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posted 1 year ago in Wellness
  • poll: How many hours per night, during the work week, on average?
    less than 5 : (1 votes)
    1 %
    5 and a half : (1 votes)
    1 %
    6 : (6 votes)
    9 %
    6 and a half : (9 votes)
    13 %
    7 : (15 votes)
    22 %
    7 and a half : (12 votes)
    17 %
    8 : (10 votes)
    14 %
    8 and a half : (5 votes)
    7 %
    9 : (7 votes)
    10 %
    9 and a half : (3 votes)
    4 %
    10 or more : (0 votes)
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    daydreamwanderer       DC

    I can't believe how well my "what time do you go to bed" post went over!

    But it did spark a new curiosity for me: how many hours of sleep do you get, on average, during the work week? (not weekends, because I know there can be a huge discrepency there! and if you work a non traditional work week, I mean YOUR work week, not M-F!)

     
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    MsJ26    May 12, 2012  

    I have to get at least 7 hours of sleep a night or I will be feeling it the next day. I wish I could get less sleep though...I imagine all the things I could get done...

     
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    Mrs.KMM    July 17, 2010   Atlanta, GA (wedding in Indianapolis, IN)

    I usually go to bed between 10pm and 11pm and wake up at 7am so I get between 8-9 hours of sleep (so I voted 8.5 average).  That usually doesn't feel like enough though!

     
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    Lindsay12.31.2010    December 31, 2010   Missouri

    Weekdays, I usually get between 7-8.  It's very rare I get more (or less!) than that.

     
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    Bostongrl25    December 2017  

    During the work week I usually get about 6-6 1/2. Ive never been a good sleeper so if Im stressed out even a little bit I will wake up all night long.

    This morning I was up early before work shoveling for an hour so I'm exhausted!

     
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    LRin2011    April 9, 2011   Clearwater, Fl

    I try to get about 7-8, sometimes it's only 6 though and on those days I seem to do better. I don't get it.

     
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    yrret107    November 28, 2009   Seattle, WA; Married in West Chester, PA

    On average, 6.5 hours to me.

     
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    Mrs.tobe    September 30, 2011   the middle of there

    NEVER enough.

     
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    cyndistar3    September 3, 2011   Post Falls ID

    It depends for me I have insomnia so sometimes I don't sleep at all but then again if I am lucky I can get almost 7!

     
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    daydreamwanderer       DC

    @LRin2011: It's possible that you have a 3 hour sleep cycle and so when you get 7 or 8 hours (especially if an alarm wakes you up) you're waking in the middle of a sleep cycle, which can really throw you off.

     
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    Ms. Purple    May 22, 2010   Toronto, Ontario

    i'd say at least 8 hours on average.

     
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    littlemissmango    July 7, 2012   Oahu, HI

    Whenever I'm left to my own devices (i.e. no alarm), I naturally wake up 9.5 hours after I go to bed. Like on the DOT. So, I figure that's what my body needs, and I try to plan accordingly.

     
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    crayfish    September 11, 2010   Berkeley, CA

    Wow, everyone who gets 6 hours a night has my complete and total sympathy :-/

    I get around 8 hours. Sometimes slightly more, sometimes slightly less.

     
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    lola2011    March 4, 2011   Chicago

    Seriously! 6 hours on average? No way! My body can manage on 7 1/2 but loves 9 1/2. Sometimes 10 if it's on a weekend. 6 and I'd be a zombie!

     
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    HappyCrickets    June 4, 2011   Cleveland, Ohio

    I'm a full time law student, but during my school week (I have class Mon-Thurs, so I'm talking Sunday night through Wednesday night), I typically sleep about 5-6 hours.  I have 7:30am class that I have to leave by 6:15am for, and I just can't go to bed earlier than like 11... and then I get up around 4:30-5 (I have a tendency to do some of my homework in the morning before class).  Thursday night I get a little more sleep (I sleep in until maybe 8 lol) and on weekends I usually get about 8 hours.  I really could use more sleep =/

     
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    PitBulLover    August 21, 2010  

    I usually get about 7 hours each night but Im trying to get more!

     
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    linguo42    February 27, 2011   Vancouver, B.C.

    Around 6 for me. My body refuses to consider sleep before 1am unless I'm sick or have been out in the sun. When I sleep late on the weekends, I wake up with irritated sinuses.

    I used to have pretty bad insomnia, so 6 doesn't seem that bad to me. I can function perfectly fine on 5 too. Anything less than that and I'm a wreck.

     
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    Prewitt    June 19, 2011   England

    Ditto PitBulLover as I get 7 but I strive and hope for more ;)

     
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    sugarpea    June 14, 2014   Ontario, Canada

    I usually try to go to bed early to get more sleep but it hasn't happened yet haha. I average 7-8 hours per night.

     
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    Treasure43    September 18, 2010  

    Probably around 7. I work best with around 8 though.

     
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    flyinpig3    September 10, 2011   ny

    i seriously think i have a sleep addiction or disorder. I work late every day- either 11am, 1pm, or 7pm (one night a week). So i dont HAVE to get up early. I usually go to bed around 12 or 1 and get up around 10 (so embarassing!) so i usually get around 9, sometimes more :/ i try and get up earlier and i just CANT! i usually snooze for like 2 hrs until i HAVE to get up. its pathetic- i feel like i sleep my life away!

     
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    R.Elliott    September 24, 2011   Dallas, TX

    I get about 9 hours but wish it was more like 10-11. I need a LOT of sleep apparently.

     
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    MsBrooklynA       Midwest

    I typically don't have to go to work until around 11 which means I have to get up at 9. Generally I go to bed around 11 so that leaves me 9-10 hours of sleep. I always wake up feeling sleepy. I must need an inordinant amount of sleep.

     
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    flyinpig3    September 10, 2011   ny

    @MsBrooklynA: maybe we are getting too much?

     

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