I’m determined. I’m vowing from here on out, for the rest of my life, to never sleep for more than 8 hours. Why? I think I waste a lot of time sleeping, and even though sleep feels amazing, a lot of other things make me feel equally awesome (being awake, for example). In any case, that’s my new resolution – and it’s been working out really well.
At first, it was a little hard to go from 9ish hours to a flat 8 or less, but after a few weeks at it, I’m having trouble sleeping for more than 8. Next question: is it healthy? Yep. How do I know? Newsweek told me. They say we need 7 hours of sleep to function properly, and since I figure that 9 is way too much, 8 is a perfect medium. You never know though, maybe I’ll ween myself down that far at some point.
This BBC article says that sleep varies person to person, which I think has got to be true – but I think it’s working out. Like Gustav Graves says in Die Another Day, “I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” Seems like a much more effective use of my time, no?
You teenage boys need slightly more sleep, due to your developing frontal lobes.