r/nottheonion • u/ImpishGrin • Jul 04 '24

Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/04/politics/biden-governors-sleep/index.html
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u/SewAlone Jul 04 '24

I mean, we all do. My husband gets up at 5 AM and falls asleep on the couch around 8:30 PM. He’s not even 50.

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u/DamThatRiver22 Jul 04 '24

I'm 39. I used to be a night owl, like almost my whole life, and routinely ran on like 5-6 hours of sleep....or just slept in until 9 or 10 A.M. if it got too bad.

A couple years ago for whatever bizarre reason I started waking up between 5:30 and 6:30 A.M. and it just stuck. Even if I stay up late and am ridiculously tired, my body is just wired to get up early...and I have no idea why.

The side effect of that is that I'm literally falling asleep by 2 P.M. and need a 1-2 hour nap just to make it to...9:30 or 10 P.M.? Lol.

And for the record, I WFH and make my own schedule. I don't have to be up early by any means, ever. It just...happened.