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Has anyone tried the tradition of sleeping in two parts as the book describes? Where people slept 3-4 hours woke up for a few hours and then slept another 3-4?

Jim Janssen Yes! I have been doing it for the last few years simply because it is what my body naturally wants to do. And just about a year ago, I learned that my…moreYes! I have been doing it for the last few years simply because it is what my body naturally wants to do. And just about a year ago, I learned that my brother follows exactly the same sleeping pattern! So I was inspired to read this book to learn more about why many other people once did the same thing I'm doing now.

Personally, I don't think you will like trying this idea if you need to use an alarm for the between-sleeps awakening. You have to go to bed early enough that you naturally wake up in the middle of the night and think, "Dang, it's way to early to just continue sleeping now! Why don't I do something relaxing for an hour or two before I go back to bed?"

An unexpected benefit of doing this is that you end up getting twice as many "days" in each week as you would otherwise! For me that is a sufficiently satisfying result that I have no expectation I'll ever change back to a 1-sleep guy.(less)

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