For the most part I consider myself super lucky in the sleep department. I go to bed roughly the same time every night, fall asleep within about 15 minutes of turning out the lights, and usually get about 7-8 hours of sleep.
Sometimes I'll wake up to use the bathroom, and lately I've been waking up for a few minutes at 3 am every morning, which is weird, but I always get back to sleep easily after the odd wakeup. Waking up is harder in the winter when sunrise is later and I need to get up in the dark, but it's not a major issue.
A poor night of sleep for me is either one where I wake up more than a couple times (usually because I overdid it at the gym and I'm crampy/sore, or because my apartment is unusually cold), or any time I get less than 6.5 hours of sleep.
I don't do anything special, just follow all the usual boring sleep advice: I don't lay on my bed unless I'm going to sleep (mostly), I go to bed and wake up at the same time most days, and have a set routine when I wake up. I exercise daily for 30-60 minutes, don't drink coffee after noon, and if I'm drinking alcohol, stop drinking a few hours before I'm going to sleep.
[Edit: I should add that when I was younger, I could drink coffee or alcohol at any time of night and still sleep well. That has changed as I've gotten older]
Thank you for replying. How often do you have a poor night of sleep? Do you ever wake up before it's time to get up and just lay in bed until it's time to get up?
I think I probably sleep poorly (based on my criteria above) about once every other week or so. I definitely wake up sometimes before it's time to wake up and lie there for awhile, but I can't remember a time when it's taken longer than 30 minutes for me to get back to sleep in any of those cases.
If it's less than an hour before I'd normally get up, and I'm awake and feel like I want to get out of bed, I just get up early that day and am a little more tired when I go to bed that night.
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For the most part I consider myself super lucky in the sleep department. I go to bed roughly the same time every night, fall asleep within about 15 minutes of turning out the lights, and usually get about 7-8 hours of sleep.
Sometimes I'll wake up to use the bathroom, and lately I've been waking up for a few minutes at 3 am every morning, which is weird, but I always get back to sleep easily after the odd wakeup. Waking up is harder in the winter when sunrise is later and I need to get up in the dark, but it's not a major issue.
A poor night of sleep for me is either one where I wake up more than a couple times (usually because I overdid it at the gym and I'm crampy/sore, or because my apartment is unusually cold), or any time I get less than 6.5 hours of sleep.
I don't do anything special, just follow all the usual boring sleep advice: I don't lay on my bed unless I'm going to sleep (mostly), I go to bed and wake up at the same time most days, and have a set routine when I wake up. I exercise daily for 30-60 minutes, don't drink coffee after noon, and if I'm drinking alcohol, stop drinking a few hours before I'm going to sleep.
[Edit: I should add that when I was younger, I could drink coffee or alcohol at any time of night and still sleep well. That has changed as I've gotten older]
Hi! My sleep profile is identical to yours, as you've explained it.
- Sleep within 15 mins of actually laying down
- Total of 7-8h sleep
- Weird waking up in the middle of night @3am to drink or use the restroom.
- Poor night of sleep due to hard exercise.
- Same experience and habits with coffee/alcohol.
I wonder if the 3am wakeup is due to something with the body's circadian rhythm.
Thank you for replying. How often do you have a poor night of sleep? Do you ever wake up before it's time to get up and just lay in bed until it's time to get up?
I think I probably sleep poorly (based on my criteria above) about once every other week or so. I definitely wake up sometimes before it's time to wake up and lie there for awhile, but I can't remember a time when it's taken longer than 30 minutes for me to get back to sleep in any of those cases.
If it's less than an hour before I'd normally get up, and I'm awake and feel like I want to get out of bed, I just get up early that day and am a little more tired when I go to bed that night.