Early to Bed, Early to Rise...

[ANARCHit3cht]

"Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."- Benjamin Franklin

Whether or not your a fan of ol' Ben Frank, you can't deny that there is some validity to his statement, especially when Aristotle backs it up by saying, "It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom." Many different people have studied sleep and its effect on humans. Most likely, this has been in a search to minimize the amount of sleep needed while also minimizing the amount of production loss--or if possible, increase this factor. People have delved into discovering different sleeping cycles to utilizing other substances such as caffeine or sugar to remain stimulated, and some even creating pills to replace the need to sleep. Still though, many are an advocate of good ol', dream-filled sleep. For that large percentage of people, however, who have trouble getting to sleep, they might not be such a big of fan of this night-time expenditure known as sleep. These people, usually work in the opposite direction of other people and make use of medicines and other things that help aid sleep, rather than oppose it.

->Do you believe in the whole "early to bed, early to rise" philosophy? What about other ideas pertaining to earliness such as "The Early Bird gets the Worm?"
->What time do you usually wake up? Would you consider this early?
->What time do you usually go to bed? Would you consider this early?
->Do you have sleeping issues? How long does it usually take you to fall asleep after you've gone to bed?
->Are you an anti-sleep person? That is, do you drink things like caffeine in order remain stimulated and avoid sleep?
->What techniques or substances, if any, do you use to aid in sleeping? Why?
->Do you dream? A lot? What was your last dream about that you can remember? What about nightmares?
*These questions are meant to help promote a little chat with this, y'all shouldn't be afraid. You don't have to answer them all, yanno.

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

->Do you believe in the whole "early to bed, early to rise" philosophy? What about other ideas pertaining to earliness such as "The Early Bird gets the Worm?"

I pretty much do. If I need to wake up early then I go to bed earlier that normally.

->What time do you usually wake up? Would you consider this early?

6:30 or 8:00 when I have to.
6:30 is pretty early imo...
When I don't have to, I wake up between 9:00 and 10:00

->What time do you usually go to bed? Would you consider this early?

Depends on whether I play something.
When I must wake up early, I go at 10PM.
Otherwise midnight, I guess.
It's not really early if I may say.

->Do you have sleeping issues? How long does it usually take you to fall asleep after you've gone to bed?

Not at all. Only if I think about something too much xD

->Are you an anti-sleep person? That is, do you drink things like caffeine in order remain stimulated and avoid sleep?

No. If I need to avoid sleeping, I just avoid it xD

->What techniques or substances, if any, do you use to aid in sleeping? Why?

Tiredness? xD
Nah, seriously, nothing.

->Do you dream? A lot? What was your last dream about that you can remember? What about nightmares?

Yep. I like dreaming. It's fun.

 

[Amore]

I believe in the early to rise theory - if nothing else because the earlier I get up the more likely I am to to have enough energy to go to the gym.
But at the moment I really struggle to stick to it, I've ended up on a kinda adjusted sleeping pattern of ~2am - 11amish. It's not good.

 

[Rest]

Do you believe in the whole "early to bed, early to rise" philosophy? What about other ideas pertaining to earliness such as "The Early Bird gets the Worm?"

Yes. I'm trying to start living this philosophy actually, but mornings are just too good in bed.

What time do you usually wake up? Would you consider this early?

Anytime from 11 in the morning to 2 in the afternoon. No, not at all. It frustrates me.

What time do you usually go to bed? Would you consider this early?

Anytime from 12 at midnight to 4 in the morning. Really bad, I know.

Do you have sleeping issues? How long does it usually take you to fall asleep after you've gone to bed?

Not really, I think it's just the effect of sleeping late and waking up early when I was in college and it kind of shifted my sleeping schedule. I sleep pretty easy at 2 to 4 in the morning, but it can take a loooong time to fall asleep before that.

Are you an anti-sleep person? That is, do you drink things like caffeine in order remain stimulated and avoid sleep?

I had to sleep late many times in college to complete a project or assignment, so I looked to caffeine.

What techniques or substances, if any, do you use to aid in sleeping? Why?

I try to move my eyes around when its closed. I hear it tricks the brain into making you sleep, I think. It works sometimes.

Do you dream? A lot? What was your last dream about that you can remember? What about nightmares?

I dream pretty much every night on all sorts of odd things, but I tend to forget them. I think I've experienced sleep paralysis before. Something from a nightmare of mine pushed its fist into the side of my waist and I felt the pressure at the side of my body but I couldn't do anything. I woke up in sweats and out of breath. It was horrible, but it hasn't happened since. This was about a year ago.

 

[Sweets Witch]

->Do you believe in the whole "early to bed, early to rise" philosophy? What about other ideas pertaining to earliness such as "The Early Bird gets the Worm?"
"Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy but socially dead."
But for real, I never believed in it simply because if it was true then I would have done a whole lot better in school. Waking up at 6 every day definitely counts as early. These days I wake up roughly at the same time, but there's no school-like pressure so it feels like time is going slower and I usually get a lot more done.

->What time do you usually wake up? Would you consider this early?
6, sometimes 6:30. I consider anything before 8 to be early. Some of the people I clean for wake up at like 5. An old person's sense of time is amazing.

->What time do you usually go to bed? Would you consider this early?
1-2 in the morning, and definitely not. 10 would be early. I usually take a nap when I get home from work so it kind of throws me off, but on the other hand it supplements my crappy sleep schedule.

