Yeah, I have a huge problem with sleep, too. I love going a day or so without it. Although I do think we'd catch crap from the rest of the world with a "Let's work together to find a cure for sleep" pitch.
That being said, I am so in love with the acid trippy dreams I've been having since I've been sick and sleeping a lot. Last night, I dreamed I was talking to a long-hair-furry manta ray who could somehow live outside an aquarium as his boss, a restauranteur, fed me a huge bowl of delicious shrimp gumbo.
I'm just saying.
MG Siegler
· 4 months ago
Ha. Wow. Who would want to pass that kind of dream up?
IlanaSense
· 4 months ago
Oh I know! Night owls don't have an easy life. No matter how exhausted I am at the end of the day, as soon as 10pm comes around, I'm awake and alert and starting my evening. all of a sudden I have all this energy! But I doubt there's a cure...REM is essential for basic physical/mental functionality and temperament. So I suppose us creatures of the dark will just have to get used to 4hrs a night *yawn*
Rod Begbie
· 4 months ago
You're not alone. This sums up pretty much my entire working life.
I find the same thing to be true on days when I don't exercise vigorously (if I do, I'm ready to drop in bed by 11 at the latest). I want to stay up later. If I do, the next night, I want to stay up even later. If I keep doing it, it starts wrecking my days.
I tried polyphasic sleep in college. It worked for a few months, then ended disastrously - not a good solution on the whole.
MarinaMartin
· 4 months ago
I agree; I'm also a nightowl, and my productivity at night is nowhere near my productivity during the day, all other things being equal. I'm an efficiency consultant and I'm lucky that most of my work can be done on roughly my own schedule, but even one AM meeting a week can make me upset and throw off my rhythm. (You read the Maker v Manager schedule article, I'm sure ... to me, sleep is just one long boring meeting.)
I pull at least one all-nighter a week to help me enjoy the best of both worlds. A bowl of pasta with flaxseed oil (omega-3s) is key for keeping alert for an extended period of time, moreso than caffeine (which makes me jittery and overtired after hour 18). I find I can trick myself into thinking I slept by going for a run and showering around 5am. If I'm in a slump, I listen to one fast-paced song loudly on my iPhone, and/or read a Seth Godin post, and I'm good to go.
Blake Bevin
· 4 months ago
Look up polyphasic sleep. Its amazing if you can schedule your life around it. 2.5 hours of sleep per 24 hours!
Michael Langer
· 4 months ago
...And I thought I was the only one! now if you lived on the east coast at least you could wake up at noon at still start your day on time. Curing sleep......Someone should totally make an app for that. Probably get rejected by apple though.
anuragmjain
· 4 months ago
sometimes, i actually enjoy sleeping. :) although i agree in the principle. it just seems like a waste of time.
JohnAtkinson
· 4 months ago
Same problem for me - I don't remember the last time I was in bed before 2 am (3-4am for the last 2 weeks).
I'm getting pretty good at faking "coherency" around my wife when I wake up at 6:30 am.
Name
· 3 months ago
it should be the other way round. we should use technology to remove the need for a 9-5 world. @marcode.
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That being said, I am so in love with the acid trippy dreams I've been having since I've been sick and sleeping a lot. Last night, I dreamed I was talking to a long-hair-furry manta ray who could somehow live outside an aquarium as his boss, a restauranteur, fed me a huge bowl of delicious shrimp gumbo.
I'm just saying.
So I suppose us creatures of the dark will just have to get used to 4hrs a night
*yawn*
Dr Wikipedia says: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_sleep_phas...
I tried polyphasic sleep in college. It worked for a few months, then ended disastrously - not a good solution on the whole.
I pull at least one all-nighter a week to help me enjoy the best of both worlds. A bowl of pasta with flaxseed oil (omega-3s) is key for keeping alert for an extended period of time, moreso than caffeine (which makes me jittery and overtired after hour 18). I find I can trick myself into thinking I slept by going for a run and showering around 5am. If I'm in a slump, I listen to one fast-paced song loudly on my iPhone, and/or read a Seth Godin post, and I'm good to go.
I'm getting pretty good at faking "coherency" around my wife when I wake up at 6:30 am.