@Lilla, I don’t mean to overstep but have you had a sleep test to see if you have sleep apnea or been screened for depression? There are a lot of studies that say too much sleep can be a bad thing or that if you’re “sleeping†for long periods of time but don’t wake up feeling refreshed, it could be sleep apnea.
When I was doing the long distance relationship with my boyfriend, I would go to sleep at 8pm and not get up until 8am. Granted, I hated my job and felt stuck.
I’ve always been someone who needs 8 hours to function well because I don’t do coffee. And until recently (last 4 months, I was NEVER a morning person. I would have rather stayed in bed until 9am and then stayed later at work). My first busy season which ended a month ago (even though I had been working in corporate for 3 years) had me getting up at 5am to get to work by 7am which turned to 7:30am and hopefully leaving around 7:15pm with another hour to get home, hopefully getting to sleep by 9pm.
It's funny, after busy season I was getting more sleep but felt more exhausted.
Last week, I had a family emergency and I've consistently been getting home around 8pm and then getting up at 4:30-5:00 to stop at the hospital before and after work. I have a long commute as well so that zaps a lot of my free time or sleeping time. My dad and sister can function well on zero sleep. For the longest time growing up my dad worked 2 jobs and I swear he never slept.
I’m to the point now where I get up so early on the weekends ïŒ
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