WHAT TIME DO YOU GO TO BED?

Shanus · ‎05-17-2010

I think I need more sleep. I’m in bed by 10...reading or making a “to do” list for next day or 10 minute entry in journal. Lights out at 10:30. I’m up at 5:45-6 to begin my day...just habit. Now, most days, I find by 3PM, I’m wiped out and head for an hour nap.

Do we need more sleep as we get older?

gidgetgh · ‎03-09-2010

I’m not a good sleeper at all.

We go to bed very early. My husband has health issues and lately has been asleep by 8:30. I usually watch tv in bed and don’t always make it through the 9:00 show I watch weeknights.

I usually wake up between 4:30 and 5:00 and I don’t nap during the day.

Oh....and I never sleep through the night. I sleep on and off.

Why is it, when I have a 50/50 guess at something, I'm always 100% wrong?

tends2dogs · ‎05-08-2010

I go to bed between midnight and 1 am. I get up around 8 or 8:30.

The only time I take a nap is when I am sick.

Fear not Brothers and Sisters! I have read THE BOOK..........we win!!!

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

@Shanus wrote:
I think I need more sleep. I’m in bed by 10...reading or making a “to do” list for next day or 10 minute entry in journal. Lights out at 10:30. I’m up at 5:45-6 to begin my day...just habit. Now, most days, I find by 3PM, I’m wiped out and head for an hour nap.

Do we need more sleep as we get older?

Good Morning @Shanus Since retireing I now get up at about 3:30AM( I love my morning time!)... go all day..... no naps.... and eat dinner by 4PM...Never eat after dinner... and in bed and asleep by 8PM.

For 25 years I worked the the late shift... got home about 8PM and ate dinner really late..... HATED THAT. Now I enjoy doing what I WANT TO and EATING AND GOING TO BED WHEN I WANT TO! It is the best part of being retired!

CANDLEQUEEN · ‎03-09-2010

I still work fulltime, so I go to bed by 9pm and am up by 5am...Weekends I go to bed by 10p and usually sleep if I can until 7am......We do need more sleep as we get older, I think! After working all day, and coming home and working out, and eating and cleaning, I am more than ready for bed by 9pm, sometimes sooner.....lol!

Shanus · ‎05-17-2010

@SeaMaiden wrote:
@Shanus wrote:
I think I need more sleep. I’m in bed by 10...reading or making a “to do” list for next day or 10 minute entry in journal. Lights out at 10:30. I’m up at 5:45-6 to begin my day...just habit. Now, most days, I find by 3PM, I’m wiped out and head for an hour nap.

Do we need more sleep as we get older?

Good Morning @Shanus Since retireing I now get up at about 3:30AM( I love my morning time!)... go all day..... no naps.... and eat dinner by 4PM...Never eat after dinner... and in bed and asleep by 8PM.

For 25 years I worked the the late shift... got home about 8PM and ate dinner really late..... HATED THAT. Now I enjoy doing what I WANT TO and EATING AND GOING TO BED WHEN I WANT TO! It is the best part of being retired!

@SeaMaiden Not sure I could do 8PM, but good for you. I try not to eat after dinner, too.

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

I've never needed a lot of sleep but as I get older (I'm 57), I try to get 7 hours of quality sleep a night. I go to bed at 11 and my alarm clock goes off at 6am. I always thought that people require less sleep as they age, I know my older friends have said that. If your body needs a daily nap, take a daily nap. Nothing wrong with that.

Shanus · ‎05-17-2010

@chrystaltree wrote:
I've never needed a lot of sleep but as I get older (I'm 57), I try to get 7 hours of quality sleep a night. I go to bed at 11 and my alarm clock goes off at 6am. I always thought that people require less sleep as they age, I know my older friends have said that. If your body needs a daily nap, take a daily nap. Nothing wrong with that.

@chrystaltree My Mom’s in bed by 7 and nods off all day. Yes, she’s now 90 and entitled, but she’s done this for the last 10 yrs.

CANDLEQUEEN · ‎03-09-2010

I just googled it and I guess as you age you need less sleep, not more as I thought! 7-9 hours of good sleep is what adults need.....

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@Shanus wrote:
I think I need more sleep. I’m in bed by 10...reading or making a “to do” list for next day or 10 minute entry in journal. Lights out at 10:30. I’m up at 5:45-6 to begin my day...just habit. Now, most days, I find by 3PM, I’m wiped out and head for an hour nap.

Do we need more sleep as we get older?

Just a suggestion: I'd make the to-do list no later than 8 pm then forget about it until I get up the next day. Why go to bed thinking about what you have to do the next day?