Friday, January 7, 2011

How much would you sleep?

If you had no life obligations, how much would you sleep?


I've had Puppy for more than a year.  Puppy sleeps ALL THE TIME.  Except when chasing squirrels, an activity that I, obviously fully support.


It makes me wonder: if I didn't have to scavenge for my own food, bathe myself, take myself on a walk, and have a job that requires a few more skills than just "ability to shatter squirrels," how much would *I* sleep?

At the end of the semester, I conk out for eleven or twelve hours.  What if that is my true sleep requirement?   I shudder to think how sleep deprived I am on most days!  Do you think my lectures are better on or off sleep?

4 comments:

Alyssa said...

I'm pretty sure I need 9-10 hours a night to be on full capacity - with maybe a nap in the afternoon! I'm certainly not getting that anymore.

I envy my cats. I'm pretty sure they get 25-26 hours of sleep a day.

namnezia said...

About 11.

chall said...

hm... maybe 9? That seems to be the number that cropped up those days when I was unemployed back long time ago.... then again, I have noticed now that I can't really function on 6 hours as I could before I turned 30 ;)

microbiologist xx said...

In my current sleep-deprived state, 12 hours sounds pretty good, but I think 9 is more like it.