Im in my last semester and my sleep is better than most of my peers, but still pretty shitty by my standards. I can easily sleep 9-10 hours a night, but usually end up getting around 7 and then taking a nap during the day.
My strategic management class also gets me a good hour nap or so on Tuesdays and Thursdays, haha.
[quote]Unaware wrote:
I’m a chem/bio double and I have plenty of time to sleep, but then again I have the luxury of not having to work. I usually go to bed 12 am - 2pm and wake up between 6am-12pm depending on what I have to do that day. I honestly don’t find being in school to be all that demanding, but again as I said I don’t work. having a 20 + hour work commitment might change that. [/quote]
The number of hours you are taking a semester is the greatest factor, not simply your major alone. I was in classes all day aside from a two hour break for lunch until after 4pm-5pm. Football practice or even band practice can take up a shit load of your time as well.
I suppose if you were involved in no extra cirr activities then you would have quite a bit of time…however, that doesn’t look good on a resume unless your GPA is damn near perfect.
[quote]SSC wrote:
Damn… apparently I’m a freak or something.
In college… usual sleep time is around 11 pm - 12 am, wake time is anywhere from 7:30-9:00.
I usually get up 2-3 times a night to take monster pisses, too.[/quote]
I’m pretty much the same. Pisses and all…
It varies a bit for me though as my classes start at different times every day, I start work very early on a saturday and I work 'til late on a sunday.
I’m usually in bed by 11pm though, getting at least 7-8 hours
I think it’s pretty easy to make your schedule work. You just have them start at 11 or 12 and end at around 6-7. Shit high school was 35 hours a week and we all had time to do whatever. Obviously not as demanding but when you factor in homework and all that for college it probably adds up to less than 35 hours a week of work.
Yeah tbh I’m in school and I go to bed at 11 and get up at 7-8… but it’ve been having a bit of insomnia for a while and really it works out to being about 5hrs a night. And you know what? I feel fine. And before when I used to sleep more, I would actually feel tired in the day. I don’t anymore.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
B-Mac13 wrote:
Invictica wrote:
I’m sure college/university students who lift can agree with me when I say this:
Sleep is a luxery
During the week, I get 5-7 (bad I know) and I make up for it on the weekends by sleeping like 10 hours with naps thrown in.
Really? I slept like a fucking champ during school.
For all you guys in school…get a better schedule. Come on now, I know it may take a little extra time and scheming, but fuck is it worth it. The only excuse you got is actual work.
Just don’t go nocturnal, I did it my sophomore year, it really fucked me up.
A better schedule? I also didn’t sleep that much in college. I was taking 19 hours some semesters and as a Biology major with intentions of going to higher education after that, how much free time do you think is available?
For the student who plans on going to grad school of some sort, I would imagine the schedule is pretty hectic if they make lifting weights a high priority.
What did you major in?[/quote]
I averaged about 15 credits a semester, which certainly makes a difference in time available. Also, being a non-science major (communication/rhetoric) certainly allowed me to have much more time on my hands. I wrote a lot of fucking papers, but I was really good at writing quickly and without my thoughts coming across like shit.
Obviously there were times when I slept like shit, but that was only a couple weeks each semester.
Besides that, I had a bit more freedom to choose classes coming from a liberal arts background, which allowed me to configure a great schedule each semester.
Assuming most schools are similar, science majors don’t have the same flexibility in course selection that a liberal arts student would have. Whereas a chem major must take a certain class offered at 8AM, i could opt for a later class.
[quote]B-Mac13 wrote:
Invictica wrote:
I’m sure college/university students who lift can agree with me when I say this:
Sleep is a luxery
During the week, I get 5-7 (bad I know) and I make up for it on the weekends by sleeping like 10 hours with naps thrown in.
Really? I slept like a fucking champ during school.
For all you guys in school…get a better schedule. Come on now, I know it may take a little extra time and scheming, but fuck is it worth it. The only excuse you got is actual work.
Just don’t go nocturnal, I did it my sophomore year, it really fucked me up. [/quote]
Haha I have to scheduale to get my 5-7, every hour of my day is planned between studying, eating, and lifting, that that order of importance.
Engineering is kinda hectic, although it has really cooled off as its closing into my graduating years.
What did you major in?
[quote]Avocado wrote:
Professor X wrote:
B-Mac13 wrote:
Invictica wrote:
I’m sure college/university students who lift can agree with me when I say this:
Sleep is a luxery
During the week, I get 5-7 (bad I know) and I make up for it on the weekends by sleeping like 10 hours with naps thrown in.
Really? I slept like a fucking champ during school.
For all you guys in school…get a better schedule. Come on now, I know it may take a little extra time and scheming, but fuck is it worth it. The only excuse you got is actual work.
