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_whiteCaps_last Friday at 11:34 PM1 replyview on HN

I'm genuinely jealous of your ability to either:

- fall asleep at 9:31 and function on 7 hours of sleep

- or fall asleep at 10:30 and function on 6 hours of sleep

If I'm not getting 8 hours, I feel like a zombie the next morning.


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jjuliuslast Friday at 11:55 PM

Sorry to confuse, it's 9:30 every night. Anything less than 7 and I'm wrecked. 7.5 is ideal, but I also feel great with 7. My non-scientific guess is that I spent so much of my teens and 20s getting less than 6 hours that my body is delighted by 7+ lol.

But yeah, I imagine I'll need more as time continues to pass and I get older.

/shrug

Edit: To say nothing of my mild fear of an inadequate amount of sleep in middle age possibly contributing to dementia, but I digress...

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