I didn’t do it on purpose. It just happened. I guess living out in the sticks does help: it’s not like we don’t have electricity or internet out here, but the first neighbor is 3 miles away, the town is 5 miles, and we have real starry nights here. So it’s quite easy to turn off the light and experience a, quiet peaceful night at the hours at which sleep should be happening naturally.
I fall asleep around 8 or 9 pm and I wake up around midnight or 1am, watch something quiet and peaceful so I learn something interesting without falling fully awake - and more importantly without waking up the missus - then I simply fall back asleep until 5 am.
I live above the arctic circle, so when it’s winter, I usually sleep longer. And when it’s summer and it’s daytime all night long, of course I sleep less. But on average, I sleep 2 x 4 hours per night. I feel just as refreshed as when I slept 1 x 8 hours. But perhaps feel less “disconnected”, if that makes any sense.
It’s fun for a few days. But if you live above or near the Arctic circle you get pretty tired of the long dark of the winter. And summers are shooort. 😐
I practice biphasic sleep - have done for decades.
I usually put on a light documentary - something about nature or technology, not exciting, terrible or controversial.
So I assume it works well for you if you’ve continued doing it. What improvements did you find when switching to biphasic?
I didn’t do it on purpose. It just happened. I guess living out in the sticks does help: it’s not like we don’t have electricity or internet out here, but the first neighbor is 3 miles away, the town is 5 miles, and we have real starry nights here. So it’s quite easy to turn off the light and experience a, quiet peaceful night at the hours at which sleep should be happening naturally.
I fall asleep around 8 or 9 pm and I wake up around midnight or 1am, watch something quiet and peaceful so I learn something interesting without falling fully awake - and more importantly without waking up the missus - then I simply fall back asleep until 5 am.
I live above the arctic circle, so when it’s winter, I usually sleep longer. And when it’s summer and it’s daytime all night long, of course I sleep less. But on average, I sleep 2 x 4 hours per night. I feel just as refreshed as when I slept 1 x 8 hours. But perhaps feel less “disconnected”, if that makes any sense.
Ahh, I’ve always thought it would be fun to go to Norway or something for a bit to experience those looooong days
It’s fun for a few days. But if you live above or near the Arctic circle you get pretty tired of the long dark of the winter. And summers are shooort. 😐
Oh ya I don’t think I could do it permanently, I feel like months of darkness would really get to you mentally
In a way, definitely. But it also makes you really appreciate the warmer seasons when they do come back around.