[drakonka]

I did this for years and learned both from experience and later from reading the works of people who know much more about sleep than I do (highly recommend the book "Why We Sleep" that this kind of catchup is not possible. I found myself being exhausted and sleeping most of the day on weekends and over time this just kept getting worse and worse. I felt fine during the work week getting 3-6 hours of sleep, but on weekends I'd just crash. No, I was not catching up on my sleep debt by passing up for 12-14 hours on weekends instead. Now I make sure to give myself at least an eight-hour sleep opportunity per day. As a result I feel more alert more consistently, and my weekend sleep/wake schedule looks very similar to my normal weekday schedule.