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I've seen this post before, but I was glad to reread it. A bit off-topic, but could you tell us about your sleep schedule?
by aamar 15y ago
I've seen this post before, but I was glad to reread it. A bit off-topic, but could you tell us about your sleep schedule?
- sivers 15y ago6 hours has always been enough for me. At Berklee, I'd get a piano room every night at 10pm until midnight, when they closed. Then I'd sleep from 1am to 7am, practice some more, and go to class. I was quite driven. Kind of like someone who really feels if they just work their ass off they can be the next Zuckerberg, 20 years ago, being a successful musician felt more attainable. It felt like if I just practiced my ass off, wrote a lot of great songs, and put myself where the action is, I could be successful. That kind of "I can almost taste it" feeling is the most amazing motivation, isn't it? My friends called me "the robot" because I never hung out, never partied, never sat around in the cafeteria eating with them. I'd just grab a peanut butter sandwich and get back to work. Couldn't waste a single minute on the road to success!
- bh42222 15y ago6 hours has always been enough for me. Yep, that's at least one genetic advantage you have on most of us.
- EvilTerran 15y agoYeah, that "I have no innate abilities" line didn't quite sit right with me -- there's one, at least. My first thought there was "attribution error".
- joering2 15y ago> Yep, that's at least one genetic advantage you have on most of us. I think I kind of have the same problem as you do: not enough/too much sleep that messes up my day. But is this "genetic" like you saying? I don't think so. Can you point to any directions where to read about this, or at least, how to get better on sleeping enough hours? Thnx.
- bh42222 15y agohttp://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/03/12/short.sleepers.daylight/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/03/12/short.sleepers.daylight... I am not sure how you can get better at something which is most likely genetic. I work full time and have a not terrible commute, and if I want to eat healthy and get a bit of exercise and spend just a tiny amount of time with friends and family... well, it's hard to get the hours of sleep I genetically need to function 100%. Now, I can go for a very long time sleeping no more than 6 hours a night, but I can feel it slowly killing me.
- mtrimpe 15y agoWere there times when you considered giving up 'being the robot?' And looking back, do you feel that it was all worth it? Or would you make different decisions if you knew then what you know now?
- sivers 15y agoI'd do it all again the same way. It was wonderful. I was following my interests 100% without letting peer pressure convince me to do something I didn't want to do. (Hang out.) I showed myself what I could do. Priceless.
- msalvati 15y agoI remember a little hanging out and/or partying. This ring a bell Derek... "Don't give a f--k about roaches....tryin get em out of my mother f--kin head.....can't get em out of my mother f--kin head"
- msalvati 15y agoI remember a little hanging out. This ring a bell Derek? "Don't give a f--k about roaches....tryin get em out of my mother f--kin head......can't get em out of my mother f--kin head"
- sivers 15y agohey Mark! You still remember our classic song! ☺
- isurfbecause 15y agoYeah I was wondering how you balanced your personal life. Glad you had friends even though you were a robot haha