I'd love 8 hours sleep but it won't happen. It can take me a long time to go to sleep or I can drop off easily. I can wake up at 3-4am and it'll take me a couple of hours to fall asleep again, if I do. I sometimes nod off in my TV chair. That's usually a lovely sleep. So I have no idea how long I sleep at night.
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Question of the Day, Sunday, January 31, 2016
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ahhh, yes! being retired is very nice like that!
I sleep in batches - two hours here, two hours there. Eventually it adds up to about 7 - 8 hours over the course of about 11 or 12. The only reason I can do this is because I'm now retired. When I worked, I'd often have to manage on 4 hours and it was never enough.
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sounds like good solid sleep!
8 HoursNot always guaranteed of course (Ah, life) but I try!
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ahhh, i like that idea!
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that makes sense!
5 1/2 to 6 hours is my minimum, to be able to function reasonably well.
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broken sleep is rough...
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when i was younger my brain would want to keep going, making it very hard for me to get to sleep. so i'd picture in my mind 'nothing', absolutely nothing which was for me solid black. not like the night sky with stars, just black, nothing. doing that and focusing on it helped me to fall asleep.
I never seem to get enough sleep. I think I spend 8 hours in bed every night, but I'm a really light sleeper. I wake up at the slightest little noise and my brain has a habit of rousing me from the deepest slumber with thoughts like "Hey, did you pay the gas bill yet? Because I think it's due tomorrow."
i tend to be a light sleeper too. but these days by the time i get to bed, i'm usually out like a light pretty quickly.
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for me, being physically tired makes for a nice deep sleep. i'm pretty active, do a lot of things that require physical exertion.
ahhh, windy and rainy.........those always make for good sleep for me too!
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very nice!
occasionally i'll sleep 9 or 10 hours, but that only happens when i've been very busy/active the day before. it's lovely though!
For some strange reason, I slept pretty good last night...must be the nice clean sheets....
or the fresh air when I aired out the apartment all day!
I felt much better Monday and Tuesday...hopefully that will continue...we are expecting a heavy rain in the coming days..and then back down to reality with the temps....
or the fresh air when I aired out the apartment all day!
I felt much better Monday and Tuesday...hopefully that will continue...we are expecting a heavy rain in the coming days..and then back down to reality with the temps....
YUP! That's usually how it goes for me too, or if I hadn't gotten enough sleep all week, or not sleeping well.
very nice!
occasionally i'll sleep 9 or 10 hours, but that only happens when i've been very busy/active the day before. it's lovely though!
Oh, @artiesmom, Maybe those nose strips will help?? when you're stuffy, and ear plugs are great too.
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I forgot about those nose strips... I have used them before, but they did leave a red mark...think I will try them again!
YUP! That's usually how it goes for me too, or if I hadn't gotten enough sleep all week, or not sleeping well.
Oh, @artiesmom, Maybe those nose strips will help?? when you're stuffy, and ear plugs are great too.
thank you for reminding me of them!!
Ear plugs? when you are all stuffed up?? I am not sure of that....thanks though
Oh, no, probably not when you're stuffed up.
Yea, I can't use the nose strip because they are latex. My Sleep Right night gaurd (for my jaw) came w/ a new kind of thing for your nose. It's plastic, & actually inserts in the front of your nose, & holds it open a little way up. I've only used it a few times, but it works pretty good.
. Got it at CVS
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catnapping sounds good!
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hmmm.........i nod off occasionally in my chair at the computer desk. so now it's three of us that sleep in chairs sometimes!
7-8 for me; but 9 isn't unheard of either. I do like to nap too. I always have! Last week I had a strange cold. It wasn't so bad on the runny nose front; but man I wanted SLEEP! I took 2 naps several days last week and still slept at night.
I used to be able to get away with just 4-5 hours of sleep. I don't know if it's age or having children or both; but man I can't do that anymore!! I don't know if I just don't sleep as well; but man sometimes I could just sleep and sleep and sleep!
I used to be able to get away with just 4-5 hours of sleep. I don't know if it's age or having children or both; but man I can't do that anymore!! I don't know if I just don't sleep as well; but man sometimes I could just sleep and sleep and sleep!
Ah but there are chairs and then there are chairs. Mine's a lazy boy. Can't get much more comfortable than that.
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yes! that's the difference! you have a lazy boy, and @Artiemom has a recliner chair. i've got a very nice cushiony (used) fabric covered executive chair with a high back to it, but it's not particularly comfy to nap in. i can set the lever on my chair so that i can lean back, but i never do that as the next time i sit down i might very well expect the back to be stationary...and it would lean back on me!
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maybe it's that we have more on our minds, now we're older...?
i hope you're feeling better from that cold!