->Do you have sleeping issues? How long does it usually take you to fall asleep after you've gone to bed?
Some nights I do, but that's usually when I've had sugar right before bed. Most of the time I fall asleep within a couple of minutes.

->Are you an anti-sleep person? That is, do you drink things like caffeine in order remain stimulated and avoid sleep?
No, no, nooo. I crash like the Titanic when I've had caffeine. Learned that the hard way when a friend and I tried to marathon an entire tv show in one night. Now I drink water and eat oranges and it works pretty well.

->What techniques or substances, if any, do you use to aid in sleeping? Why?
ZzzQuil. If I have trouble sleeping then I find no shame in taking some. I rarely have trouble sleeping so I don't need to take it often, but when I do it works wonders.

->Do you dream? A lot? What was your last dream about that you can remember? What about nightmares?
I dream a lot and I've had tons of vivid nightmares over the years. I actually just woke up from a dream about 10 minutes ago and I remember it very clearly. I was in high school again for some reason and they were financially bleeding me dry. This a-hole kept bringing stacks of field trip permission forms to my desk and telling me to fill them out and pay the fees for them. When I was done, everything changed to a large theater and I was surrounded by little kids who were excited for Jack Hanna, but he was bringing dinosaurs instead of animals. That part probably had to do with that episode of Maury I saw a few days ago. I got bored waiting so I checked my phone and saw my friend had followed me on Tumblr, but I thought it was weird because she was my first follower so long ago. My phone was dim in the darkness but it attracted the teacher and for some reason it was the teacher from Recess.
Then I woke up.

 

[Kikaito plush]

->Do you believe in the whole "early to bed, early to rise" philosophy? What about other ideas pertaining to earliness such as "The Early Bird gets the Worm?" not really
->What time do you usually wake up? Would you consider this early? around ten to 7 yes it is too early
->What time do you usually go to bed? Would you consider this early? around half ten not really that late
->Do you have sleeping issues? How long does it usually take you to fall asleep after you've gone to bed?
->Are you an anti-sleep person? That is, do you drink things like caffeine in order remain stimulated and avoid sleep? I do really know
->What techniques or substances, if any, do you use to aid in sleeping? Why? Playing my wii cause it makes me tired
->Do you dream? A lot? What was your last dream about that you can remember? What about nightmares? I do not really dream much, the only dream I can remember is that my OC squirrels were real.

 

[Kura]

I have a friend who like.. is always productive yet only sleeps like 4 hours a night and never gets tired. >_> This person was able to learn a language basically fluently in 6 months. I am like.. HOW?????


Do you believe in the whole "early to bed, early to rise" philosophy? What about other ideas pertaining to earliness such as "The Early Bird gets the Worm?"
In the sense that if you wake up earlier you can be a bit more productive during the day granted that you are well rested.. versus being lazy in bed 'till the afternoon.
->What time do you usually wake up? Would you consider this early?
I would say wake 7:00.. get up at 7:20-30.. it's average.
->What time do you usually go to bed? Would you consider this early?
11:30ish? It's also pretty average.
->Do you have sleeping issues? How long does it usually take you to fall asleep after you've gone to bed?
Not really.. maybe 15-30 minutes depending on how tired I am. Last night I conked out. I find it easier to go BACK to sleep if I have woken up, than to just fall asleep.
->Are you an anti-sleep person? That is, do you drink things like caffeine in order remain stimulated and avoid sleep?
Nah I like sleep.
->What techniques or substances, if any, do you use to aid in sleeping? Why?
Non that I know. I like it to be dark and I need to lie flat to sleep. I can't sleep in public places- I get too nervous.
->Do you dream? A lot? What was your last dream about that you can remember? What about nightmares?
I do. Last night I dreamt about a new programmer named Samantha on our team and trying to put easter eggs in a videogame and I got yelled at for programming it wrong into the game. Also bees. It was a bit strange.. because I don't know how to do any coding at all.


And to add something? I'm not a morning or evening person. I get drowsy! I'm more of an afternoon person. <3

 

[Legobricks]

->Do you believe in the whole "early to bed, early to rise" philosophy? What about other ideas pertaining to earliness such as "The Early Bird gets the Worm?"
It appears to be an analogy on opportunism and the perceived virtue of routine, nothing actually to do with when one sleeps.
It probably is a good way to live, but not necessarily enjoyable.

 

[Finish3r]

Party all night and sleep all day... probably not a formula for success but still

 

[PlatinumDude]

->Do you believe in the whole "early to bed, early to rise" philosophy? What about other ideas pertaining to earliness such as "The Early Bird gets the Worm?": Yes I do. If you go to bed early, you have more hours of sleep and you get up early feeling refreshed.
->What time do you usually wake up? Would you consider this early?: I get up at 7-8 AM and I consider this early.
->What time do you usually go to bed? Would you consider this early?: On school days, I got to bed at 10; on weekends/holidays, I go to bed at midnight. I consider the former early, but not the latter.
->Do you have sleeping issues? How long does it usually take you to fall asleep after you've gone to bed?: I tend to fall asleep in around 10 minutes. I don't recall any sleeping issues.
->Are you an anti-sleep person? That is, do you drink things like caffeine in order remain stimulated and avoid sleep?: When I feel sleepy during the day, sometimes I get a mocha frappe from Starbuck's to help me stay awake.
->Do you dream? A lot? What was your last dream about that you can remember? What about nightmares?: I dream, but I forget what I dreamed about when I wake up