How and how much do you sleep?

It used to be 9-10 hrs in my twenties. With young kids it was much less but has now steadied at about 7-8 hrs. It’s usually interrupted through the night. I can fall back asleep at the drop of a hat.

My wife finds getting to sleep incredibly hard, she can be awake for hours reading, trying to fall asleep, so for her some nights would minus 2-3 hrs from that.

She is always brighter and more energetic than me, I never seem to get enough sleep.

Not everyone is the same but what worked well to fix my now rare sleeping issues is to keep it consistent. I go to bed about the same time and I wake up about the same time. Also during weekends and holidays. I also used to keep about the same time despite the stupid summer and winter time zone changes, but I don’t anymore and I am more tired for a few days twice a year.

I also sleep better when I’m physically active. And sex helps to fall asleep.

I am getting 4 hours of sleep a night and then 4 hours of napping time during the day. That’s not a good approach but I’m working FT during the day to fund my startup venture. My job requires me to wake up at 2:30am and be at work for 4:15am. I’m usually done by 12:45ish and I then need to nap because of the lack of sleep . So it depends really but I would love to have 8 hours in a go.

4-6 hours. Always struggled with sleep. I wish I could slow time down for others and have like 60 hours a day to do stuff. Just ain’t enough time with so much to do. I also don’t feel comfortable taking sleeping pills, and I have struggled with insomnia since I was a kid.

I do try to get some movement in during the day. I try going to bed around “normal” times but end up waking around 2-4am.

On the bright side maybe I’ll just live a fulfilling life and my body will eventually just sudo shutdown -h now lol. Yolo.

I tend to sleep on weekdays around 8'5 hours (from 1am to 9:30). On weekends I sleep usually 9'5 hours. I'm not on my 20s anymore. I don't wake up in the nights (unless I drink a glass of water before going to sleep, then I wake up earlier in the morning usually).

Edit: on summers I usually sleep one hour less (because it's too damn hot in the morning). I hate sleeping during the summer.

If I get 7.5 i'm solid. If I get less, on occasion due to kids or whatever, I will need to 'catch up' after a few days. I can survive on less, but I did lots of leetcode on low sleep and compared it to not on low sleep, and I can't solve algorithms as fast when i'm sleep deprived. I also can't focus as well. So generally, poor sleep for a software engineer is costly.

I recently turned 21 and I am sleeping between 6-7 hours but lately I feel like I'm wasting my time thinking that I could have woken up a little earlier, no matter how early I wake up. Maybe anxiety issues lately. Feels like running out of time while catching up with the speed the world is changing.

5-7 hours, I should get more but young kids are the biggest barrier (they sleep fine, it's just that my wife and I need to fit most of our one-on-one time and chores into the kids sleeping hours).

From what I can tell, I seem to function pretty on this amount of time relative to others (e.g. my wife, who needs at least 8)

I toss and turn a lot. Usually sleeping on my sides, my back gets stiff if I'm still for too long.

I think a breathing machine (CPAP or the inverse?) would help if not for my stiffness.

I manage to go to sleep quickly... but also partially wake up regularly.

Seven or eight interrupted hours is where I usually land

My sleep quality has been worse than usual lately. I tend to fall asleep around 22.00-00.00, but then wake up at about 04.00 and sometimes don't get back to sleep after. It's degraded over the last few weeks, so something for me to work on.

6-8hrs, more like 8+ more recently as I am doing a lot of physical work away from the PC in the open air.

Also, I drink valerian root tea practically every evening around 1800, and that definitely helps get me off to sleep and keep me that way.

Around 9-10 hours a night and a 2-3 hour nap if possible. MS is fun.

I typically get 8-9 hours.

6h 41m on average for this year according to fitbit. That aligns with my aim of between 6 and 8.

Anything less than 5 and I cannot function. Between 5 and 6 I'm very tired. 7 is my sweet spot.

I seem to sleep more (8-10+ hours) and tend nocturnal in the hottest and coldest parts of the year, while in fall and spring I sleep much less and more of that at night (5-6 hours).

Usually 5-6 hours. For the life of me, I can't consistently sleep anywhere above 7 hours, let alone get more than 8. I do always wake up well rested.

7-8 hours. If less than 7 I feel like garbage and can't think straight.

10. I’m jealous of people commenting here 4-7 hours!

Not nearly enough, and it's my own fault.

According to my Amazfit watch, over the last 10 days:

5h 40m

3h 12m

4h 24m

0h 30m

0h 30m

4h 4m

4h 17m

3h 21m

3h 32m

5h 11m

I am really really tired all the time.