Tell us how the Clock Your Sleep project is going. Whether you've been participating for a few days or a few weeks — we at WNYC want to know how the Clock Your Sleep project is going for you. Take two minutes and tell us how tracking your #sleepdata has impacted you.
April 24, 2014 11:08:49 PM
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2-3 weeks
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Yes, I'm getting more sleep
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How I thought I was getting enough sleep, but I wasn't. Also how much time it takes me to fall asleep.
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Yes, have tried to be in bed earlier and avoid the computer while in bed.
We are leaving on a European vacation tomorrow. While the quality and length of my sleep was good and getting better for the first 2 1/2 - 3 weeks of April, in the run up to departure date both have deteriorated as I find myself preoccupied with trip related tasks and to-do lists. So when I wake up at night instead of going right back to sleep, as I usually do/did, I start thinking about these items.
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That I am a better sleeper than I realized, and I feel good about that.
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No, but at first I was a little stressed, and amused, trying to remember when I turned out the light and when I woke up. I tend to fall asleep very quickly and perhaps that is why I still often find it difficult to remember at what time I turned out the light. I do not have a regular bedtime - I have the luxury of going to bed when I feel tired.
I haven't participated long enough. One thing that I have learned, though, based your chart, is that I get less sleep than the average participant in the survey.
That I am off the charts. Everyone else participating seems to get more sleep than I do. I think you need to distinguish the "normal" but maybe over-programmed participants from those with real sleep disorders. The first group gets good quality sleep, just maybe not as much of it as they should. The second group gets lousy sleep and still not enough of it. It's depressing to create the sleep graph and see I'm so far off what the others are doing.
I realized that it takes me a long time to fall asleep sometimes, but that it doesn't seem to matter. I usually feel like I need 8 solid hours but it doesn't seem to matter whether I get 6 or 8. It seems like how tired I feel the next day is left up to chance rather than hours slept.
I learned that I keep a pretty rigid schedule: I go to sleep between 2 AM and 3 AM and sleep like a log (probably exhausted) and wake up to two alarm clocks at c. 8 AM and that most of the time I fall asleep again for about 1/2 hour then get up. I learned that yes I do drink coffee during the evening and that it doesn't keep me from going to sleep. I have always been someone who doesn't like to go to sleep early and I've always slept through the night. I don't need pills to go to sleep. But the thing is, I have always known all this about my sleep habits and so I haven't learned anything new.
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No. I can't exercise because of my knees. I won't give up that cup of coffee in the evening and I don't want to go to sleep earlier. On the other hand, I wish I had a longer night's sleep than 6 or so hours per night. Don't know how I'm going to accomplish that.
I was able to confirm my suspicion that napping isn't detrimental to my night time sleeping.
Napping it seems to keeps me from getting overtired which make me more prone to agitation over not getting enough sleep. In other words napping keeps me more relaxed.
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No, I know pretty much what works for me, but it is helpful to have the graphs and the record of my progress.
I am more aware of being in bed at 10PM, which allows me to get the best rest.
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That I sleep better than I think I do.
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I've stopped complaining about my sleep so much, since I get enough sleep and more than most people. I wish where was a way to make notes like - I was at a concert so I had trouble falling asleep or the toddler is teething so we got less sleep.
I've learned that when I work out I sleep like a baby. Ive also learned that when I have caffeine (redbull) around 1-3 pm that I have trouble going to sleep at my regular hours (10-12)I have trouble staying asleep, falling asleep, and I wake very early to either restless legs or a very noisy hungry stomach. However when I drink caffeine (redbull) later around 8-11: I sleep like a baby. I don't wake up during the night and my legs feel relaxed as soon as I lay down. I remember drinking a cup of tea in my teens to nap. Maybe caffeine has the opposite affect on me.
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Yes. I stopped drinking wine within an hour of going to bed. And I started working out 3-5 days a week as well as stretching before bed.
