What's the perfect amount of sleep for maximum productivity?



I managed to maintain everyman for over 3 months one time.

It was one of the dumbest things I ever did. Trying to cheat yourself out of sleep is dumb. You lose far more productivity and years of your life then you gain.

Not to mention bragging about how little you sleep is like paying for college then running around going to parties bragging about how you "don't even try" and still have a fucking 2.1
 
AdamC said:
My mind and body say otherwise...

Feel free to cite a source.
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AdamC said:
Again, source?

You're talking shit, son.
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Will the Mayo Clinic or Harvard Medical School suit you? It's not hard to Google it man. There's no perfect answer because of the length of time required for such studies, but many show that the further away you get from 6-8 hours of sleep a night the greater your change of mortality from numerous causes and the less you are capable of dealing with complex mental tasks. The quality of your sleep is also vastly important.
 
I like a solid 8 hours of sleep, but only actually see that amount once or twice a week including weekends. I would say that my average night of sleep is roughly 6-7 hours. The thing that gets me is hitting the snooze button. Waking up and falling back asleep after I hit the snooze button makes me feel like crap.
 
I'm one of those 10hrs of sleep guys. Especially if I've been smoking a lot of weed.

Although, I can function on 7-8hrs of sleep if I drink a lot of tea throughout the day.

If I get 6hrs or less of sleep I'm pretty much useless all day.
 
AdamC said:
My mind and body say otherwise...

Feel free to cite a source.
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Sleep deprivation and fatigue in residency training: r... [Sleep. 2004] - PubMed - NCBI

People that sleep less make more mistakes for one thing.

Extent and Health Consequences of Chronic Sleep Loss and Sleep Disorders - Sleep Disorders and Sleep Deprivation - NCBI Bookshelf

Tells you about all of the negative affects of long term sleep deprivation.

Sleeping 5 hours or less increased mortality risk, from all causes, by roughly 15 percent.
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That was after being followed for only 8-14 years too. Bizarrely sleeping too long is bad for you too, most people should aim to get 7-8 hours or so.

I function best on about 8, but typically get around 7. I can function fairly well on more than 6. Less than 6, I find if I wake up at a good point in the sleep cycle I can be productive for a while, but typically crash later in the day.
 
I like blackout curtains plus a cool room and no/little electronics for 30 minutes at least before bed. I don't set an alarm. I wake up when I wake up. Sleep is too important to be fucked with.
 
For me, I try to sleep til whenever the hell I want. This way I wake up peaceful and happy and am ready to do (or not do) things.
 
Jack London is answering:

"... The days were too short. There was so much he wanted to study. He cut his sleep down to five hours and found that he could get along upon it. He tried four hours and a half, and regretfully came back to five. He could joyfully have spent all his waking hours upon any one of his pursuits. It was with regret that he ceased from writing to study, that he ceased from study to go to the library, that he tore himself away from that chart-room of knowledge or from the magazines in the reading-room that were filled with the secrets of writers who succeeded in selling their wares. It was like severing heart strings, when he was with Ruth, to stand up and go; and he scorched through the dark streets so as to get home to his books at the least possible expense of time. And hardest of all was it to shut up the algebra or physics, put note-book and pencil aside, and close his tired eyes in sleep. He hated the thought of ceasing to live, even for so short a time, and his sole consolation was that the alarm clock was set five hours ahead. He would lose only five hours anyway, and then the jangling bell would jerk him out of unconsciousness and he would have before him another glorious day of nineteen hours..."
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caveat:
"There is nothing the matter with you, Mr. Eden," he said, "positively nothing the matter with you. You are in the pink of condition. Candidly, I envy you your health. It is superb. Look at that chest. There, and in your stomach, lies the secret of your remarkable constitution. Physically, you are a man in a thousand - in ten thousand. Barring accidents, you should live to be a hundred."
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Seriously, don't skip sleep. It's naive to think that by sleeping less, you somehow "cheat" sleep and gain more time to stay awake.

What you lose in productivity (speed, attention span, mood) is far far more important than a few hours (at best) you might gain by sleeping less than you should.

Saving time by sleeping less is like stopping a clock to save time. Be wise and don't do it.
 
Lalit_Burma said:
I go usually 5 - 6 hours night sleep and after lunch 10 minutes sharp power nap.

Try power nap for 10 - 15 minutes (not more then that) during day ... and you will feel energetic.

What is Power Nap - Wikipedia Details

How to get effective Power Nap

Usually its not the hours which count ... its the healthy sleep which count.
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I can vouch for power naps. This summer I took a job as a construction worker and during lunch break I always took a 10 - 15 mins power nap. After that you feel how your body is full with energy and you're ready to tear down some more walls.
 
Lalit_Burma said:
I go usually 5 - 6 hours night sleep and after lunch 10 minutes sharp power nap.

Try power nap for 10 - 15 minutes (not more then that) during day ... and you will feel energetic.

What is Power Nap - Wikipedia Details

How to get effective Power Nap

Usually its not the hours which count ... its the healthy sleep which count.
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Cigar said:
I can vouch for power naps. This summer I took a job as a construction worker and during lunch break I always took a 10 - 15 mins power nap. After that you feel how your body is full with energy and you're ready to tear down some more walls.
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Yes power nap can do magic to your productivity ...

I highly recommend this to every person immaterial of their business and industry.
 
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