Quote Originally Posted by chickwhorips View Post
i always am getting a hard time about how much i sleep. i just want to see how i compare to the rest of you girls.

i can function great on 9-10 hours of sleep. anything less than 7 for more than a day, forgit it. Bad News Bears! i can sleep for 10+ hours no problem, but i try not to so i don't mess up my whole sleeping pattern.

i don't know how anyone does it doing rotating shifts or being on call. hats off to you that can.
I've always been the same way. I also come from a long line of women who nap. One of my grandmothers actually took off her clothes and put on her nightgown for her nap!

I haven't been getting 8 hours at night for a long time, mainly because I just didn't want to go to sleep early enough to do that. But since I joined spark people I have been making myself get 8 hours and I feel SO much better, and haven't suffering from so much exhaustion during the day that I have to nap. (Although I always hit that point in day where I'm tired and want one; but if I don't get one, it doesn't kill me.)

So I'm now a believer in making time for my night's sleep, even when I'd rather not.