Just don’t go nocturnal, I did it my sophomore year, it really fucked me up.
A better schedule? I also didn’t sleep that much in college. I was taking 19 hours some semesters and as a Biology major with intentions of going to higher education after that, how much free time do you think is available?
For the student who plans on going to grad school of some sort, I would imagine the schedule is pretty hectic if they make lifting weights a high priority.
What did you major in?
Yeah when i was in uni it was all paper writing and all kinds of other shit to do. I got lucky [sort of] by having the perfect 1.5 hour breaks or 2 hour breaks between classes which allowed me to get some great training sessions in.
But man sleep was ghetto back then. I used to sleep in my car out in the parking lot. had my blanket and teddy, the whole kit.
Anybody with a chunky commute into school or work also knows the dubious honor of “finding time.” I basically got up mad early [ie 6-7am], ate, drove 45 mins in, went to class, trained [lifting], went to class, did homework and bullshit, had nap in car, trained [MMA], then drove home 45 mins and went tits first into bed.
Moving closer to uni really helped in my 3-4th year.
-chris[/quote]
Bahahaha, man, I am living exactly like that now. I have a 30 minute drive in and out. My time management is like down to the minute, its pretty impressive how much you can squeeze out of a day when you’re really forced to do things in a limited amount of time.
I typically sleep from 10-12:30 or so at night until about 6-7:30 in the morning. I am currently in my last semester of college, and yes, during hectic semesters, I have slept when I could and whever I could when the time presented itself.
This would include couches in random buildings around campus or a cushy chair in a librairy(sp?). My schedule is pretty consistent now simpy because I only have 7 hours left to get my masters. In the past when I took 15-18 hours, sleep was very erratic.
When I was on an internship last year, I kept essentially the same sleep schedule that I have now. Its kinda funny how actually working full time will force your sleep schedule into a predictable pattern.
[quote]Invictica wrote:
Avocado wrote:
Professor X wrote:
B-Mac13 wrote:
Invictica wrote:
I’m sure college/university students who lift can agree with me when I say this:
Sleep is a luxery
During the week, I get 5-7 (bad I know) and I make up for it on the weekends by sleeping like 10 hours with naps thrown in.
Really? I slept like a fucking champ during school.
For all you guys in school…get a better schedule. Come on now, I know it may take a little extra time and scheming, but fuck is it worth it. The only excuse you got is actual work.
Just don’t go nocturnal, I did it my sophomore year, it really fucked me up.
A better schedule? I also didn’t sleep that much in college. I was taking 19 hours some semesters and as a Biology major with intentions of going to higher education after that, how much free time do you think is available?
For the student who plans on going to grad school of some sort, I would imagine the schedule is pretty hectic if they make lifting weights a high priority.
What did you major in?
Yeah when i was in uni it was all paper writing and all kinds of other shit to do. I got lucky [sort of] by having the perfect 1.5 hour breaks or 2 hour breaks between classes which allowed me to get some great training sessions in.
But man sleep was ghetto back then. I used to sleep in my car out in the parking lot. had my blanket and teddy, the whole kit.
Anybody with a chunky commute into school or work also knows the dubious honor of “finding time.” I basically got up mad early [ie 6-7am], ate, drove 45 mins in, went to class, trained [lifting], went to class, did homework and bullshit, had nap in car, trained [MMA], then drove home 45 mins and went tits first into bed.
Moving closer to uni really helped in my 3-4th year.
-chris
Bahahaha, man, I am living exactly like that now. I have a 30 minute drive in and out. My time management is like down to the minute, its pretty impressive how much you can squeeze out of a day when you’re really forced to do things in a limited amount of time.
[/quote]
Yeah dude, back in the day i was a nap king. Had my tactical naps all the time. these days i can’t get to sleep fast enough to get real naps in.
All I ate was vietnamese food too. Breakfast at home and then 3 huge bowls of Vietnamese soup a day. I was such a good customer they started giving me the extra meat for free. they even started to know which days i would cycle my carbs by replacing the noodles with veggies. I loved that restuarant.
-chris
went to bed at 2am last night and woke up at 3pm
HOO FUCKING RAAAAH!
[quote]Tristram wrote:
I typically sleep from 10-12:30 or so at night until about 6-7:30 in the morning. I am currently in my last semester of college, and yes, during hectic semesters, I have slept when I could and whever I could when the time presented itself.
This would include couches in random buildings around campus or a cushy chair in a librairy(sp?). My schedule is pretty consistent now simpy because I only have 7 hours left to get my masters. In the past when I took 15-18 hours, sleep was very erratic.
