I'm the opposite of the 'trend'. When I was younger, I was fine on 5 or 6 hours of sleep. Now I'm finding that's not the case anymore. I'm lucky if I get 7 hours a night during the week and by Friday, I'm exhausted. I also sleep poorly (always have), so that might be part of it. BUT, give me uninterupted quiet, dark and a good temperature and the longest I can sleep is about 8 hours anyway (unless I'm sick). It's frustrating. I feel like my body needs more sleep, but when given the oportunity, it doesn't take it! I do sleep more soundly when I'm weight lifting regularly.

I have no solutions for you. One word of advice though, don't get farm animals. Now I find I get even less sleep. Ugh!