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Nick — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:08:55 -0000

Usually around 1:00 am - 1:30 am and I am usually up around 7:00 am - 7:30 am - I usually function just fine, but find myself crashing early at the office on Fridays. I guess it all catches up to me then!

Re: Ragamuffin Soul » When Do You Sleep?

Bradford Singleton — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:47:19 -0000

I usually go to sleep sometime after 1 and wake up around 6, so I'll get somewhere just under 5 hours of sleep.

I think that's why God created Vault soda/energy drink, and Starbucks.

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jessica — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:42:53 -0000

yes bridezillas!!!!!!
ummmm i absolutely LOVE sleep. the end.
when i was in HS & college, my body was use to getting anywhere between 3-7 hrs. now that i'm out, my body is unhappy if i get less then 8. funny how our bodies adapt & change our schedules....

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Dustin — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:24:07 -0000

I'm in the same boat as TLC above. Wife and I both stay up until around 1AM or later (it's 1:22AM now). Both wish we would have gone to bed earlier, but when you put the kids to bed around 8-ish, it's nice to have 5 or 6 hours of adult-only time.

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Steven — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:51:24 -0000

I know exactly what you're saying. I try to sleep between 8 and 9 hours a night. Often when I'm with friends or busy at night and leave to go to bed, I get really nervous that I'll miss out on the fun or whatever. I end up lying in bed worried that I'll be tired AND miss out on whatever's going on.

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debbie d. — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:17:21 -0000

in a perfect world I would get 9 hours of sleep every night from around 1030ish to 730ish...currently I'm running on a bout 7.5-8 and frankly, it's killing me...gone are the days of surviving on 4-5hours a night.

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Joni — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:55 -0000

In "Joniworld", this would be my perfect schedule...

Wake up 8 am; come to life at 9 am and go about my day
Wind down 2:30-3:30 pm
Nap 3:30-5:00 pm ish
Up and about til 7:30 pm
Wind down til 8 pm and go to sleep
Up at 10 pm-1 am
Back to bed til 8

But I don't live in "Joniworld" so I'll just have to trudge around like the rest of you.

Re: Ragamuffin Soul » When Do You Sleep?

Crystal Renaud — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:34:09 -0000

for a good 3 years now, i've gone to sleep between 1:30am and 2am most nights. giving me approximately 6-6.5 hours of sleep a night. i haven't functioned very well in 3 years. :)

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Brittney Ekberg — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:07:05 -0000

so really, I can go days without sleep. I don't like to but it happens. Since I work nights I don't sleep then and I hate to miss what is going on during the day (hence the reason I work nights) Lately, I've had 3 hours of sleep in a total of 51 hours. Again, I don't recommend it.

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petec999 — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:43:58 -0000

I try to be in bed between 10 and 11 (especially if I want some of the good lovin'!). I normally get 7 hours a night. If I want more I need to get to bed sooner as the thee little people who live in my house are usually up by 7am and if the dog doesn't get a walk...well let's just say that can be problematic.

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RachelB — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:31:19 -0000

I LOVE MY BED!!! Seriously, it's one of my most important relationships. And since my love languages are personal touch and quality time, I need to feel those blankies around me for at LEAST 8 hours every night. I find that our most special time together is achieved from about 11pm-7am, but it usually looks more like 12midnight-8am. As long as it's 8 hours, I can function well and keep my friends. : )

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Meghan — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:45:53 -0000

Typically I am in bed by 2-3am. I do some of my best writing in the wee hours of the morning. I call it "tomesterday".

I take naps occasionally and sometimes, when I can, I'll sleep in for as LONG AS I CAN.

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Rachel — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:07:55 -0000

11 or 11:30p until 7 or 7:30a. I do well on 8+ hours. I catch a power nap at lunch some days (15-20 min). A year ago, when I was still in college, I could make it on 5-6 hours, no problem.

Of course...coffee changes everything.

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Renee Garcia — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:16:16 -0000

I go to sleep around midnight, and on a good day I get up at 8am... but Keeghan usually wakes up 2-3 times a night because he's a mean, mean baby! haha How much sleep do I need?! About 3 weeks worth! LOL

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Giant Idiot — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:12:55 -0000

I go to bed at 9 because my wife and I wake up at 4:30 in the morning to go to the gym (need to work on my Ragamuffin challenge.) If I did not go to the gym I can function very well on 4 hours of sleep (Army training).

