What's Your Bedtime (and related questions), a poll

In My Humble Opinion
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Ah, sigh, sleep. My favorite part of the day.

Bed time: around 11:30 right now. Will be 10:30 later this summer, when I start working a regular office job.

My routine is to have a snack, which is a glass of milk, maybe with an apple, maybe with a single-serving bag of lowfat popcorn. I fill a glass with water, and put it on my nightstand. Then I floss, take my pills, brush my teeth, and apply Differin to my face. Then I turn Yahoo! Messenger to “Asleep,” turn off my computer monitor, and get in bed. I put on hand cream and lip balm, then I read an Agatha Christie book for about twenty minutes. Then it’s lights out.

In the ideal world, I sleep until I wake up naturally, which is anywhere from 8-10 hours. In the real world, it’s what I get now–after the job starts, if I’m going to bed at 10:30, I won’t get more than nine except on weekends.

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What’s your bed time? Anywhere from 1am to 6am - Insomnia/needs of others to be met/hot flashes/etc. dictate when/if I can go to sleep, but there’s really not any specific set-in-stone bedtime for me.

What’s your bed time routine (if you have one) Get my grandma taken care of for the night, shower, brush teeth, take my meds and injections, spend time with daughter (and husband, if he’s home - usually only on weekends, though), play with the dogs, cats and ratties, spend some time online, watch some tv, read a book.

In an ideal world, how many hours of sleep would you get a night? Ideally? Without a doubt, nothing less than 8 hours!

In the real world, how many hours of sleep do you get a night? 3 to 5 hours, depending on if I fall asleep easily. If it’s less than 3 hours, I WILL be taking a short nap at some point the following day.
I’m a houseleech. I can do that, if needed.

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Depends on the evening.

If I’m out with friends, I usually get home by 12–sometimes 1 or 2. If I’m at home, I’ll be helping to make dinner, cleaning up the dishes, sometimes walking the dog, and then listening to music or watching a DVD (or reading a book). Most nights I’m out between 12 and 1 a.m., and 2, 2:30, at the very latest.

Ideally, I get a restful, quiet 8 hours and then lie in bed feeling warm and cozy and peaceful for a while afterwards. In the real world: 7 hours, sometimes 5 or 6.

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What’s your bed time? 10:00-10:30
**What’s your bed time routine (if you have one)?**Brush teeth, take blood pressure meds, lie in bed and read from half an hour to an hour, putting me to sleep around 11 PM
In an ideal world, how many hours of sleep would you get a night? 7-8
In the real world, how many hours of sleep do you get a night? 7

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What’s your bed time? Depends on whether my little one has woken up, but usually around 10:30.

What’s your bed time routine (if you have one)? Get ready for bed around 10:30, come out and tell my husband to get ready for bed around 11. Get in bed, read for a while, turn off the light around 11:30 or 12.

In an ideal world, how many hours of sleep would you get a night? 7-9

In the real world, how many hours of sleep do you get a night? Anywhere from 3-6

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What’s your bed time?

11:00Pm-ish

What’s your bed time routine (if you have one)?

Wash face. Feed fish. Herd animals into bedroom. Try to find room in bed betweed said animals. Yell at animals. Get properly adjusticated. Sleep.

In an ideal world, how many hours of sleep would you get a night?
9ish

In the real world, how many hours of sleep do you get a night?

8ish

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What’s your bed time? 10:30pm-12am

What’s your bed time routine (if you have one)? tummy crunches, shower, use proactiv, brush teeth, check e-mail, turn off computer, turn off tv, set alarm, go to bed.

In an ideal world, how many hours of sleep would you get a night? 9

In the real world, how many hours of sleep do you get a night? 6-7

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What’s your bed time?
Midnight - 1 am

What’s your bed time routine (if you have one)?
Shed clothing, climb into bed.

In an ideal world, how many hours of sleep would you get a night?
None.

In the real world, how many hours of sleep do you get a night?
5 to 6

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What’s your bed time? 9-ish, unless there’s something we really want to see on TV

What’s your bed time routine (if you have one)? Sometime between 8-8:30, I take the little dog out for her last pee of the day. Then I turn off all the lights/computer/TV, make sure the doors are locked, and head to the bedroom. I’ll take my meds, and shower if I’m particularly grubby (otherwise I shower in the morning) We’ll watch a little TV in bed till 9-ish, and the alarm goes off at 4:45AM.

