{"id":13529,"date":"2008-11-21T10:21:10","date_gmt":"2008-11-21T17:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/11\/21\/who-needs-sleep.html"},"modified":"2008-11-21T10:21:10","modified_gmt":"2008-11-21T17:21:10","slug":"who_needs_sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/11\/21\/who_needs_sleep.html","title":{"rendered":"Who Needs Sleep?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There really is a distinct difference between getting up at 5 a.m. vs. 4:30 a.m. You wouldn’t think so (Too Early vs. Too Early), but there really is. I think it may have something to do with circadian rhythms or something.<\/p>\n

When I changed to taking the LTR to the office downtown, I had to shift from 5 to 4:30, since the drive-to-the-station + rail-travel worked out to another 15+ minutes beyond my driving commute to Golden. Since I wanted to work 6-4 (generally), this seemed necessary.<\/p>\n

But I was finding it was really impacting my fatigue factor, and my grogginess and clarity during the day, regardless of when I was actually going to bed. And, looking at it, the 5:08 train was getting me there about 5:50, while if I get up at 5 I can catch the 5:38 and be there about 6:15 … but by then I’ve already done an email sweep on the train, so I’m really “working” in that timeframe, so being 15 minutes “late” isn’t a biggie — esp. since nobody’s there at that time, either.<\/p>\n

So … this week I’ve been doing the 5 a.m. alarm instead, and feeling much better about it. <\/p>\n

Except now I keep waking up spontaneously at 4:57, which is just annoying …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There really is a distinct difference between getting up at 5 a.m. vs. 4:30 a.m. You wouldn’t think so (Too Early vs. Too Early), but there really is. 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