Anyone sleep in two phases? I keep sleeping all evening then waking up and I’m wondering whether to try and get out of it or embrace it.
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There is some evidence, although I think it's debated that people in the past used to sleep in two shifts. The forgotten medieval habit of 'two sleeps' share.google/0DbSLzSNeAVr...
sep 2, 2025, 11:08 pm • 1 0 • view
Yeh. That’s what made me wonder rather than worry. It’s not very sociable if you’re the only one doing it, but many nights I’m alone.
sep 2, 2025, 11:09 pm • 0 0 • view
I love an afternoon nap.
sep 2, 2025, 11:10 pm • 0 0 • view
I seem to love naps all the time 😂 How long do you nap when you do?
sep 2, 2025, 11:11 pm • 1 0 • view
An hour and a bit usually. Bloody office life has killed me nap opportunities 😑
sep 2, 2025, 11:15 pm • 3 0 • view
How are you coping with the office days Terry?
sep 2, 2025, 11:36 pm • 1 0 • view
I kind of like it. Feels like I get 2 Fridays. No more office Friday and real Friday.
sep 2, 2025, 11:37 pm • 2 0 • view
Hehe. You're not in 5 days then? Yeah i love the night before a work from home day. Hate forcing myself to bed early.
sep 2, 2025, 11:38 pm • 1 0 • view
3 says at the moment. Sometimes 2 I think.
sep 2, 2025, 11:42 pm • 0 0 • view
Perfect. 2 is the perfect number i think.
sep 2, 2025, 11:43 pm • 1 0 • view
Officially I take Fridays off but that’s mainly as I don’t have enough work
sep 2, 2025, 11:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Officially i take every other Friday off. Unofficially i take every second Friday off. 🤭
sep 3, 2025, 3:20 am • 2 0 • view
When I used to work in an office (probably over 7 years ago), there was a medical room that had a bed in it. People just used to take naps there.
sep 2, 2025, 11:16 pm • 3 0 • view
I seem to be drifting more and more toward this as I get older.
sep 2, 2025, 11:09 pm • 1 0 • view
I get up early, get the kids off to school, then finish sleeping. Always 2 phases for me!
sep 2, 2025, 11:11 pm • 2 0 • view
Go to bed, sleep five hours. Awake, either reading or daydreaming for three hours. Then three hours sleep. I think that, before clocks or electric lighting, two phase sleep was normal...someone had to be up in the small hours to make sure the fire didn't go out.
sep 3, 2025, 12:27 am • 2 0 • view
Well I folded the washing and tidied the kitchen
sep 3, 2025, 1:25 am • 2 0 • view
At least you do something useful !
sep 3, 2025, 1:46 am • 1 0 • view
Wasn’t the post fun sleep break to be honest lol
sep 3, 2025, 1:57 am • 1 0 • view
*most
sep 3, 2025, 1:57 am • 0 0 • view
Been doing it for years now, very rarely get more than four hours sleep Sometimes I get up, do stuff and go back to bed later, othertimes I lie there and drift off after a couple hours
sep 3, 2025, 6:06 am • 1 0 • view
An evening nap is luxurious, but suggests you are tired. So perhaps more overall sleep would be beneficial?
sep 2, 2025, 11:19 pm • 1 0 • view
Yeh I’m up sorting washing and tidying the kitchen now before I go back to bed properly.
sep 2, 2025, 11:20 pm • 1 0 • view
Don't forget your overalls!
sep 2, 2025, 11:33 pm • 1 0 • view
I'm all team nap Sometimes shortly after waking up - other times after a meal
sep 2, 2025, 10:54 pm • 0 0 • view
Maybe enforcing it as short would help. Lay down with my audiobook and think I slept solidly for 4 hours.
sep 2, 2025, 10:56 pm • 1 0 • view
3+ hours, looking at my last posts lol
sep 2, 2025, 10:56 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes. It works quite well. People do it naturally if they go to bed early. The trick is to expect it and not stress about insomnia. I still get a good 8 hours.
sep 3, 2025, 1:54 am • 2 1 • view
Yeh I’ve got into the mentality of “four hours down” so I don’t fret.
sep 3, 2025, 1:58 am • 1 0 • view
It's proven that 3 bouts if sleep The first one about 2 hours after breakfast is the bodies natural rhythm A Swedish study?? was really interesting reading many years ago I never worry about needing little sleep Nut I can fall asleep anywhere really
sep 3, 2025, 3:11 am • 2 0 • view
Me too, although for me it's mid afternoon when I get *really* tempted to have a snooze, but work gets in the way. 🙃 At night I usually sleep for 4, wake for 2, then sleep another 4 if I get the chance. Don't use an alarm unless I have something I need to do.
sep 3, 2025, 7:42 am • 2 0 • view
Similar, but I often just bink out asleep 😆
sep 3, 2025, 11:13 am • 2 0 • view
At least twice a day Or night Hence #2amclub Or today #3amclub with pup and some reading time
sep 3, 2025, 3:09 am • 1 0 • view