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On May 27 2010 00:58 QueueQueue wrote:Show nested quote +On May 27 2010 00:56 Kralic wrote:
Oh to be young and unemployed again. Weeknights it is bed time between 11:30 and midnight. I'm a contractor and work my own hours. So not all people that stay up late are unemployed 
Most contractors I know like working early and getting off earlier though(I guess it depends on the type of contractor you are though.)?
I am a person who can't sleep in anymore. If I sleep more than 8 hours I feel like a wreck(A lot more tired than if I got less sleep) in the morning.
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go to sleep before 2
need to reduce it down to 12 - 1 AM imo
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United States5162 Posts
During the Spring Semester I was getting to sleep around 12-1am and waking up about 8 or 9 - it was actually damn near perfect.
Now that I don't have to anything(until I get a job at least) I'm staying up until 3-5am almost everyday and not getting up until 12-1pm. It's not ideal, but I personally don't see the big problem either. I normally don't do shit before noon anyways.
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And I thought I was the only one.
For years I've had exactly the same issue, it used to be 3am that I would get to sleep. This was my school holidays it's been around 7 years I've been out of school. In those days I would pull all nighters like nobodies business. I like the way my brain worked when I was overtired. I can't do it now though as I'm 20 somethings and getting a little older so I will always sleep, if only for 2 hours. The times I'm awake to now can be anything from 3-8am.
I used to get loads of stuff done at these times. Now not so much, it just makes me so lethargic and I can't wait to get back into full time education. If I need to I find it no problem to adjust my sleep pattern, after a week my body will fall into it and feel better than ever.
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United States5162 Posts
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It's not a bad habbit, some people are just "nighters" and some are not. I love the nights so I always stay up until 4-5 AM if I don't have to wake up early. If I have to get up early then I go for 1-2 AM.
I mostly play SC and study at the nights. Some people would be amazed at how much more efficient studying is at the night, everything is so calm and quiet.
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i generally go to bed between 6am and 8am... but i get off work at 2am so it's a bit different
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Some people have a delayed circadian rhythm and are most awake/productive at later hours. Look up Delayed sleep phase syndrome.
However while you may naturally have a delayed sleep cycle, staying on the computer will stimulate your brain and keep you awake. Try getting off the computer an hour or two before you go to sleep and you will probably actually feel tired unless you are on a really late schedule. Another thing is if you get no sunlight your body wont adjust to a normal cycle. Exercise helps too. I would rather train my body to sleep when I need it to rather than feeling like shit every morning.
If you want to kickstart your sleep cycle into a normal pattern the best way to do it is to wake up at the same time each day, and make sure that you do not eat anything 12-16 hours before you need to wake up. Then when you do wake up eat breakfast within an hour. Get some sunlight & exercise and after a couple weeks you should be almost totally adjusted to the new cycle.
I struggled with insomnia for nearly two years, but now I have my body trained and am in control of my sleep cycles. Trust me, you don't want to be someone who is always wide awake at 5am when they have to leave for work at 7.
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i work till 1am, and i like to stay up a while after that... should make a "Later than 5" option, as I'm usually going to bed around 6
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I stay up until 3am on work nights. Then I wake up at 8am and spend the entire day regretting not getting those extra 3 hours. When will I learn ;_;
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It's funny that this thread pops up just as Lifehacker runs an article on the very same topic. It might be helpful to some of you. (And me!)
edit: whoops someone beat me to the link 
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I usually sleep around 10-11 and get up at 7. Go to class at around 7:50. I can't stay up late because I know it's bad for my body. It's like I'm disrespecting myself if I don't try to keep myself somewhat healthy.
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United States24805 Posts
This was a good article... it's much briefer than the one I wrote last year but it seems helpful and I didn't catch anything majorly wrong with it.
+ Show Spoiler +
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exactly in the same boat as you, even the hours i go to sleep 4-00-4:30 are the same.
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I usually go to sleep 1 or 2 hours later than the night before, and it rotates like that. I am a perfectly healthy individual. I usually do a 24 hour cycle every month or so.
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I'm currently in that cycle now that my semester is over. I went to bed around 5 AM yesterday I think and woke up around 12:30 PMish. I honestly just surf the internet or play DotA or SC UMS Maps at those hours. I am tired but everytime I've tried to lay down, I just can't find a comfortable position and go to sleep and wind up getting up and waiting until I'm too tired to care about how I sleep.
The summer months are not helping in the slightest either. My room can get up to 85 degrees at night which is just unbearable. I tend to get better sleep in the winter.
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I got the exact same damn problem
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i noticed this being important when i started my internship (need to wake up at 6:00 every day) if i catch a good nights sleep i feel like i can take the world. If i dont ill most likely be half as productive.
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go to sleep early if you're under 18, seriously. you'll regret it later in life if you don't. I got vertically shafted because I didn't do this. My brother is 6'6, my dad is 6'3, my uncles and grandparents are all well over 6'0 and I'm only 5'10 cause I went to sleep late and didn't eat well.
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EPT
