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Two more hours in the day?
experimental | Feb 16 2006
I have a problem: six months ago, I gave up caffeine. Since then, my body has insisted on having eight hours sleep a night instead of five or six. The change in my health is enough that I'm not going back, but I really miss those hours. Specifically, between ten and midnight I used to get a lot of reading and writing done, but nowadays by ten I can barely keep my eyes open. I've tried quite a few ways of cutting back my time expenditures, and I do seem to have gained some time back, but it's fifteen minutes here and ten minutes there. I can't seem to get back the time I really want-- a couple of hours when the house is quiet and still, and I'm feeling peaceful, reflective and productive. Has anybody been there and hacked that? 13 Comments
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 Thanks everyone for the ideas....Submitted by experimental on February 20, 2006 - 2:14am.
Thanks everyone for the ideas. Polyphasic sleep sounds like a rather dodgy hack to human sleep physiology, but I'll try anything once... however, that will have to wait until I'm no longer working for The Man. I'm going to do some digging on Pavlina's statement that vegans need less sleep. Going a few months without meat and dairy is on my "someday/maybe" list so if the evidence is sound, I might give that a shot. I live in a house of early birds, so waking earlier won't get me the peace I crave. I've napped out of desperation but never tried to use it consistently. I had another suggestion from a friend that a quick burst of exercise at ten will keep me awake another hour or two, and may also improve the quality of my sleep. I'm going to try combining late-night exercise with daily naps for a few weeks and see how that feels. Thanks again! :) » POSTED IN:
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