I think I get a good six hours of actual work in the office. And then I need to check out and take a shower. Something about that after work shower just brings my focus and clarity right back. But if I have to crank with my team for a 12-15 hour day, after max 8 hours, we're all just physically there, but mentally have checked out long before that.
On sleep, 5-6 hours is optimal for me. Too much can be bad, I feel groggy and have brain-fog the rest of the day. I can get by on fewer for one day, but more than that and it becomes painful. I think a lot of this also has to do with lifestyle. How often and when do you eat, have sex, get sunlight, drink water, go out doors, etc. Many levels can be played with here.
Would be interested in hearing any hacks for getting by on less sleep.
> Would be interested in hearing any hacks for getting by on less sleep.
I would be very careful with that. 6 hours is already very low. We (as in: science) could probably come up with a recommendation here if we had any fucking clue why we actually sleep. There are of course a bunch of theories, but nothing definite enough to base policy decisions on.
> Would be interested in hearing any hacks for getting by on less sleep.
I know a number of people who tried polyphasic sleep to 'waste' less time on sleep. They were doing the version where you only sleep 20 minutes every couple of hours.
One of them told me the weird sleep schedule altered his mental faculties, but he didn't notice until he stopped doing it - one of the faculties affected was the faculty to tell his faculties were affected, apparently.
Out of the dozen or so people I know who tried, only 1 managed to sustain it for more than one month.
He went to a restaurant while on poly sleep. There was a sign posted for a lunch special. He couldn't make sense of it and thought it was badly written.
He went back after going back to a normal sleep schedule and realized the sign made perfect sense. He had managed to break his reading comprehension.
Turns out he was borderline dysfunctional but couldn't really tell at the time.
On sleep, 5-6 hours is optimal for me. Too much can be bad, I feel groggy and have brain-fog the rest of the day. I can get by on fewer for one day, but more than that and it becomes painful. I think a lot of this also has to do with lifestyle. How often and when do you eat, have sex, get sunlight, drink water, go out doors, etc. Many levels can be played with here.
Would be interested in hearing any hacks for getting by on less sleep.