Thread: I want to sleep less!

I am starting with web development and design. I am also in education and have a traineeship that is from 9 till 5. It's definetely not what I love to do, but I need to do it. After that, I have to work out, 3 times a week. Health is important to me.

So, in the end, I have maybe a couple of hours left to work on what I really want to do. I rather stay up late, sleep a bit less and get things done but the challenge is that I am somebody that needs long hours of sleep. It might be a limiting believe and just something I am used too.

I want to figure out what the minimal amount of sleep that I need is. Do some of you have ideas how to accomplish this?

I am thinking about getting up around 5/6 in the morning, and going to bed around 12 at night. I need more hours to accomplish my goals. Atleast, that is how I think at this moment, I am open for other suggestions.

Sleeping less does not mean you'll get more done.

The key to getting more done is constant renewal of your four type of energy: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.

If you still want to sleep less, there are some best times when you can wake up. If you have a Blackberry, there is an application (paid) called Sleep Cycles.

According to this application, the best times to wake up if you go to sleep at exactly 00:00 are:
-> 01:40
-> 03:20
-> 05: 40 - 06:00
-> 08:00

Add plus or minus ten minutes to every one of them.

Razvan

Hmm renewel of energy. Well, that will be a tough one since I hate my job/internship, but I have to do it. Which means I am pretty reloading every night from a 9 till 5 thing, and in the weekend from a whole week...

Its so clear to me it's never the road I am going to take after i finished college.

Some people have excuses (even good ones) while others have solutions.

It's your call.

You might be interested in reading this

Alternate Sleep Cycles | High Existence

When changing over to a polyphasic cycle, the lack of sleep tricks the body into entering REM sleep immediately instead of 45 to 75 minutes into sleep like in the monophasic sleep. This way, you still get the benefits of 8 hours of sleep without wasting all of the time it takes to get to REM cycles, resulting in a much more efficient sleep cycle.

I did biphasic sleeping for a week and I became ultra-productive. It got messed up when I skipped one of my sleeping periods to hang out with friends.

I slept for 3 hours, twice a day; once at noon, next at midnight. It's very easy to get into and you can adjust it to whatever fits your fancy (e.g. 5 pm-8 pm, then 5 am-8 am). You can do it sleeping for only 2 hours each for the same effect.

Some other people have done 'Uberman' which is 20 minute naps, 6 times a day.

From experience, the only way to adjust sleep cycle is to adjust eating cycle. If you want to do Uberman, eat directly before your nap, 6 times a day. You will wake more refreshed because you are not hungry. With Uberman, you can't really skip naps/skip meals or you will be tired for days to come.

Other things you can try are napping for an hour twice during the day and sleeping 3 hours at night.

Originally Posted by The-J

I did biphasic sleeping for a week and I became ultra-productive. It got messed up when I skipped one of my sleeping periods to hang out with friends.

This is good to know I think I sleep like this. I usually only sleep around 4-6 for some reason, always something to do late and I wake up early, but I always need a midday nap. Now instead of feeling like a looser I can use this to my advantage. I am going to have to do some more reading.

Thanks

I've read somewhere you can teach your body to go straight into REM sleep when it takes normal people a few hours. It's just a habit that you have to teach yourself. I tried for a few months but it seemed that my body lacked more mental energy than physical because you have to keep track of the sleeping schedule religiously.

Your eating schedule should also be fixed accordingly no doubt about that.

Originally Posted by Skys

I am thinking about getting up around 5/6 in the morning, and going to bed around 12 at night.

It's all individual, but for me this is totally feasible. And it's good time to go to bed, and to get out of it.

Maybe I need to make sacrifices and just DO a lot of things less, and focus on 1,2 or 3 things