How do you get to sleep?

[illusion]

I used to have that problem, so I would just say, if I don't get to sleep in the next 10 minutes I am putting my alarm on for 6:00 AM, then just have my alarm wake the shit out of me and bam I am so shit tired in the evening I get to sleep early sometimes

 

[Vapor]

i just stay up will i fall asleep (often on the keyboard), then i wake up between 11am and 6pm, and start again. it's how we roll around here!

when i need to get up early for something, i sometimes use medicinal herbs that i find helpful.

 

[barman]

You guys are animals. I wish I could go on such little sleep. If i don't get at least 7 hours a night, I'm useless the entire day.

 

[Juicify]

I should sleep less! 12 hours a day is waaaaaaay too much!

 

[dastuff]

i'll read, listen to music, exercise, or drink...

All those will put me out.

 

[phasing]

Polyphasic Sleep

Polyphasic Sleep

You basically sleep six times per day (every 4 hours) for 20-30 minutes. After a short adjustment period (4-7 days) it works very well. Check out "The Uberman Sleep Schedule" on Everything2.

I first read about it on Steve Pavlinas Blog.

 

[alpha_omega]

jerk off and you'll be fine

 

[Scheme]

I agree, jerk off once or twice.

I get only about 3-4 hours sleep a night, even with my medication.

 

[cyberworkspace]

jeez, guys. you really have to watch out for your health!

i mean, some of you seem to barely get at least one night a week full sleep.

i am an old fart now (at least to wf standards as i am 36), but i can clearly tell you, that most of you will not make it to that age if you keep it on this way

you are missing a chance to go into retrospective mode here. switch the computer off at least one hour before you go to sleep.

set youselves some goals that satisfy you. goals that are reachable in a day and leave you with that warm feeling that you achieved something and that you have earned the right to go to bed now

i know what i am talking about, there were times when we used to be 14,16 or 18 hours on projects at the client. but you can only keep that on for a month. and even after two weeks already you start to produce mistakes.

and you can definitely not keep that on for life. what is all that freedom of work at home worth, if you can't have a life? or get a breakdown and burnout at 28?

i know, i sound like some preacher, but please. i was was really shocked when i read what problems you got to get to sleep.

 

[DruSam]

Just go to sleep when you can't stat awake anymore what is so hard about that?

 

[kaveman]

i read most of these posts and didnt see my special treament for insomnia..............MARIJUANA

:rasta::rasta:
edit: although sometimes when its really late, a fat joint will wake me up again, but im a fat stoner so its different.

 

[StrangeProgress]

Ha ha Kaveman, I was waiting for someone to chip in with that

 

[WonderBoy]

beer and painkillers

That's the ticket right there. Sleep while on painkillers is like...well let my try and describe it best I can...

Like, have you ever been to heaven? It's a lot like that...

 

[lnxcode]

Some people get some JD...

You could always just try falling asleep normally

 

[Jdog]

Go read the new posts at DP

 

[Th3Boss]

Go read the new posts at DP

lol that doesnt make me sleepy...


makes me want to hit myself with a sledge hammer :banana_sml:

 

[Angus Maximus]

Count big animals like brontosauruses jumping over barbed wire fences

 

[Jon]

I have a tough time falling asleep.. But I cannot fall asleep unless the TV is on, so I try and watch something REALLY boring. Usually takes me 20 mins until I start nodding off, and then I'm out for the count. Also, I put my TV on a sleep timer so it turns everything off when I wake up, otherwise I get up with a headache. Weird right?

 

[dicetomato]

I just take 2 pills of Tylenol PM when I can't sleep. Probably not good for you, but what the hell, it gets me to sleep. Just gotta make sure I don't have to wake up in the next 8 hours when I take them.

 

[darkpedro]

I'm glad I don't have any of your problems. I put my head to the pillow, and I'm done. If I'm awake after 5 minutes, I get annoyed. But I'm never annoyed for very long, too busy sleeping for that.