When do you stay up till? - Page 2

ryan8472 · #16 09-22-2006, 08:38 AM

Later than I should. I havent gone to bed earlier than 12 in a while.

GypsySorcerer · #17 09-22-2006, 10:30 AM

It depends on my teaching schedule, but I usually go to bed around midnight. On weekends, usually around 2:00 am.

DrummerDeanna · #18 09-22-2006, 11:13 AM

Good God - if I could sleep all the time I would...

Typically I go to bed between 11 and 1am. And I get up between 9 and 11am. I LOVE that I can just hop into work anytime I want...it really allows me to get the amount of sleep I want.

Lately, though I've been trying to cap my sleep at 8 hours....

skcin · #19 09-22-2006, 11:57 AM

I used to be such a night owl. Worked 3p-11p for years, loved it. I'd go to bed around 2am. get up by 11am.

Over the past 5 or 6 years, I somehow switched.

Yes, I got a day job, but I don't find it tortuous to be up early anymore. Weekdays I'm usually in bed between 10pm - 11:30pm (depending on what's on TV

) I try to get up by 7am so I can work out before work, but that only actually happens about once a week. It's usually 7:30 or so.

Weekends are hit & miss. If I'm at home doing nothing, I can easily pass out by 10pm. If I'm out & about or drinking, I can easily stay up until 3am. Either way, I'm good on 7.5-8.5 hours of sleep. More or less & I feel like crap.

HomerMcvie · #20 09-22-2006, 12:19 PM

All you morning people.

I HATE mornings, and always have. I knew at 14, that I wanted to find a profession that didn't involve mornings(or suits). I usually go to bed about 4AM(give or take an hour), and get up between 11:30 and 12:30. I try to get up at noon, because there's an Andy Griffith on then!

I need at least 6&1/2 hrs, to not feel like a zombie.

DavidMn · #21 09-22-2006, 02:21 PM

I'm gererally up by 9 AM on days I dont work. Otherwise about 6:30 AM.

goldustsongbird · #22 09-22-2006, 04:44 PM

Whenever.

I used to really push it on the weekends and summers, staying up until 5:00, 6:00, even 7 in the morning before calling it a uh, night. If I have to be up for class or something, it really depends on what time that is. I try to go to bed no later than 1AM.

If left to my own devices, I wake up any time between 7am and 1pm, no matter what. I can get through a day on four or five hours. I know, I'm terrible. I hate sleeping in really late like that. I've been trying to even things out a bit more. I always say I'm going to go to bed "early", but then I find something on TV, or I get distracted on here, and before I know it, time has goten away from me!

foxyluva · #23 09-22-2006, 04:48 PM

I usually go to sleep around 10.30 to 11.30 pm most nights, and get up at about 8.30 am

I love to sleep

jannieC · #24 09-22-2006, 05:08 PM

When I was a bartender, I had a similar schedule, Amber. I would get home from work aound 3am and be asleep by 4am. But I usually woke up at around 9-10am and ended up taking an hour power nap later in the day before work. It's funny, but even though I maintained that schedule for years- after midnuight, no matter how busy it was, I would start to feel ****ty and tired.

Now, I go to bed aroung 10:30pm-11:30pm and get up at around 7am. The IDEAL for me would be asleep by midnight and up at 8am.

markolas · #25 09-22-2006, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by GODDESS6

actually i can, i am one of those on the go-go-go type of people~

Ohhhh. See, I'm very low energy. It's caused relationship problems in the past ("You never want to do anything!," etc.).

markolas · #26 09-22-2006, 06:12 PM

Another issue for me is that I *cannot* sleep when it's daylight outside. Even if I stay up until 3am, I will wake up whenever the sun comes up.

amber · #27 09-22-2006, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

All you morning people.

I HATE mornings, and always have. I knew at 14, that I wanted to find a profession that didn't involve mornings(or suits). I usually go to bed about 4AM(give or take an hour), and get up between 11:30 and 12:30. I try to get up at noon, because there's an Andy Griffith on then!

I need at least 6&1/2 hrs, to not feel like a zombie.

Yep. Stupid morning people.

You guys all seem pretty normal, cept Carrie. Except actually I'm surprised at how early everyone gets up, and how little sleep they need. I have to say I definitely wake up much better since I quit smoking. But my ideal sleep time still seems to be about 9 hours. On weekends I often wake up about noon, or 1:00. Rarely much earlier. If I'm up by 10:30 or 11 I feel like I got a really good head start on the day.

I also nap pretty often. In the summer when I didn't have class it was hard for me to stay awake after work, like between 5:30 and 8. Coincidentally, there is nothing really on TV then.

But of course, that makes me stay up late, if I've had that nap. Which is fine. I mean, it is really hard for me to be tired and go to bed, I feel like I'm missing something. Yeah, it's probably that I'm missing those 5 hours I slept through when everyone else was already up in the morning.

I have to say, when I cut the coffee or soda, I can sleep a bit earlier. But I only have usually half a cup of coffee. Whatever.

HomerMcvie · #28 09-22-2006, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

Yep. Stupid morning people.

I have to say, when I cut the coffee or soda, I can sleep a bit earlier. But I only have usually half a cup of coffee. Whatever.

It seems like alot more women are morning people than men.

And caffeine definitely f*cks up my sleep. That's why I usually have my two cans of TAB for breakfast, and that's all my caffeine for the day.

DrummerDeanna · #29 09-22-2006, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

It seems like alot more women are morning people than men.

And caffeine definitely f*cks up my sleep. That's why I usually have my two cans of TAB for breakfast, and that's all my caffeine for the day.

Hmm..that's true - except my brother in law is totally a morning person.

Even if I go to bed super early I still can't get up before 9ish without feeling like ass - I HATE mornings - and am happiest when I can just sleep as I wish - which my job allows me to do...

My sister swore than when I hit my twenties I'd be unable to sleep in - WRONG! I just do better at night

HomerMcvie · #30 09-22-2006, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

Hmm..that's true - except my brother in law is totally a morning person.

Even if I go to bed super early I still can't get up before 9ish without feeling like ass - I HATE mornings - and am happiest when I can just sleep as I wish - which my job allows me to do...

My sister swore than when I hit my twenties I'd be unable to sleep in - WRONG! I just do better at night

I know a couple of guys that are morning people. But nearly ALL the women I know are morning people.

I have my bedroom windows completely blacked out, so my room is near to pitch black.

In the winter, I'll turn the thermostat waaaay down(like 55, maybe even lower), and have a HEAVY quilt on me. It is only THEN, that I sleep like a baby! Just about the only thing I like about winter, is my ability to really sleep!