Sleep temptation as a freelancer, and how many hours do you sleep?

[username_987]

I'm finding hard time to fight sleep temptation, so slept for longer hours in recent period. How to fight that? And how many hours do you sleep?

Personally I can sleep for 5 or 6 or 7 hours and be fine, however sleeps for 10 or more hours recently

 

[AnandGupta]

fight sleep temptation

Don't fight.

Like all natures call, this is too, your body is telling you to rest.
You may earn few more $$ but use it, you need healthy body.

 

[ilan]

i sleep 4-5 hours max.

 

[username_987]

Don't fight.

Like all natures call, this is too, your body is telling you to rest.
You may earn few more $$ but use it, you need healthy body.

Thank you.

While the issue is that I feel happier and satisfied when I sleep for 5 to 6 hours (4 hours at times). But when spending most of day sleeping, it feels good biologically, but I feel bad in that day. So, about how I feel, well or not

 

[username_987]

i sleep 4-5 hours max.

You must be an internet addict, internet helped making time not enough, making some people busy from wake up till end of day. Otherwise people tends to sleep when there is nothing to do

 

[rabbitBUSH]

I read once that one cannot store sleep, you can only catch up on sleep So, sleeping 10 hours on one day doesn't help one when you do an 18 hour session the next day. You're going to have to catch up the loss the day after.

When Much younger I treated sleep as a waste of time....now....I keep waking up with the keyboard impression on my forehead....I guess it's trying to tell me something.

 

[username_987]

I read once that one cannot store sleep, you can only catch up on sleep So, sleeping 10 hours on one day doesn't help one when you do an 18 hour session the next day. You're going to have to catch up the loss the day after.

When Much younger I treated sleep as a waste of time....now....I keep waking up with the keyboard impression on my forehead....I guess it's trying to tell me something.

I wake up early, however by 5 am I feel like (next sleep) is too faraway, so I sleep till around the afternoon, then I can be active and feel that next sleep is just a few hours away. Want to get rid of that thought

 

[Cableguy]

Personally, I am not a pro developer, so my point of view is different... still...
I can spend up to 3h "staring" at the IDE, caking very small corrections, compiling, running, without real advancement on my ongoing project...
I guess it all comes down to the quality time balance... I rather sleep 8h (I actually do) and then have a very active and PRODUCTIVE morning, and then take a 2h nap, and have a less productive afternoon... Than sleeping for only 4h, do a 12h developing marathon, only to have achieved the very same stage I would have with the previous scheme. unless of course, you're @alwaysbusy

 

[LucasHeer]

What is sleep?

 

[aeric]

Usually on daily basis I tried to sleep at 3am but my heart beats too fast I only fall asleep at 5:50am and wake up by WhatsApp notification on 10:40am.

 

[vecino]

Around 1:00 a.m., I go out for a walk with my dog (a large 50 kg mastiff). The streets are deserted in my town, and everything is calm and quiet.
Around 2:00 a.m., I get home and go to sleep. I wake up (without an alarm clock) at 8:00 a.m., feeling completely rested.
That's about 6 hours of sleep.

 

[Alex_Puz]

i sleep 4-5 hours max.You are alien.

 

[ilan]

yes i come to take over the planet

 

[rabbitBUSH]

yes i come to take over the planet

I think there is a LONG LONG LONG LONG line of wannabees in front of you.........

 

[Magma]

Developer Sleep: Why Hours Don't Tell The Whole Story

Sleep is individualized and depends on three things: age, physical exertion, and how much your brain is running.

Younger Ages
When you're young you abuse yourself—alcohol, late meals, physical work (gym, labor, sex). All of this loads your body, so you need more sleep hours to actually recover—usually 8-10 hours.

Older Ages
As you age, less physical work, fewer extreme habits. Your body doesn't get "charged" as much, so it recovers faster—often 7-8 hours is enough.

The Developer Problem
But here's the kicker: no matter how much you sleep, if your brain is running with the next feature, architecture design, debugging—you're not recovering. Your brain stays "active" and you exhaust yourself *during* sleep instead of recovering.

That's why you can sleep 8 hours anxious and feel more burned out than 5 hours without stress.

It's not just how many hours you slept. It's whether your brain found peace to actually rest.