Contrarily, doesn't your social life conflict with your sleep schedule? One is going to suffer. It depends on what you value more. I have nearly the exact schedule as rgbrenner. I've learned to make sleep a priority. If I stay out until 1, I'm still going to wake up at 4:30 and be tired that next day. But I don't go out until 1 everyday.
Also, probably most important, is that I'm nearly 40. I'm more focused on projects than people at this point. I wake up early because I have something I want to work on. When I was younger, I was waking up late because I was staying out late chasing girls.
Well my sleep schedule doesn't require me to wake up at 4:30, I usually don't need to wake up until 7.
Where I live now, public transportation pretty much shuts down after midnight anyways though, so most times I can get home before 1 AM, which will give me a serviceable amount of sleep, at least until a day off.
Everyone is different, 6-8 hours is normal. Obviously, more sleep can be better, but many of us have trouble "sleeping in." I prefer 6 hours of sleep at night, and a couple hour afternoon nap if I can get home at a reasonable time.
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not to be a curmudgeon but doesn't that conflict with your social life? I know I'd have some problems doing that.
Also 6 hours a day doesn't seem very healthy. Would think you would aim more for 7 or 8 hours.
Contrarily, doesn't your social life conflict with your sleep schedule? One is going to suffer. It depends on what you value more. I have nearly the exact schedule as rgbrenner. I've learned to make sleep a priority. If I stay out until 1, I'm still going to wake up at 4:30 and be tired that next day. But I don't go out until 1 everyday.
Also, probably most important, is that I'm nearly 40. I'm more focused on projects than people at this point. I wake up early because I have something I want to work on. When I was younger, I was waking up late because I was staying out late chasing girls.
Well my sleep schedule doesn't require me to wake up at 4:30, I usually don't need to wake up until 7.
Where I live now, public transportation pretty much shuts down after midnight anyways though, so most times I can get home before 1 AM, which will give me a serviceable amount of sleep, at least until a day off.
Everyone is different, 6-8 hours is normal. Obviously, more sleep can be better, but many of us have trouble "sleeping in." I prefer 6 hours of sleep at night, and a couple hour afternoon nap if I can get home at a reasonable time.