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> If the day were 28 hours long, it would match my needs perfectly. Why is this? It sounds like you might have non-24 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-24-ho

> If the day were 28 hours long, it would match my needs perfectly. Why is this? It sounds like you might have non-24 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-24-hour_sleep%E2%80%93wake_disorder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-24-hour_sleep%E2%80%93wake... ) I also think I have this, though my lifestyle seems to play a big role.. if I'm very active I can stay on a 24-hour cycle; but the majority of the time my cycle is more like 24.5-26 hours, which slowly causes drift until I need to do a 2-3 day 'reset' (go to sleep at 6 AM one night, 12 PM the next, and 6 PM the next), which leads to me being really tired for the majority of those days. Once I get to sleep at 6 PM I'm set for at least a couple of weeks though, I can slowly drift to sleeping at midnight - 2 AM which is pretty good for me. > I think the great thing about our industry is that most of us can set our hours and work any block in a 24 hour period. And the problem with this is, meetings. Unfortunately, almost no one knows what non-24 is, including sleep therapists I've talked to.

LocalPCGuy 4y ago
People always look at me like I'm crazy when I talk about non-24. If left to my own devices I'll just go to bed an hour later each night, I can get into a bit of a midnight to 2am schedule also, but then pop a later night in order to be tired enough the next night to rest back a few hours. Also recently diagnosed ADHD (in my 40s), and apparently sleep issues like non-24 are at least correlated to it.
- pcthrowaway 4y ago
  Have you also observed that you're better able to adapt to the 24-hr day when you're not working and getting regular outdoor activity and exercise? I really think working with computers indoors is a large contributing factor to my non-24.
  - LocalPCGuy 4y ago
    It's hard to say. I was doing a lot of hiking and outdoor activity last summer, and it didn't really make that much difference (if anything, being in better shape gave me more energy at the end of the day). I do find I have an energy slump in the early evening and wonder if there is some way to take advantage of that, but haven't been able to push myself to try a sleep schedule change that drastic (and my hunch is that it'd just push that slump earlier and I'd start drifting again, just starting from an earlier point in the evening).
- wnolens 4y ago
  Never heard of this before. I'm the same. Unless I do a multi hour intense exercise (steep hike, 60k bike ride), I can always stay up later. When I was a teenager I discovered no end to this.

LocalPCGuy 4y ago

People always look at me like I'm crazy when I talk about non-24. If left to my own devices I'll just go to bed an hour later each night, I can get into a bit of a midnight to 2am schedule also, but then pop a later night in order to be tired enough the next night to rest back a few hours. Also recently diagnosed ADHD (in my 40s), and apparently sleep issues like non-24 are at least correlated to it.

pcthrowaway 4y ago
Have you also observed that you're better able to adapt to the 24-hr day when you're not working and getting regular outdoor activity and exercise? I really think working with computers indoors is a large contributing factor to my non-24.
- LocalPCGuy 4y ago
  It's hard to say. I was doing a lot of hiking and outdoor activity last summer, and it didn't really make that much difference (if anything, being in better shape gave me more energy at the end of the day). I do find I have an energy slump in the early evening and wonder if there is some way to take advantage of that, but haven't been able to push myself to try a sleep schedule change that drastic (and my hunch is that it'd just push that slump earlier and I'd start drifting again, just starting from an earlier point in the evening).
wnolens 4y ago
Never heard of this before. I'm the same. Unless I do a multi hour intense exercise (steep hike, 60k bike ride), I can always stay up later. When I was a teenager I discovered no end to this.