Lifehack: Sleeping every other night

[Saz]

Never really noticed it until recently but I really only sleep every other night and in fact I'm much more rested after 8 hours of sleep one night and skipping sleeping the next night, than I am lying around for 5-6 hours a night trying to get poor sleep.

[Kane]

That's weird. And potentially damaging to your cognitive abilities if it continues unabated.

[Dylan]

Seems crazy bro.

I used to get 8 hours a night solid every night. After biglaw now I'm lucky to go 6 hours uninterrupted. Usually more like 4 a night plus 2 hours awake but in bed. I feel like shit 24 7 365.

Get yo sleep man

[Demosthenes]

A couple months back I pulled back to back all nighters with maybe 7 hours of sleep snuck inbetween prior to a test. Very very bad idea, noticeable decrease in cognitive abilities and violent caffeine jitters for the first hour of the test.

[Kane]

I work swing shift right now and I can notice it. The graveyard people? They're just f**k weird. Shit messes with your memory, response time, etc.

[Saz]

I don't do it on purpose or anything, I just don't think I need to sleep that much. If I've got 8 hours the night before i just never really feel the need to sleep the next night. I always miss nights of sleep and I never feel the effects the next day. In fact I usually feel much better in the morning and then the second night I always get more restful sleep. Been like this since high school. I would just go to bed because it's what you do every night I guess but most of the time it would take hours to fall asleep and I wouldn't really feel anymore rested. I've been sleeping every other night now for the past few months and have never felt better.

And I don't really drink coffee or anything. Maybe the afternoon on the second day I'll have a red bull if there is something I need to do and be very focused but otherwise it's the exact same. Honestly during the day I don't notice any difference if I skipped the last night and have to actively remember if I slept last night or not. It's actually weird because of I get 3-4 hours every night then I do feel tired during the day, but 8 hours every other night is perfectly fine.

Seemed weird to me at first but I've been rolling with it for a few months now and absolutely no change at all, except I have an extra 8 hours every other day. I was just wondering if anyone else does something similar.

[Saz]

[Saz]

[Kane]

[Darkhorse]

I sleep like 8 hours a night. If you guys are having trouble sleeping, it might be your filthy consciences. Try being better people.