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I tried this for a few weeks in college and it was a pretty neat experience. I slept first from 9-12 and then 3-7/8. Those three hours between 12 and 3 ended up
by square_usual 5y ago
I tried this for a few weeks in college and it was a pretty neat experience. I slept first from 9-12 and then 3-7/8. Those three hours between 12 and 3 ended up being super productive - I was very energized and had creative ideas about whatever I was doing. I had to stop because going to bed at 9 in college was like kissing your social life goodbye, but even these days if I naturally wake up in the middle of the night the hours that follow end up being amazing for my productivity. I think I'll try it out again.
- tjoff 5y agoOh, so, 21-24 and 3-7/8. Took me a while.
- square_usual 5y agoYeah, should've bene clearer about that, my bad.
- Swenrekcah 5y agoI knew some people in college who might well have kept the 9-12 and 15-19 sleep routine...
- kvgr 5y agoYeah there was a time, where I would sleep from 2-4 to 8 and then take 2 hour nap in the afternoon(after school when I just dropped dead) because insomnia. But I felt like shit all the time...
- Bayart 5y agoAh yes, the MMORPG sleep regimen.
- bencollier49 5y agoSame but with MUDs.
- coffeeboy27 5y agoI miss GodWars
- tyre 5y agoWere you able to fall back asleep at 3? Some of my most productive hours are later at night, but then even when I'm tired and decide to go to bed, my mind keeps running.
- square_usual 5y agoYeah, but falling asleep was way easier in my late teens, so I couldn't say for sure if I would be able to do it now.
- jarenmf 5y agoSame for me, I tried that for almost a year and the night hours were super productive and enjoyable no matter which activity I do.
- jdshaffer 5y agoHonestly curious here and not picking on you. If it was super productive and enjoyable, why only do it for a year?
- Fezzik 5y agoI think the biggest problem/excuse/justification is that life makes it difficult to go to bed before XX o’clock (8:00 PM for me). I’ve never done this bifurcated sleep method, but I am happiest and most productive if I go to bed around 8 PM and rise around 3:30/4:00 AM to workout and get on with my day. But then I have work problems that require a later evening, or a family member that wants to chat, or a house repair I just have to tend to, of a close friend with kids that I only talk to every few weeks who finally has a free moment… and the whole schedule gets screwed up, all the time. The going to bed early, regularly, is the difficult part I think.
- jarenmf 5y agoLike others have pointed out, It's really difficult to operate on a different schedule than the rest of society. Eventually family, friends, and other activities pushed me to give up my evening "first sleep"
- andi999 5y agoIf you have small kids going to bed early is an option (since you need to be home anyways)
- bcraven 5y agoThis is a fabulous podcast that, amongst other things, highlights those feelings amazing productivity at night. https://nocturnepodcast.org/quiet-transmission/ https://nocturnepodcast.org/quiet-transmission/ https://nocturnepodcast.org/the-nocturnist/ https://nocturnepodcast.org/the-nocturnist/
- tremon 5y agoI sometimes do sleep from 20h-23h, but I always have problems going back to sleep at 3. Lying awake until 6am really isn't helpful if you want to have productive days as well as productive nights.
- pdimitar 5y agoSame. Taking naps anywhere from 19:00-20:30 all the way to 22:30-00:30 has been amazingly healing experience both for my body and mind but there's no way in hell I fall asleep at 3:00. I feel at my peak then. When I take these naps I can't fall asleep earlier than 7:30-8:00...