[tooembarrased]

I've tried "free cycling". My body always forces me to have at least 10 hours sleep, and scarily I can often easily be lazy and have 12 hrs.

When I try to wake up without enough sleep it just feels horrible. Sort of headache/stomach ache combo. I can set an alarm and force myself to wake up early if I need to, but I end up paying for it later and my body demands extra sleep to make up for it.

I get amazing bursts of creativity and clarity when I'm in an energetic phase - so I guess I'd be devastated if I lost that high energy. But a lot of the time there is just stuff to get done so if I had control over whether I have 8hrs or 10hrs then that would be ideal.

The reason 10vs7 is way worse than 8vs5 is that it kills my social life or side-project time. If I go to a party and only get back at mighnight, then I'm screwed if I want to get to work before 11am the next day. If I force myself to wake up at 8am, I can expect to be asleep at 6pm after work the following day.

[dwc]

So what was your free cycling like? Did you still do the split schedule you describe? Or did you sleep for 10 hours straight?

[tooembarrased]

I sleep about 10 hours straight, and often take naps in addition to that :(