In an ideal world, how many hours of sleep would you get a night? Ideally, I like about 8 uninterrupted by critters or bladder urgency.

In the real world, how many hours of sleep do you get a night? Workdays, 6.5-7.5 depending on how soon I can get comfy and relaxed. Weekends, maybe 8-8.5, unless the cat finds it necessary to walk on my head at 5AM. Once I’m awake, I’m up.

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**What’s your bed time? ** 8 pm sharp Sunday through Thursday, I might make it to 9:30 on Friday or Saturday. I get up at 4am on weekdays, if I’m lucky I will sleep till 6 on the weekends.

**What’s your bed time routine (if you have one)?**Shower, take a leak, brush my teeth, trim any unruly facial hairs, look for blackheads. I start at about 7:45.

**In an ideal world, how many hours of sleep would you get a night? **
8.

**In the real world, how many hours of sleep do you get a night? ** 6 to 7. Depends how many times I have to pee. Sometimes I can’t go right back to sleep so I turn on the TV for 15 minutes to an hour, depends if something interesting is on.

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What’s your bed time?
Around 2 or 3, typically have to get up around 8 so every now and then I crash and go to sleep around 11.
What’s your bed time routine (if you have one)?
Go to my room around 10, clean it, get ready for bed, set clothes for tomorrow if I have to be somewhere early, then Il get in bed and watch tv or go online or read until I feel overly sleepy
**In an ideal world, how many hours of sleep would you get a night? **
Tricky question, like already said, it would be great if we didnt need to sleep, but because we do, about 10 hours… rarely happens though.
In the real world, how many hours of sleep do you get a night? 5 or 6.

That was the routine anyway, its gone all out the window since I finished up in college, I now stay up late and sleep much later, Ive been up until at least 5 all week and then get up around 12.

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What’s your bed time?
Depends. Anywhere from 9:30 (if I fall asleep on the couch) to a little after midnight (if I want to see what was on Oprah that day.)

What’s your bed time routine (if you have one)?
Turn off lights, double check ashtrays, go upstairs, get in, sleep.

In an ideal world, how many hours of sleep would you get a night?
24.

Seriously, maybe 10.

In the real world, how many hours of sleep do you get a night?
Not enough. Between 8 and 6.

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During term time:

What’s your bed time?
01.15 :cool:

What’s your bed time routine (if you have one)?
finish playing computer games; brush teeth, fart (optional), enter bedroom

In an ideal world, how many hours of sleep would you get a night?
8

In the real world, how many hours of sleep do you get a night?
8

In the holidays:

What’s your bed time?
04.00 :cool:

What’s your bed time routine (if you have one)?
finish playing computer games; brush teeth, fart (optional), enter bedroom

In an ideal world, how many hours of sleep would you get a night?
8

In the real world, how many hours of sleep do you get a night?
8

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What’s your bed time?
Eh, sometime between 8:00pm and 1:00am.

What’s your bed time routine (if you have one)?
What’s a routine? I avoid doing anything immediately before going to bed to try to psych myself out of the inevitable insomnia. The more “bedtime” stuff I do (like washing my face, locking the doors) before retiring the longer I lay awake. I try to get all that stuff out of the way earlier in the evening.

In an ideal world, how many hours of sleep would you get a night?
Mmmm . . . 24. Well, at least 9.

In the real world, how many hours of sleep do you get a night?
0 - 5

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I usually go to bed between 10 & 11.

I like going to bed with my wife, but if she hits the sack early, then sometimes I’ll stay up later (to midnight or so) to get some odds & ends done. Not much of a routine other than brushing my teeth and setting the alarm clock.

I would probably be happiest with 6-7 hours/night of sleep. Right now, I get more along the lines of 5 (except on weekends).

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Depends. I’ve been a night owl all my life and have a schedule like yours, though I try to be in bed no later than 1 on weeknights. Weekends I often go to bed at 2 or 3. I wake up naturally after 6 hrs but can manage on as little as 4 1/2. During PMS I’ll sleep 7 sometimes and my internal clock will shift so I fall asleep on the couch at 10 and wake up at 4, which is annoying. I do have micronaps (10 - 12 minutes or so) sometimes. I hate going to bed before midnight but if I’m sick, I’ll go after the first few minutes of the 11 PM news.

