How do you change your sleep to be awake more and sleep less?

[Anonymous]

The question is pretty simple. Let's say you sleep 10 hours and are awake for 14 hours, but I want more time.

I know it shouldn't be an issue having like 8 hours sleep, which means I could stay awake for 2 hours longer. That would give me A LOT more time.

How do you get this into a natural thing. I know most of you will probably say just go to bed 2 hours later then usual, but it'll leave me next level tired and less functional, but it really shouldn't be fucking things up getting 8 hours of sleep instead of 10.

[mskay]

For me, I use coffee. Coffee keeps me on the go everytime. I used to have like say 6 hours of sleep each day but now it's getting to 3-4 hours or even no sleep at all. If I didn't sleep at all, I usually just take a cup of strong coffee and few cups of cappuccino im between the day.

[Anonymous]

try to make the time you DO sleep be a deep sleep. make sure there are no lights or sounds and make sure you're comfortable so you can sleep well.

[electrollama]

It helps to time your sleep so it's divisible by 1.5 hours, which is how long an REM cycle takes. Drink water before and after sleeping, don't use electronics right before bed, try not to fall back asleep after waking up, eat a filling breakfast.

[Asker]

Thanks. I definitely didn't know about the rem thing and that drinking water helps before and after sleep. I've always been drinking things like orange juice when waking up.

[electrollama]

OJ is good too.

[Phoenix98]

What you do is basically if you want to sleep longer you start going to bed a little bit earlier every night, while if you want to stay up longer you simply stay up a bit later each night.

[Asker]

The question is how to be functional with less sleep. I could cut down on sleep by going to bed less, I just wouldn't work like a normal person.

[Phoenix98]

Ah my mistake.