• RebekahWSD@lemmy.world
    9·
    6 days ago

    What I currently do, as because of health I sleep two shifts

    Wake up slicked with sweat, drag my decaying meat husk out of bed. Dry off. Use bathroom, talk to a cat who loves affection… when you’re in the bathroom. If it’s near dawn, go outside and water the plants. Come inside, wait for husband to wake up. Eat lunch, plan dinner.

    Go back to sleep.

    Sibling gets home, I’m either awake or will be woken up. Make dinner. Spend time with husband, go back to sleep.

  • Jaberw0cky@lemmy.world
    11·
    6 days ago

    Does no one else wake up at 0300 and read a book for a bit before going back to sleep for a couple of hours

  • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
    41·
    6 days ago

    I once had the perfect job for biphasic sleeping. I would get up at 4 AM, work and be home by about 1 PM, sleep til 4 PM, stay up til 11 PM, then back to bed til 4 AM. 8 hours of sleep a day, 7 or 8 hours for work, 7 hours in the afternoon and evening for whatever I wanted, and I felt well-rested the whole time. It’s the only thing I miss about that job.

  • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    Take your pet for a walk.

    Personally I find biphasic sleep pretty normal and easy to do when I’m working a job in a timezone that’s behind mine by a few hours.

    Go to bed at 12:30, sleep 4.5 hrs til 5:00, wake up with the cat at dawn, take them outside and enjoy the morning tranquility for a bit, go back to bed at 6, sleep til 9, get up to start my job at 10 or 11.

    I don’t do it when I have to be up early though, I both always struggle to go to bed early, and I find waking up and being up in the middle middle of the night, to feel more stressful than doing it at dawn.

  • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world
    3·
    6 days ago

    Paint mostly. Although my art has taken a bit of a Beksińskian bent of late, so I might have to switch activities.

  • monovergent 🛠️@lemmy.ml
    3·
    6 days ago

    Tidying up, journalling, writing, or art. Though nothing on a screen and nothing related to eating to avoid brushing my teeth again.

    Indeed, I have the means and curiosity to try out biphasic sleeping. Only things that keep me back are having two alarms a night (at least while I’m not used to it) and the fear I’ll get too worked up to fall asleep again.