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I think insomnia is a way of blaming a human for not being on the industrial day cycle. I don't think there is anything wrong with staying up late through the

I think insomnia is a way of blaming a human for not being on the industrial day cycle. I don't think there is anything wrong with staying up late through the night and sleeping into the day. If I am not falling asleep, I get up and work on something, rather than allowing myself to become attached to the idea of going to sleep at a certain time. When I feel so tired that I have no choice but to pass out, that is when I lie down and sleep like a baby. I feel extremely blessed/fortunate to have discovered letting my body dictate when to sleep and when to wake, and hope that my message helps someone else.

Schinken_ 6y ago
So much this. My work allows me to work whenever I want (even move hours or entire days off to the weekend if it suits me better). Worked wonders for my mood and actual health. No more sleep stress and being tired at work (or while working from home). Every employer should take note that its absolutely useless to force strict working hours when some of your workers will be at the mental capacity of a jacket potato. Same goes for school and early hours. I know for school as well as for work there is a lot of productivity to gain when most people work at the same time (easy meetings, no need to repeat stuff, for schools that's basically the only way etc). But at least have an option of two to three core working hours? Also, good thing my SO is catching on and understanding that I'm just not an early bird (unless I wake up at 1am and stay awake). She fully understands.
biolurker1 6y ago
What if some people due to stress can do this for 24h cutting in half effectively their sleep to an average of 4h which is thought to be very bad for health?
- forgotmypw17 6y ago
  Well, stress is indeed bad for health. And so is undersleeping. My strategy is two-fold: 1. Don't sleep when you don't want to. 2. Sleep as much as you want when you do. Your scenario seems to skip the second part, which is also important.
bamboozled 6y ago
Quite jealous, I had a similar setup till all the US staff in my org wanted "moar agile meetings" and of course they want all the meetings in prime time PDT slots, screw anyone else not in that time zone. Now I'm forced into sleep schedules I just cannot get used too.

Schinken_ 6y ago

So much this. My work allows me to work whenever I want (even move hours or entire days off to the weekend if it suits me better). Worked wonders for my mood and actual health. No more sleep stress and being tired at work (or while working from home). Every employer should take note that its absolutely useless to force strict working hours when some of your workers will be at the mental capacity of a jacket potato. Same goes for school and early hours. I know for school as well as for work there is a lot of productivity to gain when most people work at the same time (easy meetings, no need to repeat stuff, for schools that's basically the only way etc). But at least have an option of two to three core working hours? Also, good thing my SO is catching on and understanding that I'm just not an early bird (unless I wake up at 1am and stay awake). She fully understands.

biolurker1 6y ago

What if some people due to stress can do this for 24h cutting in half effectively their sleep to an average of 4h which is thought to be very bad for health?

forgotmypw17 6y ago
Well, stress is indeed bad for health. And so is undersleeping. My strategy is two-fold: 1. Don't sleep when you don't want to. 2. Sleep as much as you want when you do. Your scenario seems to skip the second part, which is also important.

bamboozled 6y ago

Quite jealous, I had a similar setup till all the US staff in my org wanted "moar agile meetings" and of course they want all the meetings in prime time PDT slots, screw anyone else not in that time zone. Now I'm forced into sleep schedules I just cannot get used too.