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Different people do need different amounts of sleep, but also, the same people will need different amounts of sleep at different points in their life. Young chi
by dkokelley 19y ago
Different people do need different amounts of sleep, but also, the same people will need different amounts of sleep at different points in their life. Young children don't need as much. Teenagers need quite a bit because their body is growing rapidly. College level people through their 30s can usually get by with little sleep, then you need more as you get older.
I try and shoot for around 8 hours of sleep each night. You could argue that I could get more work done if I only got 5 or 6 hours, but the quality of the work would not be the same. I also find that going to bed at 11 and waking up at 7 is not the same for me as going to bed at 2 and waking up at 10.
Einstein and Donald Trump supposedly needed very little sleep which is why they could work so hard.
- aaco 19y ago"Einstein and Donald Trump supposedly needed very little sleep which is why they could work so hard." Interestingly, I read in a magazine from my country that Einstein slept at least 10 hours each day (and more if needed). So, reading your statement, I decided to search more about this typing "einstein hours of sleep" using Google. I found some links like: "... while others have been known to require 8 to 10 hours (such as Albert Einstein)." - in http://webhome.idirect.com/~readon/sleep.html http://webhome.idirect.com/~readon/sleep.html "She points out that Albert Einstein sleep nine hours a night and was still able to get plenty done." - in http://evenstaronline.com/resources.html http://evenstaronline.com/resources.html "Einstein, on the other hand, demanded 10 hours of sleep every night for himself." - in http://www.quickiesheets.com/ http://www.quickiesheets.com/ I'm not sure if this is really true, but I do believe that a lot of hard work people can easily sleep during 10 hours.
- mechanical_fish 19y agoMisdirection. If you accomplish enough when you're awake people will assume that you must not sleep.
- dkokelley 19y agoI probably should have researched before posting that. I was just stating what I had heard from others. At least I qualified it with "supposedly." :)
- run4yourlives 19y ago>Young children don't need as much. Um, yes they do, in fact they need more. Toddlers can sleep up to 14 hours a day, children up to 5 usually need 10-12.
- dkokelley 19y agoSorry for the confusion. I wasn't referring to infants and very young children, but those around 5-10. Children in the years you point out are growing significantly and of course need a good deal of sleep.
- run4yourlives 19y agoYou're still incorrect though: http://www.webmd.com/parenting/guide/how-much-sleep-do-children-need?page=5 http://www.webmd.com/parenting/guide/how-much-sleep-do-child...
- dkokelley 19y agoWow I never saw that. Thanks for the link. I can tell you that in my experience (oldest of 6 children plus general observations) they don't get that much sleep.