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What’s your bed time? I can’t really give a specific time. It depends on what time I have to be to work the next day. When I was a breakfast cook getting up a 4:00 AM every day, I tried to be in bed by 10:00 PM, sometimes 11:00. But now, working at a convention center, my work schedule is so erratic that I often have a different bedtime every night. I try to rig it so that I don’t get out of bed until 1 or 2 hours before I go to work, because I don’t want to be falling asleep at the end of my shift.

What’s your bed time routine? Activate my screensaver, brush my teeth, get into bed and read until I can’t keep my eyes open any longer.

In an ideal world, how many hours of sleep would you get a night? Six.

In the real world, how many hours of sleep do you get a night? Six to eight, but sometimes less than six, depending on work schedule. At the convention center, I’ve had times when I’ve worked an 18-hour shift (8:00 AM - 2:00 AM), and then had to be back at 8:00 AM the next day for another 18-hour shift. So I’ll get maybe four hours of sleep in there, if I’m lucky. I’m one of those people who, no matter how worn out I am from work, I just cannot come home and fall into bed asleep. I have to “wind down”. So I’ll finish work at 2:00 AM, get home by 2:15, and eventually get myself into bed by 3:00. And then get up at 7:00 so I can be back to work at 8:00 …

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What’s your bed time?

11 p.m. Once upon a time, many moons ago, I used to watch the 11 o’clock news, Jay Leno, then David Letterman, then… Now, I’m yawning by 10. Some nights, if work’s been crazy, I’ll do a crazy-early bedtime–8 or so. (This is usually a nap which turns into getting up to wash face, stumble around, brush teeth, and take the dog out for a walkie, before going back down.)

What’s your bed time routine (if you have one)?

Around 10:45 p.m. announce to husband I’m getting ready to go to bed. Reluctantly close down browser, er, I mean, stop working on novel. Take doggie out (she’s been walked after dinner, but needs to visit the grass), smoke half a cigarette, take off makeup, brush teeth, get into a sleeping tee, take vitamin, give doggie her toothpaste, kiss hus… zzzz.

When do you empty the dishwasher, take the garbage out, pay the bills, clean the toilet, run the laundry, and all the rest? For us, that all gets done in bits and pieces during week after arriving home from work and heading to bed. Along with not-chore activities like walking dog, playing with dog, gardening/weeding, reading, surfing, writing, puttering around the house.

In an ideal world, how many hours of sleep would you get a night?

Eight or nine sound lovely.

In the real world, how many hours of sleep do you get a night?

Six. The alarm goes off at 6:30 a.m. Once in a blue moon, I get to hit the snooze button, or decide I’m not getting up until 7. I actually get up earlier than I need to, but I don’t like to be rushed in the morning.

Saturdays and Sundays, I’m usually up between 7 and 8. I don’t like to get my schedule too out of whack.

Sex is for weekends these days. :frowning: Sleepy. Tired. Working.

Life as a student was a lot more fun in some ways. Working for a living takes up a lot of time.

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Wow, I’m surprised I’m the first one to weigh in on trying to sleep after working a night shift. I work 8:45 PM - 7:15 AM. So I don’t even get home until 8-8:30ish. Then I get something to eat, play video games. And I’ll usually fall asleep in my apartment with a movie playing around 11 AM. Then I’m up by 4-4:30 ish, watch my sports shows (ATH + PTI) then find stuff to do before I go back to work, making sure the world is a safe place while all you dopers get your zzzzzzz’s. :slight_smile:

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my bedtime is “tired o’clock.”

working weekend nights, (thurs - sat) i don’t usually get home from work before 4am and often not until well past 5am (that would be am fri - sun.) i clean up after getting home from work, but am usually awake until 5,6,7,8am… depending on how intense the night was, or how wired i may still be from that coffee or red bull i may have had during cleanup & cash out.

those times i count on 4-6 hours of sleep, and rarely get more, as i am most always up at the crack of noon (which is early for the next day’s work, but not by much. i’m at the club most working days between 2 & 3pm) i do occasionally sleep though entire sundays in catch-up though.

the rest of the week, i pretend to be diurnal, spending a dozen or so daytime hours in volunteer time at a soup kitchen; as well as 6-8 more for inventory & and up to 4 or 6 more in management/planning meetings with ownership at the club. though i still end up most days under 6, and prolly closer to 4 hours of sleep. oh, and some weeks, we’ll have one or two private events at the club, which means i’ll spend another 8 to 10, or 16 to 20 hours there (these weeks, the soup kitchen usually goes without me.)

in an ideal setting, there’d be an extra day many weeks for me to sleep completely through. we could call it zzuzzzzday.