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malnpudl at 11:46pm on 24/08/2013
malnpudl at 11:46pm on 24/08/2013A bunch of people are doing this LJ/DW revival thing, a return to social engagement and interaction -- hey, maybe even conversation! how cool is that? -- and posting every day for 30 days.
The only thing I do consistently is breathe, so I wouldn't bet money on me having an unbroken posting streak, if I were you. But hey, I'll give it a shot. Maybe you'd like to try it, too? Could be fun. And a lot better than listening to the crickets chirp.
So I've been thinking, as I have many times over the years, about sleep cycles.
Some people seem to have no difficulty falling asleep at a reasonable hour, snoozing happily for eight hours or whatever, and then waking up without too much difficulty -- sometimes even without an alarm! imagine! -- and repeating the whole cycle every night and every day, no problem, just as if it were the most natural thing in the world. They'll even tell you it is the most natural thing in the world, that it's a thing that comes with being born on this world.
Are you one of those people? If so, I envy you.
I am not one of those people. At least as far back as the onset of puberty (I don't remember anything one way or the other before that time), I have been inclined to stay up very late, sleep for a looooooong time -- ten hours, more if I can get away with it; twelve is not all that unusual -- and come fully awake only slowly and often with difficulty (resolved only with the aid of substantial amounts of caffeine).
I've always wanted to try one of those isolation experiments where you're completely locked away from any external cues about what time it is or even what day it is, until you fall into your own natural rhythm of waking and sleeping.
I've always suspected that my natural cycle would turn out to be something like 28 to 30 hours, with at least ten hours of sleep every night and maybe 18 to 20 hours awake.
What about you? Are you one of those 24-hour-day Earth people who naturally fit into the 8-hour sleep / 16-hour awake cycle? Or are you like me, always fighting to fit yourself into a waking and sleeping schedule that just will not fit you, no matter how hard you try?
How long is a day on your native planet?
The only thing I do consistently is breathe, so I wouldn't bet money on me having an unbroken posting streak, if I were you. But hey, I'll give it a shot. Maybe you'd like to try it, too? Could be fun. And a lot better than listening to the crickets chirp.
So I've been thinking, as I have many times over the years, about sleep cycles.
Some people seem to have no difficulty falling asleep at a reasonable hour, snoozing happily for eight hours or whatever, and then waking up without too much difficulty -- sometimes even without an alarm! imagine! -- and repeating the whole cycle every night and every day, no problem, just as if it were the most natural thing in the world. They'll even tell you it is the most natural thing in the world, that it's a thing that comes with being born on this world.
Are you one of those people? If so, I envy you.
I am not one of those people. At least as far back as the onset of puberty (I don't remember anything one way or the other before that time), I have been inclined to stay up very late, sleep for a looooooong time -- ten hours, more if I can get away with it; twelve is not all that unusual -- and come fully awake only slowly and often with difficulty (resolved only with the aid of substantial amounts of caffeine).
I've always wanted to try one of those isolation experiments where you're completely locked away from any external cues about what time it is or even what day it is, until you fall into your own natural rhythm of waking and sleeping.
I've always suspected that my natural cycle would turn out to be something like 28 to 30 hours, with at least ten hours of sleep every night and maybe 18 to 20 hours awake.
What about you? Are you one of those 24-hour-day Earth people who naturally fit into the 8-hour sleep / 16-hour awake cycle? Or are you like me, always fighting to fit yourself into a waking and sleeping schedule that just will not fit you, no matter how hard you try?
How long is a day on your native planet?
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