13 Mar Fri 2009
Getting enough sleep?
Half of us get more than the average amount of sleep, half of us get less, but more than half of us get more than the minimum sleep reccomended
The animals, we sometimes joke, are smarter than us - at night they go to sleep.
One of our neighbors noticed we’re always working and told us to go to bed. Are we sleep deprived at Re Rustica?
For guidance, we look to our doctors, who reccomend 8 hours of sleep every night. Eight hours! Goodness, it seems like too much. Is anyone else sleeping that much? We looked to our fellow Americans. The US Dept. of Labor says that folks our age are getting 8.5 to 8.7 hours of sleep! On average, working-age Americans are getting 8.47 hours!
Wow. We are sleep deprived. How much are we sleep deprived?
The sun rises in January at about 7AM, letting us get 6 hours of sleep (we go to sleep a bit later in winter, at about 1ish). In June, the sun rises at about 4AM, letting us get about 5 hours sleep (we go to sleep a bit earlier in summer - about 11ish). By sunrise, we of course mean twilight…
So, on average we’re getting 5.5 hours of sleep. Looks like we ought to get to bed 2-3 hours earlier.