What do you do when he only needs 4-5 hours of sleep, and she needs 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep? You work out a compromise: go to bed at the same time. What if your typical bed times are different? As a bachelor, I got used to bedtimes just after midnight; my wife, on the other hand, would rather be in bed by 9pm. So we came up with another compromise: bedtime around 10pm. Small victory.
The only catch is that a 10pm bedtime means I will be up before 3am. I can use those 4 hours before breakfast to study or do some software development, but an early day sometimes means I am worn out early in the afternoon. The current solution is to take a power nap around lunch time in order to remain productive/functional throughout the day. This requires being very intentional and not getting absorbed into the busyness that you fail to take care of yourself.
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