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3-5 hours per night, depending on what I'm doing. I usually end up switching off the book around 0300, the alarm is set for 0620, children get up at 0730, I dri

3-5 hours per night, depending on what I'm doing. I usually end up switching off the book around 0300, the alarm is set for 0620, children get up at 0730, I drive them to school at 0815, work on the farm and work on different projects between then and 1315/1415 when it is time to get them from school again, after that my time is divided between work, children, food preparation and such. Around 2200-2300 I'm 'free' again to do some more work, this time usually something IT or electronics-related. Bed around 0200-0230. I never was much of a sleeper, not even when growing up. When I was around 12 I used to switch off the radio when the boring night programming started (I still hear the beginning tunes of those programs in my head and remember the dreary sensation which came with them: time to tune out and read a bit more...). Officially I don't get enough sleep and I should suffer from all sorts of ailments but... I don't. The children are 5 and 12, I'm 51.

Frondo 10y ago
You're not alone in needing very little. I myself need the usual 7 1/2-8 to feel good, but a long time ago I did martial arts with a guy who slept 4 hours a night, from 1am to 5am. He just didn't need more, and enjoyed more free time than most of us get.
- mrslave 10y ago
  Colloquially referred to as the "efficient sleeper gene" or "super-sleeper gene", a quick search of these terms, or DEC2, reveals some lucky people among us get by - indeed thrive - on 4 or 5 hours of sleep per day. Famous examples include Kobe Bryant and Donald Trump (please suspend irrational partisanship for just one minute - ducks). I'm not big into basketball but I was thoroughly inspired by Kobe legends (linked below). Favorite among them, John Celestand jealously pleased he might finally beat Kobe to training one day after Kobe's wrist was broken, only to find Kobe still there first, and training just as hard as usual, only with his off-hand. https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/2dzolu/compilation_of_kobe_bryant_stories/ https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/2dzolu/compilation_of_... http://www.viralhoops.com/kobe-bryant-motivational-stories/ http://www.viralhoops.com/kobe-bryant-motivational-stories/.

Frondo 10y ago

You're not alone in needing very little. I myself need the usual 7 1/2-8 to feel good, but a long time ago I did martial arts with a guy who slept 4 hours a night, from 1am to 5am. He just didn't need more, and enjoyed more free time than most of us get.

mrslave 10y ago
Colloquially referred to as the "efficient sleeper gene" or "super-sleeper gene", a quick search of these terms, or DEC2, reveals some lucky people among us get by - indeed thrive - on 4 or 5 hours of sleep per day. Famous examples include Kobe Bryant and Donald Trump (please suspend irrational partisanship for just one minute - ducks). I'm not big into basketball but I was thoroughly inspired by Kobe legends (linked below). Favorite among them, John Celestand jealously pleased he might finally beat Kobe to training one day after Kobe's wrist was broken, only to find Kobe still there first, and training just as hard as usual, only with his off-hand. https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/2dzolu/compilation_of_kobe_bryant_stories/ https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/2dzolu/compilation_of_... http://www.viralhoops.com/kobe-bryant-motivational-stories/ http://www.viralhoops.com/kobe-bryant-motivational-stories/.