# Do your sleeping habits change on the weekend? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 20, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948 "2017-12-20T21:11:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948/1 "2017-12-20T21:11:38Z")
I’ve seen from various reports that it is more healthful to wake up and go to sleep at the same time every day. Assuming that you don’t work weekends, do your sleeping habits change on Saturday and Sunday? If your regular days off are not weekends, please substitute those days for the upcoming poll question. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948/2 "2017-12-20T21:23:54Z")
I sleep the same amount, just the hours that I am sleeping are shifted by 2 or 3 hours. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948/3 "2017-12-20T21:27:20Z")
I typically sleep more on the weekend. During the week, I probably get 5-6 hours of sleep a night (and sometimes more like 4). On weekends, if I don’t have anything pressing going on, I may get 8 or 9 hours of sleep a night. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948/4 "2017-12-20T21:34:01Z")
Same habits nearly every day: wake 5:30 - 6:00 AM (no alarm), bed around 10:00 PM and asleep by 11:00 (after reading). Nothing changes on the weekend, other than an occasional nap during the day (luxury). ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948/5 "2017-12-20T21:36:28Z")
If anything sleep less by going to bed later, but not really sleeping in. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948/6 "2017-12-20T21:37:14Z")
I’d usually go to bed an hour later and sleep an extra 2-3 hours on Saturday mornings. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948/7 "2017-12-20T22:29:14Z")
Typical weekday/night: go to bed by midnight, get up at 8:00 AM Friday night or vacation? Stay up till maybe 1:00 or 2:00 AM, sleep till 2:00 PM. Saturday night - Stay up till maybe 1:00 or 2:00 AM, sleep till 9:50 or 10:30 AM, depending if I have to help set up at church. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948/8 "2017-12-20T22:39:29Z")
My circadian rhythm gets me up between 4 and 6 pretty much all the time. Some days, I’ll stay in bed and read till my husband wakes up, other times, I’ll get up and let the dog out and start my day. On very rare occasions, I might sleep till 7 - very rare… ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948/9 "2017-12-20T22:45:45Z")
My kids wake me up no later than 6:30 every day. Before having kids, I’d sleep till 10:00 or so on weekend mornings. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948/10 "2017-12-20T22:55:04Z")
Weekdays I get about 5-6 hours a night. Friday nights, since I cannot use the computer (Orthodox Jewish), I end up getting more like 11-12 hours. Saturday night usually around 8-9 hours. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948/11 "2017-12-21T00:10:55Z")
I try to sleep more, but I don’t always. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948/12 "2017-12-21T03:18:16Z")
On a typical weeknight I get about six hours of sleep. I rarely can sleep more than six and a half hours because it takes so long to fall back to sleep (I have sleep maintenance insomnia). On the weekends, I can stay in bed nine hours if I feel like it and get up to eight hours of sleep sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948/13 "2017-12-21T03:29:05Z")
Things may shift by about an hour later on Saturdays and Sundays, but I’m a touchy sleeper, and I’ve learned not to mess with my routine too much. StG ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948/14 "2017-12-21T12:32:57Z")
Weekdays the phone wakes us at 5:30, although the dogs wake us a few minutes earlier sometimes. Weekends the dogs wake us around 5:30. No sleeping in. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948/15 "2017-12-21T14:02:57Z")
I go to bed around the same time most nights, 8:00 - 8:30 pm, and am asleep by 9:30, but… On mornings when I have to go into the office to work, I have to get up around 5:45 to get in around 6:30. So, if I find myself awake around 4:30 - 5:00, I won’t be able to go back to sleep since I know I’ll have to get up in about an hour. On weekends or work-from-home days, if I’m awake too early, I can usually manage to go back to sleep for another hour or two and not get up until 7-ish. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948/16 "2017-12-21T14:31:45Z")
Early a.m. insomnia usually has me waking up on weekdays before the alarm goes off. My insomnia doesn’t distinguish between weekdays and weekends, so no change. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948/17 "2017-12-21T15:26:30Z")
I get about an hour more sleep each weekend day. During the week the alarm goes off at 6:30, on weekends no alarm is set and I get up about 7:30. I can’t sleep in much more than that anymore, for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948/18 "2017-12-21T15:30:29Z")
I awaken rather early (sometimes very early) no matter what — been that way all my life — so the only way I could get more, or less, sleep on weekends would be to change when I go to sleep. I do average a slightly later bedtime on weekends (and therefore a little less sleep), but not much, and not every weekend. So, the closest option for me is “unchanged.” ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948/19 "2017-12-21T15:44:43Z")
For the most part mine stay the same although if a trip is involved I sometimes sleep less to hit the road earlier. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948/20 "2017-12-21T16:00:57Z")
I go to bed at 7:30 pm on work nights and get up at 3:15 am. I weekend nights I go to bed about 10 and if I’m lucky I sleep till about 4. Get up, dink around for 3 or 4 hours then fall asleep for another hour or so. I also take a sleep aid on work nights, if not I would only sleep about 4 to 5 hours before waking. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948.md?page=2)