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Cristy — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:40:51 -0000

I go to bed around midnight, go right to sleep and get up at 6am M-F. I'm not so much afraid I'm going to miss something, but the only daily "ME" time I get is after everyone else is asleep.

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Chris Meirose — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:23:47 -0000

My sleep schedule is a train wreck. Up until I became Senior Pastor at Easter this year, I was working as a waiter in a restaurant full time, all evenings, 5 days a week. This meant I went to work around 4:00PM and then got home late - often 12:00AM or later. By that point I really needed to wind down, an would get to bed between 3:00-4:00AM most nights. Since I've moved into full time ministry, my schedule has had to change, but the schedule is still screwy. It's screwy because I am commuting to my church from 80 miles away while we try to find a place to live and a job for my wife. So for 3 days a week I literally live at the church and don't go home. It's great because I get a lot of work done. It's bad because my schedule is bizarre. While staying at the church I stay up until about 12:00AM and then read for a while - often things related to an upcoming sermon. I rarely get more than 30 minutes of reading before my eyes are heavy and my retention is low. I then get up around 7:15AM The other nights of the week I get to bed around 12:00AM, but no reading, and I get to sleep in later, until like 8:00AM. This is true for every day except Saturday night. I'm often up until midnight on Saturday night fine tuning my sermon, doing my last run through or two. I then have to get up at 6:00AM to get ready and then drive to church, which starts at 9:00AM. Tuesdays when I commute down to the church I get up around 5:30AM. This past Monday (yesterday) I had to get up at 5:00AM since we have VBS all week, and that starts at 8:00AM. To make Monday morning worse, I was up until 1:00AM doing laundry for the week, since I will be away from home from Monday morning until Sunday evening. Then the following week I fly out to Boston for a denominational conference!

So yeah, yikes!

Big Chris
http://wasecachurch.org

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Jake — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:13:06 -0000

I try to go to bed before 1 am. My wife often times gets me to bed by 10pm :-)

I need more sleep than I get...I call myself a dinker. I dink around until the wee hours of the morning. When I have to wake up at 6am I always think "Why didnt I go to bed sooner"

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Boomer — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:57:46 -0000

I used to go to bed at 4am and get up at 8am. At the time I worked two jobs. God lead me to trust him and not try to work so much and do it myself. Now, I go to bed at 10:30pm and get up around 7am. Man, a night of sleep feels great.

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Jay Sellers — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:52:13 -0000

We've got this 2 to 10 sleep schedule going, which works for us but not for my customers that call at 8 am and wake me up.

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Amy Bennett — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:31:56 -0000

Lately 12-1. When we had little ones we'd go out as soon as they did at 9 but now they sleep through, I appreciate my quiet house. I sleep in until 8:30-9 though.

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Kevin M. — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:07:17 -0000

Usually 11p-7a. I too LOVE my sleep. If I get less than 7 hours of sleep I don't function very well. I also have one day a week where I get to sleep 9 or 10 hours. :D

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chadwick — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:42:14 -0000

1030p-630a - got to have my beauty rest. :) I love my sleep & don't function very well without. really late noghts or really eraly mornings kill me & usually throw me off for the rest of the week.

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AuntieB — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:27:52 -0000

It depends on what's going on with my schedule.Right now, it's going to bed somewhere around 11 (as late as 12:30 if I'm working on something important), and up at 6:30.

I usually don't rest. I had a sleep study done. They told me that I sleep, but I don't rest. I would testify to that whole-heartedly. Besides, I am totally agreeing with Kim about "I could be working on __".

I took a quiz one time about how much stuff you do in a day and how it all adds up. They told me that I cram in 28-30 hours worth of stuff into a 24 hour day. Some of you aren't that lucky.

I'll be praying for you...

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The Domestic Goddess — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:24:09 -0000

I sleep as soon as I can. 10pm most nights and up by 6:30, if I am running a little late. I need eight hours, minimum. I also nap for an hour while my kids are at school OR ELSE. Because I won't make it through the rest of the evening.