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<blockquote data-quote="JimBobsCooters" data-source="post: 338072" data-attributes="member: 13621">Sleep is a weird one for me. I think I probably oversleep more often than anything. 4-6 is hard to get out of bed I find but once I do I have a ton of energy, I generally only do this one when I was working 9-5 (I'm a night owl so would stay up to 2-4am regularly) or when I travel. When I get 6-8 I'm kind of in no mans land, sometimes I'm productive and sometimes just lethargic. When I get 8+ I find myself being very lethargic throughout the day, like I never really join the living.I genuinely find that being active and getting less sleep actually works better for my energy levels. I think part of it is that the activity forces me into a better sleep and I'm naturally a 4-6 hour sleeper that's just really good at falling asleep so can and will sleep longer.I've also found that siestas are super powerful. A quick 30-45m nap in the afternoon is better than any amount of caffeine for me. When I was party traveling I basically used to go until 5am or later, sleep 4 hours, do a day activity, nap for 30 minutes around 4pm and could power on, I could go weeks on this schedule feeling fresh as a daisy (you know, relatively given the drinking that goes along with it!).Sleep is one of those fascinating areas that I think one day they will work it all out and we'll all have been doing it wildly wrong...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JimBobsCooters, post: 338072, member: 13621"] Sleep is a weird one for me. I think I probably oversleep more often than anything. 4-6 is hard to get out of bed I find but once I do I have a ton of energy, I generally only do this one when I was working 9-5 (I'm a night owl so would stay up to 2-4am regularly) or when I travel. When I get 6-8 I'm kind of in no mans land, sometimes I'm productive and sometimes just lethargic. When I get 8+ I find myself being very lethargic throughout the day, like I never really join the living. I genuinely find that being active and getting less sleep actually works better for my energy levels. I think part of it is that the activity forces me into a better sleep and I'm naturally a 4-6 hour sleeper that's just really good at falling asleep so can and will sleep longer. I've also found that siestas are super powerful. A quick 30-45m nap in the afternoon is better than any amount of caffeine for me. When I was party traveling I basically used to go until 5am or later, sleep 4 hours, do a day activity, nap for 30 minutes around 4pm and could power on, I could go weeks on this schedule feeling fresh as a daisy (you know, relatively given the drinking that goes along with it!). Sleep is one of those fascinating areas that I think one day they will work it all out and we'll all have been doing it wildly wrong... [/QUOTE]

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