One of my college roommates only needed six hours.
Jokes on him, he got to hear me hit the snooze for an hour every day.
I don’t only need six hours, but it’s all my body allows me to get lately.
Yeah, I straight up cannot just sleep in. If I lay there extra, things just start to hurt, like my body’s saying “Get up, you have shit to do.”
Right. My wife and my daughter will sleep all morning. I’m up at 6 at the very latest. If I’m lucky.
I practically ran on 2-4 hours from 16-30.
I have a lot to show for it, but I should have stopped after 30.
I’m currently treating sleep apnea, because of a lifelong abuse of my sleep cycle.
I’m also dealing with issues with my heart because of the apnea and pushing my body so far without resting properly.
I’ve likely stolen a decade or more from my life all because I refused to sleep just to “get ahead”.
you young folk take note. sleep well, eat well, live well. you do those things and you shouldn’t need to live with a weight on your chest until you die. every hour I’m reminded how fragile I am, and trust me when I say I was fucking invincible in my youth…just like you feel. go head, set a timer in your phone to go off every hour that asks if you’re going to see tomorrow.