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yeah alright mate cheers, how was yours?
I've got into a right shit habit of getting home, doing a couple of little jobs, and putting the youngest to bed at 8 or 9ish... only to fall asleep with him.
I'll get up at half eleven for an old man piss, and that's me then - I'll go down and chat to the better half for a bit until she gets bored of the telly (and my epic banter) and goes to bed, and I'll be up then until half one or two before going to bed again until 5am.
Net result is that I've been giving it the nodding dog at about half ten in the morning, and taken an early lunch to go out for a run to wake myself up a bit. Nightmare.
I know research suggests that two lots of four hour sleep sessions is better than one eight hour monster, but my god I'd love one right about now!
My sleep's been terrible for ~2 years now... basically got down to stints of 2~3 hours at a time.
It's getting better, but I've been fretting that I need 8 hours (or at least 7.5) in a single block... didn't know about the 4 hour thing.
Got any info on that? (I'll take a look on t'interwebs, but can't trust half the crap on there these days)
As always, context is key. I seem to remember this BBC article discussing it as a sleep tool used generations ago.
It would appear that humans in winter months - when there are fewer hours of daylight - seem to favour splitting into two shorter sleeps with a productive waking period in the middle, where people are now encouraged to do a task (read, do the dishwasher, load the dryer, whatever) before returning to sleep.
It doesn't quite fit my setup there but there are some interesting points raised.
Thanks 👍🏻
8:30 - 11:30 = 3 hours +
1:30 - 5:00 = 3.5 hours = 6.5 hours
Not the worst to be honest, but you might need to sneak in a few power naps during the day