[square_usual]

I tried this for a few weeks in college and it was a pretty neat experience. I slept first from 9-12 and then 3-7/8. Those three hours between 12 and 3 ended up being super productive - I was very energized and had creative ideas about whatever I was doing. I had to stop because going to bed at 9 in college was like kissing your social life goodbye, but even these days if I naturally wake up in the middle of the night the hours that follow end up being amazing for my productivity. I think I'll try it out again.

[tjoff]

Oh, so, 21-24 and 3-7/8. Took me a while.

[Swenrekcah]

I knew some people in college who might well have kept the 9-12 and 15-19 sleep routine...

[kvgr]

Yeah there was a time, where I would sleep from 2-4 to 8 and then take 2 hour nap in the afternoon(after school when I just dropped dead) because insomnia. But I felt like shit all the time...

[Bayart]

Ah yes, the MMORPG sleep regimen.

[bencollier49]

Same but with MUDs.

[coffeeboy27]

I miss GodWars

[square_usual]

Yeah, should've bene clearer about that, my bad.

[tyre]

Were you able to fall back asleep at 3? Some of my most productive hours are later at night, but then even when I'm tired and decide to go to bed, my mind keeps running.

[square_usual]

Yeah, but falling asleep was way easier in my late teens, so I couldn't say for sure if I would be able to do it now.

[bcraven]

This is a fabulous podcast that, amongst other things, highlights those feelings amazing productivity at night.

https://nocturnepodcast.org/quiet-transmission/

https://nocturnepodcast.org/the-nocturnist/

[tremon]

I sometimes do sleep from 20h-23h, but I always have problems going back to sleep at 3. Lying awake until 6am really isn't helpful if you want to have productive days as well as productive nights.

[pdimitar]

Same. Taking naps anywhere from 19:00-20:30 all the way to 22:30-00:30 has been amazingly healing experience both for my body and mind but there's no way in hell I fall asleep at 3:00. I feel at my peak then. When I take these naps I can't fall asleep earlier than 7:30-8:00...

[jarenmf]

Same for me, I tried that for almost a year and the night hours were super productive and enjoyable no matter which activity I do.

[jdshaffer]

Honestly curious here and not picking on you. If it was super productive and enjoyable, why only do it for a year?

[Fezzik]

I think the biggest problem/excuse/justification is that life makes it difficult to go to bed before XX o’clock (8:00 PM for me). I’ve never done this bifurcated sleep method, but I am happiest and most productive if I go to bed around 8 PM and rise around 3:30/4:00 AM to workout and get on with my day. But then I have work problems that require a later evening, or a family member that wants to chat, or a house repair I just have to tend to, of a close friend with kids that I only talk to every few weeks who finally has a free moment… and the whole schedule gets screwed up, all the time. The going to bed early, regularly, is the difficult part I think.

[jarenmf]

Like others have pointed out, It's really difficult to operate on a different schedule than the rest of society. Eventually family, friends, and other activities pushed me to give up my evening "first sleep"

[andi999]

If you have small kids going to bed early is an option (since you need to be home anyways)