Ages 0-7: Don't remember.
Ages 8-13: Parents made us go to bed at 8pm every night. 8! Waking up was tough, especially for family scripture study, but it wasn't too bad.
Ages 14-19: This is best described by an example. I'd come home late at night from some activity. I'd turn on the light to my bedroom, drop my book bag, and fall onto my bed face first. I was asleep before my body touched the bed. Seriously. I'd wake up at 7:10 the next morning in my shoes, Levis, and coat. I'd change into a new shirt, grab a piece of bread and then cut through several of my neighbors back yards to catch the bus because I'd already missed it at my stop.
Mission: Well it goes without saying that I had regular sleep. It's just lucky that companionship study was after an hour of personal study. I don't like to talk in the mornings.
College: I think I averaged 4-5 hours of sleep a night, for most of my college career. Except when it was finals, in which case I averaged 2. My last 3 weeks of college I slept about 8 hours a week and became a connoisseur of energy drinks.
Now that I'm a working Professional: I can't go to be before midnight. It is utterly impossible. I generally get 6-8 hours of sleep. Thanks or no-thanks to my flexible work schedule, I rarely get to work before 9:30am.
Side Notes:
1. I can sleep anytime and anywhere.
(That's me on the bottom row. I fell asleep in the gym while on tour at BYU-Hawaii. Everybody lined up for the picture and a good laugh.)2. I am an incredibly heavy sleeper. I wake for no man. I once fell asleep at a 4th of July city fair in the middle of a crowd of people.
3. I don't like to talk when I wake up. I'm super cranky. Give me a good 1-2 hours to get going.
You light sleepers are blessed.
3 comments:
I can typically fall asleep anywhere, too. I always wake up with these insane neck aches from just kinda leaning my head forward somewhere. If I get a job (and thus a new apartment), first purchase: sexy new bed. YES.
I hate smiley talky people in the morning, it makes me want to punch them in the face and go back to sleep.
more often than not, i think i'm one of those annoying morning people (sorry rachel.) for me, it matters more when i get up than how much sleep i've had. but we're talking up before 6am for me to really get subdued, and before 5am to border on catatonic. unfortunately, i have gotten up before 5am A LOT in my life. hmmm, seth you may have inspired a blog post of my own...
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