What would be your ideal 9-hour sleep window be?

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Originally Posted by KathrynAragon

I couldn't sleep nine hours at night if you tried to force me to do it. I'm a six hour a nighter myself. From midnight to 6 am is about perfect for me.

Same here. When I was working and the kids were young, anything more than 5-6 hours of sleep was a luxury. I learned how to function well on six hours. Its all I do now.

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Originally Posted by hotzcatz

9 consecutive hours seems a bit much? Consistently?


Around here there seems to be a range of sleep time, anywhere from 6 to 10 hours, depending on - hmm, I'm not quite sure what. If there's been multiple short sleep days (approx 6 hours) then a night of long sleep (9 to 10 hours) will usually happen. There's no specific bedtime, either, it seems to range from 9pm to 2am. With the occasional afternoon nap tossed in as well.


Is there supposed to be an ideal time? And why 9 hours?

I've just heard my whole life that 8 hours of sleep is the target # of hours to sleep so I figured add an hour of down time to the mix to make sure those 8 can be attained. Also, "they"say it's best to wake up at the same time every day.

Personally I would love to have a set sleeping schedule, but unfortunately my job requires me to wake up a couple days extra early, so on my days off I make sure to sleep in to spite all the days I'm forced against my will to get out of bed.