OK, really, how much sleep do we need at night? I've heard of people who are totally great after 4 hours a night. (Y'know, those presidents of Fortune-500 companies, millionaires with well-rounded lives, and other mythical creatures...) I've heard as well that you can get your body to get by on less sleep, training it to be more efficient.
Me? I think it's all a bunch of hype. I need 10 hours of sleep. How do people survive on less? Not that I want to get all rant-y on you here, but really, I've been doing 7 hours (average) this semester, and dying because of it. Last night? (Since you asked...) A whopping 2 hours. (And don't think it's because I've got a life. Hah.)
And beyond the physical possibilities, there's the time-management conundrum: If you've got something incredibly important to do (of course on a nearly impossible deadline...), is it better to sleep and be rested to more efficiently finish the remainder of it, possibly running out of time in the process, or to sacrifice your sleep to ensure the job is completed on time? --The latter reminds me of all those war movies where the soldiers urge each other on by saying, "You can sleep when you're dead!" Not entirely comforting. And really, personally, I'd like to sleep while I'm still living.
And of course, if you're like me, and you've got 60 zillion things to do, you're inundated by those things while you sleep. Always fun. Did you ever dream the one where the Calculus professor keeps repeating, "F of x plus h minus f of x, all divided by h. F of x plus h minus f of x, all divided by h. F of x..."
Well, at least for that dream I'm not naked in class. Gotta look at the bright side, here...
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