#28

Do it now and again. Used to do it loads, several times a week. it’s fine, just power through and try not to eat.

#29

always amuses/annoys me how I’ll remember really specific but ultimately pointless details like that, yet won’t remember if I’ve locked the door or brushed my teeth or something actually important

#30

The problem is with kids is that it can be relentless - when they’re teething you can have whole weeks when you’re only getting a couple of hours sleep, and by the end of it you’re a zombie

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#31

If i have less than about five hours kip i’d pull a sicky. My head would be up my arse to such an extent that it’d be in nobody’s best interests for me to go in. I need seven hours to function. If you go in work it just looks like you’ve been out on the piss all night, let’s be honest. Depends on what you do, though, if you have a passive data entry job or something you might be able to wing it, but anything where you could make mistakes or anything public-facing i’d prefer people to not come in.

I always struggle to sleep on a Sunday night (or a Monday night on a bank holiday weekend). Tried everything - get up at normal time on the days before, don’t booze on the Saturday (Sunday) night, don’t have brews, come offline early, but wide awake for hours and hours. Proper headfuck because in almost all jobs Monday’s your busiest day.

#32

Yeah, the last four days have been rough. Getting her out of her nursery routine seems to make her cranky, plus she’s teething, plus we’re still unpacking after moving… had a decent night’s kip last night and barely any the night before, feeling pretty zombified today,

#33

I can wing it, luckily

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#34

I have to drive to work, so definitely not

#35

Yeah air traffic control doesn’t run itself

#36

I have done it a fair amount and I would say it definitely ages you.

#37

There’s also necessity. sometimes you’re working on something to a deadline, and nobody gets to go home to sleep, and you just have to get on with it. It’s not just in ‘big business’ that this happens either. Think about hospital work- some surgeries go on longer than planned and a surgical team will have to power through the night, and then pick up their shifts the next day.

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#38

used to quite a bit but not sure i can handle it now

#39

Whatever you do, do not have a big lunch. Just graze lightly throughout the day. The early afternoon slump is usually caused by lunch.

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#40

update please @anon30627475

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#41

feeling heavy waves of sleepiness now. everything looks comfortable and a bit surreal. cigarette in 5 minutes, maybe a coffee too. 2 1/2 hours left, we can do this. walking home tonight too, should be hilarious.

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#42

Been sleeping between 4-5 hours for about a week now :expressionless: it’s proper rubs man. Drink plenty of water.

#43

when you build up that sleep debt and a non-school night finally rolls around tho…glorious.

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#44

I dream of the weekend where I’m going to go to bed early and sleep loads and redress the deficit, but I get so little ‘me time’ that when the weekend actually rolls around, I just stay up late drinking wine and watching shit memes while berating myself for not being in bed.

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#45

Have done it once on 0 sleep after a BIG ONE. Was ok. I just sweat a lot more than I normally would. Wouldn’t do it if my job was of any consequence. Wouldn’t be able to do it if I was sat at a computer cause I’d snooze straight away. My job’s active so it’s hard to fall asleep.

#46

When I’ve had jobs where you get a chair and screen I’ve fallen asleep by about 10:30am anyway. That’s with normal amounts of sleep. I don’t know how you lot manage it.

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#47

Once at an old job had a full 2 hour sleep at my desk. Bloke opposite me just did his work as normal. Postman came in and everything

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