When I was on an internship last year, I kept essentially the same sleep schedule that I have now. Its kinda funny how actually working full time will force your sleep schedule into a predictable pattern. [/quote]
I think knowing how to spell “library” should be required before you get your masters…just sayin.
During the week, I try to get to bed by 9:30/10:00 if I can (if WWE isn’t on!). I’m up the next morning by 6:30. On weekends though, I usually stay out pretty late, and can actually be getting in sometimes at 3 -4am.
Because I have a pup, I’ll get up whenever she wakes me, eat a bowl of oatmeal with met drive mixed in and go back to sleep for as long as I can.
S
[quote]waylanderxx wrote:
Tristram wrote:
I typically sleep from 10-12:30 or so at night until about 6-7:30 in the morning. I am currently in my last semester of college, and yes, during hectic semesters, I have slept when I could and whever I could when the time presented itself.
This would include couches in random buildings around campus or a cushy chair in a librairy(sp?). My schedule is pretty consistent now simpy because I only have 7 hours left to get my masters. In the past when I took 15-18 hours, sleep was very erratic.
When I was on an internship last year, I kept essentially the same sleep schedule that I have now. Its kinda funny how actually working full time will force your sleep schedule into a predictable pattern.
I think knowing how to spell “library” should be required before you get your masters…just sayin.[/quote]
I am an accountant, not an english teacher. If this had been a prefessional correspondence of some type I would use spell check, but since its not I am not too worried about it. End highjack.
As a way back on topic, many of the articles here say that 9 or more uninterupted hours of sleep are optimal. Do you follow this rule to the letter, not at all, or is like almost everything else and depends on individual need?
[quote]Goodfellow wrote:
if someone doesn’t wake me up i can easily sleep for over 12 hours.
thats what I do if i dont have any obligations the next day.
2am - 2pm+[/quote]
My cousin is like that you can’t call him unless its after 2pm because he is asleep and he is in bed by 11pm.
[quote]jzzz wrote:
Goodfellow wrote:
if someone doesn’t wake me up i can easily sleep for over 12 hours.
thats what I do if i dont have any obligations the next day.
2am - 2pm+
My cousin is like that you can’t call him unless its after 2pm because he is asleep and he is in bed by 11pm.[/quote]
He must not have shit to do.
I’ve never in my life had such a free agenda that I could regularly sleep that much. Either I am working way too hard…or everyone else is just lazy as shit.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
jzzz wrote:
Goodfellow wrote:
if someone doesn’t wake me up i can easily sleep for over 12 hours.
thats what I do if i dont have any obligations the next day.
2am - 2pm+
My cousin is like that you can’t call him unless its after 2pm because he is asleep and he is in bed by 11pm.
He must not have shit to do.
I’ve never in my life had such a free agenda that I could regularly sleep that much. Either I am working way too hard…or everyone else is just lazy as shit.[/quote]
The simple idea of thinking on your next workout can be enough to keep someone… not so lazy, specially when working out 5 days a week or more.
[quote]austin_bicep wrote:
However, my mom has lately been waking me up by borrowing change from my dresser to give my bros/sis lunch money. I hate broken sleep and that’s pissing me off.[/quote]
Take your change out of the dresser.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
jzzz wrote:
Goodfellow wrote:
if someone doesn’t wake me up i can easily sleep for over 12 hours.
thats what I do if i dont have any obligations the next day.
2am - 2pm+
My cousin is like that you can’t call him unless its after 2pm because he is asleep and he is in bed by 11pm.
He must not have shit to do.
I’ve never in my life had such a free agenda that I could regularly sleep that much. Either I am working way too hard…or everyone else is just lazy as shit.[/quote]
as far as my generation goes, (im 19) everyone is lazy as shit.
im super busy with school right now and im priotizing it way a head of my gym time, a typical day for me goes like this
wake up up around 8am-shower and eat
9 15am-class
practice guitar inbetween classes
1pm class
lunch
practice gutiar
3 45-class
practice for a little bit
6 30 dinner
7 30-gym (if i think i got a good amount of work done)
9-11pm practice, then the music building closes so then its
11pm-12am-Libray
12-1 30 am, usually do work back at my residence
then sleep and repeat.
ususally practice at least 4 hrs/day.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
jzzz wrote:
Goodfellow wrote:
if someone doesn’t wake me up i can easily sleep for over 12 hours.
thats what I do if i dont have any obligations the next day.
2am - 2pm+
My cousin is like that you can’t call him unless its after 2pm because he is asleep and he is in bed by 11pm.
He must not have shit to do.
I’ve never in my life had such a free agenda that I could regularly sleep that much. Either I am working way too hard…or everyone else is just lazy as shit.[/quote]
Pretty much he goes to school from 3-7 3 days a week and the rest of the time he just eats and works out. He is going to become a personal trainer i think.