I sleep nine hours straight every night. I do all the wrong things. Watch TV in bed etc. When I feel a bit tired I turn out the lights, close the blackout blinds and don’t actually try to sleep, just lie there and kind of relax and next thing I know it’s the morning. Sort of half-assed meditation. No alcohol before sleep though, I have a couple early evening. Also the only caffeine I have is an iced coffee for breakfast and I never try to sleep hungry.
I don’t take this lightly, I’ve had insomnia in the past and it totally fucks your head and your health up (and causes weight gain). I cherish every good night’s sleep and how fresh I feel in the morning.
I work 6-6, 6 days a week. Most of the time, I don’t make it to bed.
I created a story in my head, I try not to sleep and continue the story with eyes closed but pretty soon I just drift off to sleep.
It sucks because sometime I can get too comfortable behind the wheel and catch myself dozing off on the highway
I think what I have is genuinely a super power. I can stay up for as long as I want, sleep at erratic times for any duration possible and for the most part, I feel great. I slept from 5am to 8am day before yesterday, drove for 2 hours, had a few drinks with a few people and danced (at home). Stayed up till 3am. Slept till 9am. Drove 2 hours to get lunch. Drove 2 hours to a trekking spot. Trekked for 4 hours. Drove back to town, had dinner, dropped people home, and drove home. Stayed up till 4am doing work. Woke up at 10am still feeling fresh. The other 3 people with me were dead half way through in spite of having slept well day before yesterday.
I can fall asleep on the floor even if there is a drilling machine on the other side of the wall. I just have to tell myself that I want to sleep. I used to sleep in class on the desk, on an office chair, in the bus or train standing up (by locking my hand into the handles) and most importantly as soon as I hit the bed, I’ll be out. I don’t know what the process of falling asleep is like because I’m out in seconds.
I spend a lot of time looking at screens, have coffee at erratic times, etc. The one thing I have going for me is that I exhaust myself mentally every single day and spend some time doing some physical activity almost every day.
PS – I do not recommend this to anyone because I have seen my past roommates pass out from exhaustion when they try to live the way I do. I’m 23 and I don’t know how long I’ll be able to keep this up.