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When Your Schedule Is Busy.....

ECBG — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 22:06:43 GMT

When your schedule is busy, how many hours of sleep do you need?

I have always done better with 9 hours.

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KingstonMom — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 22:08:59 GMT

I usually wake up during the night and get on up for coffee.

If I get 7 hours, that's good!

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threecees — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 22:10:08 GMT

I am not a sleeper. I probably get 6 to 7 hours a night if that, busy day ahead

or not.

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meallen616 — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 22:12:26 GMT

If I get 7 hours of sleep, I'm happy!

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bikerbabe — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 22:13:13 GMT

When I was working until this past year, I got about 4-1/2.

Now, depending on how DH is doing I can still get only 5.

I NEED 7.

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FancyPhillyshopper — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 22:18:09 GMT

When my schedule was busy, sleep was not based on what I needed, but what I could squeeze in.

When I was in graduate school with some tight deadlines, I had to pull all-nighters many times.

In my workaholic days I had a long commute, and worked sometimes 60 hours a week!

In my much younger days I used to be able to go out dancing until two or three AM and then get up at 7:00 to go to work.

Getting six to nine hours of sleep these days is a real luxury! (Although my cats will wake me up at all hours when they feel like it.)

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candyagain — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 22:29:15 GMT

Still working. Weekdays I fall asleep at 9/9:30 pm. Up at 2am or so and do a few household things. Back to bed at 3:30 or so, up at 5:30 am.

Not ideal but I sleep when and how I can. I'm a night owl so the work week is tough on me.

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On It — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 22:38:00 GMT

I found the older I got, the less I could sleep. If I manage to sleep 6 hours, it has been an exceptionally good night. I cannot go to bed early, or I am wide awake by 3 or 4 a.m. Midnight is my favorite bedtime, and I am often up for the day at 5:00.

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Pezzie — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 22:59:25 GMT

@ECBG Wow, you are lucky to be able to sleep nine hours.

Even in my younger days I have never been able to sleep that long. I get by with five hours. A good day I get six!

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ECBG — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 23:00:50 GMT

BLESS YOU GIRLS!!!!!!

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Sooner — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 23:02:20 GMT

If I can snag 6 hours I'm good to go, occasionally get 7 hrs! I have never been great at sleeping and neither was my father. My husband can drop off and sleep through anything.

I am not a morning person, but can stay up most of the night with no problem. I often get up at night and read awhile. I did this as a little kid and just played before I could read!

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chrystaltree — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 23:09:34 GMT

At no point in my whole life did I ever sleep 9 hours a night. I wake up naturally at 6am regardless of what time I went to bed. When I had young kids, I was up at 5am. I usually go to bed at 11pm, drift off at 11:30ish.

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DSD2 — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 23:16:50 GMT

I've always been told that the older you get the less sleep you need.

I've found the opposite to be true. When I worked, there were many nights I got 4 or 5 hours; 6 at the most.

Now that I'm retired, I try and get 7 hours of sleep; when I get close to 8 I feel the best...

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cotton4me — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 23:26:48 GMT

I usually can't sleep for more than 5 hours. I do find I need less sleep as I've gotten older.

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Parischic — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 23:38:51 GMT

I love to sleep and try to get at least 8 hours a day.

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justashopper — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 23:46:44 GMT

I always prioritize sleep. I try to at least get 7. At least. On those days, I will squeeze in a 20 min cat nap and still try to go bed early that night. I prefer to get 9 or 10. I am a good sleeper, too. I might wake up, but that's mostly cause my cat will step right on my throat LOL he likes to snuggle on top of me..

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2sisters — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 23:49:47 GMT

I'm lucky to get 6-7 hours of sleep and then I'm up a couple times for bathroom runs. If I get 9 hours of straight sleep I'd probably be in a coma. Lol

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Zwervend — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 00:05:43 GMT

Now that I'm retired, I prioritize sleep for both my physical and emotional well being. My phone goes on "do not disturb' from 9:30 PM to 6:30 AM, with the goal that I will sleep for 8 hours somewhere in that time frame. I'm pretty consistently sleeping from 10:00 PM to 6:30AM. Since I've been at my beach place for the past few days, the sound of the waves, along with later sunrise has added another hour of sleep.

When I was working 80+ hours a week and traveling 60% of the time, I was lucky to get in 5 hours a night. I'm much happier and healthier now.

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Squirrels Are Trash — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 00:11:17 GMT

Depends. I will only sleep 5 or 6 hours if life is stressful. If, mental-health wise is fine, 7 or 8 hours.

Frequently, If I wake up at 1 or 2 AM it's because I am having a panic attack. Sometimes, I can soothe myself back to sleep. Often, I cannot, so I will get up, which is better than lying, heart pounding in bed.

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Ronettes — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 00:19:10 GMT

9 Hours is always best for me, I get up refreshed and ready to go -

Anything less and I don't feel right.

Been like that my whole life, and people have told me that I sleep like the dead, without moving for hours!