Night Owl ?


What time do you go to bed and wake up currently?

What time do I go to bed ? Easy answer, around 02:00, sometimes earlier but very rarely before midnight. Why so late ? I’m usually watching movies, reading or listening to music.

What time do I wake up ? The answer to this is a bit more complicated. I know that I wake around 05:00 every morning for a pee. Just in time to view the sunrise from the bathroom window. Then I go back to bed and sleep for another couple of hours. However, according to my Fitbit, I have multiple wakeful periods throughout the night that I have no memory of.

This chart shows my sleep stats for last night. It shows that I was awake for 53 minutes. Well, I know what I was doing for a couple of those minutes ! What the hell was I doing for the rest of the time ?

I think, they say, you need less sleep as you get older. Not sure who “they” are. My dad used to get by on around 4 hours a night.

So, typically I get up at about 09:00 ish. So I’m getting about 7 hours shut-eye minus the mystery 50 minutes ….

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Author: siskinbob

Formerly employed by MOD and IBM, now retired

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  1. I have never been a night owl, liking early nights and early starts to the day, now days I retire to my bed around 4pm to lay and listen to the radio for a bit till I fall asleep and i usually wake around 4am and up at 5am each morning so I have a few hours of quiet in which I like to listen to a book while checking emails and blogs

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