far less sleep. You hear stories of people (like executives) who get only 4 hours of sleep a night. I want to be like that; There's so much more I want to do. My friend finished a bio-psychology class where they mentioned that most humans need only 5.5 - 6.5 hours a night. I want that.

So I'm training myself. I am now only going to bed when I'm exhausted and end up falling asleep almost instantly. I only sleep for six hour before I force myself up. The theory is that I'll get to the good sleep faster and that's what you need to be rested. From what I've been told, it'll take a couple of weeks for it to "stick" then I can play with subtracting from that six hours until I find my optimum.

So far I haven't needed an alarm clock to wake me. I seem to naturally come awake momentarily around the 5.5 hour mark. In the past I would have fallen back asleep for another 3+ hours but I seem to be doing fine with just that amount.

Any one else try anything similar?

08-13-2003, 01:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
micah67 Thor Location: 33:08:12N 117:10:23W	Changing sleep habits As I stated in another topic on being a picky sleeper: I don't sleep well. I find that it take a long time to get to sleep but once there I'm OK. One of my "wishes" is to be able to thrive on far less sleep. You hear stories of people (like executives) who get only 4 hours of sleep a night. I want to be like that; There's so much more I want to do. My friend finished a bio-psychology class where they mentioned that most humans need only 5.5 - 6.5 hours a night. I want that. So I'm training myself. I am now only going to bed when I'm exhausted and end up falling asleep almost instantly. I only sleep for six hour before I force myself up. The theory is that I'll get to the good sleep faster and that's what you need to be rested. From what I've been told, it'll take a couple of weeks for it to "stick" then I can play with subtracting from that six hours until I find my optimum. So far I haven't needed an alarm clock to wake me. I seem to naturally come awake momentarily around the 5.5 hour mark. In the past I would have fallen back asleep for another 3+ hours but I seem to be doing fine with just that amount. Any one else try anything similar? __________________ ~micah