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I am the same, and also weight lift and ride bikes so it's not from lack of exercise either. My sleep cycle drifts naturally forward, and it has lead to many w

by ehnto 6y ago

I am the same, and also weight lift and ride bikes so it's not from lack of exercise either. My sleep cycle drifts naturally forward, and it has lead to many weird issues. I don't fit in a 9-5, at least not without feeling like shit for 80% of the day, being basically useless during the 9-5 portion. I'm happiest when I just let it happen, and accept that for some portion of the time I am essentially a night-shift worker. But I'm not totally satisfied with that, either. I would love to be up at 9am and down at 1am every day, I think that's the sweet spot. But inevitably 1am becomes 2am, 3am, 4am, 5am, and at about 7am I will just stay up for 24 hours and start all over. This happens over the course of a month or so.

mrslave 6y ago
Sci-fi novels and TV shows with 26 hour days always make me envious. Just one more hour of the day and one more hour of sleep would be bliss.
- vestrigi 6y ago
  That would be just two more hours that you're expected to work for your boss but in theory it sounds great!
dsego 6y ago
I have the same drift. I did notice that for me traveling and experiencing new things can sometimes break the spell for a few days.
Nursie 6y ago
That's a very familiar pattern. I'm not particularly happy when I let it happen though, as I miss the daytime and that affects my mood. Can't win!
multjoy 6y ago
BBC Radio 4 had a piece about this a couple of weeks ago, although I was listening to it on the way in for a night shift... I will try and dig it out, apparently it is more common than you’d think. Edit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000q3r7 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000q3r7
Contax 6y ago
> inevitably 1am becomes 2am, 3am, 4am, 5am, and at about 7am I will just stay up for 24 hours and start all over. That's exactly my case. It's like having a 25 hours cycle instead of 24.
- Monotoko 6y ago
  My wife went away for Chinese New Year and I'm a freelancer so have a little bit of flexibility in when I work... my sleep pattern shifted the entire 24 hours in a week. It's currently 6am and I just got up. It really does a number on me, but without that 'grounding' into reality my sleep goes into a 30 hour cycle

by ehnto 6y ago

mrslave 6y ago

Sci-fi novels and TV shows with 26 hour days always make me envious. Just one more hour of the day and one more hour of sleep would be bliss.

vestrigi 6y ago
That would be just two more hours that you're expected to work for your boss but in theory it sounds great!

dsego 6y ago

I have the same drift. I did notice that for me traveling and experiencing new things can sometimes break the spell for a few days.

Nursie 6y ago

That's a very familiar pattern. I'm not particularly happy when I let it happen though, as I miss the daytime and that affects my mood. Can't win!

multjoy 6y ago

BBC Radio 4 had a piece about this a couple of weeks ago, although I was listening to it on the way in for a night shift... I will try and dig it out, apparently it is more common than you’d think. Edit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000q3r7 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000q3r7

Contax 6y ago

> inevitably 1am becomes 2am, 3am, 4am, 5am, and at about 7am I will just stay up for 24 hours and start all over. That's exactly my case. It's like having a 25 hours cycle instead of 24.

Monotoko 6y ago
My wife went away for Chinese New Year and I'm a freelancer so have a little bit of flexibility in when I work... my sleep pattern shifted the entire 24 hours in a week. It's currently 6am and I just got up. It really does a number on me, but without that 'grounding' into reality my sleep goes into a 30 hour cycle