Tyler Hunt

I’ve noticed for a while now that whenever I get into a pattern of sleeping less each night, I tend to be able to stay up for longer hours with less tiredness. I had never realized why this was before (and my mother always told me I was crazy for even suggesting that there was something to it), but reading this post has shed a little light on the issue. What the author claims is that there’s a natural 90 minute sleep cycle that can be used to make your sleep more effective. With that in mind, and thinking back on my sleep patterns over the past few years, the times when I felt the most rested where when I got closer to 6 hours of sleep, rather than 7 or 8.

I never was much for naps, but I would definitely be interested in giving them a try if I can figure out how to make it work with my current work schedule. Sleeping only 3 hours a night, and then taking a 90 minute nap would give me about 2 extra hours each day, but it sounds like a regimen that would be better suited to self-employment, though.