#sleep

Using Sleep Cycle to document a week's worth of sleep

Seven nights ago I downloaded Sleep Cycle for iPhone, here's how it went during a rather hectic week of my life...

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Last week I read an interesting post by @soyrosa relating to sleep chronotypes (yeah i'd never heard of them either) and on taking the quiz (kinda spammy looking page so feel free to just google and read up), I was diagnosed a 'dolphin'. Steem dolphin and sleep dolphin, alright. Here are the four chronotypes, you can probably guess yours just by reading the description.

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So basically, dolphins are:

shit at sleeping
intelligent and neurotic insomniacs
sleeping with only half a brain (err..)
perfectionists
better with a high protein breakfast

I sort of knew this, but knowing it's a thing does provide an element of peace, and some areas to focus on. I found the idea routines for each type:

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# > You’ve no doubt heard that we all have an internal body clock that instinctively prompts us to, say, go to bed or eat our next meal. But did you know there’s actually an ideal time to do just about everything in life, from working out to winning an argument [source](https://www.capitalgroup.com/pcs/latest-perspectives/timing-is-everything.html) # I've met and had relationships with lions who sleep like the dead and find any time is a good time for an argument.

Anyway, in the comments of @soyrosa's post, I found a mention for the Sleep Cycle application (cheers @revisesociology, I think!), and armed with my new found knowledge that I am an unhinged, shit at sleeping dolphin, I decided to give the app. a go for a week.

Here are my results along with some background info / mitigating factors.

Wake-up alarm set between 8:30-9
First night using the application
Woke up for a pee after 2 hours, slept pretty well until just before 8 (before alarm).
Pissed about on the phone (Steem) for an hour, had something to eat, went back to bed with changed wake-up time

Wake-up alarm set between 7:30-8
Woke up for a pee after two hours
Woke up for a pee after two more hours
Deepest sleep 6:30 am, woke up during alarm zone and switched it off at 8

Went to bed before midnight(!) and set wake-up alarm for 6-6:30
Woke up for a pee after two hours or so
Slept until alarm / moved and alarm woke me up

This was the day over my move to Valencia and I needed to be up early. It was also the only day I went to bed before midnight, and probably my best nights sleep...

First night in Valencia
Wake up alarm set for 7:30 - 8
Noisy outside, noisy building, used earplugs
Slept for a 5 hours straight and then woke up for a pee
Slept until alarm / moved and alarm woke me up

Watched the Manchester United game, and had beer
Wake up alarm set for 8:30 - 9
Passed out for 4 hours, went for a pee (probably didn't shut the door)
Woke up at 5:30 (doh!), pissed about on the phone without turning Sleep Cycle off
Nodded off and Sleep Cycle woke up me up
Turned Sleep Cycle off and woke up around midday

Wake up alarm set for 7:30 - 8
Woke up for pee after 4 hours
Slept until alarm / moved and alarm woke me up

Had a mid-afternoon snooze
Wake up alarm set for 7:30 - 8
Just about fell asleep and got woken up by something, pissed about on phone for 45 mins (Steem)
Slept (badly I thought) until 6:45
Switched Sleep Cycle off just before 8

I like this app, even though i think 'sleep quality' as a percentage is totally off. Its also got me wondering if the 0 snore-time for a whole week is true, even though I've not had any complaints before.

About my sleeping habits

Inconsistent times to bed - not good for dolphins
Afternoon snoozes - not good for dolphins
Beer - not good for dolphins
Any drinks an hour or so before bed - not good for dolphins
Bed around, or before midnight - good for dolphins!

Easily my best nights sleep was before the 'biggest' day of the week in which I purposely went to bed much earlier than the average. Awake for a pee after the first circadian cycle, but still before 2 am, I will happily take if I can then go back to sleep for a 6:30 wake-up. I think my worse night sleep was last night - late to bed, things on my mind, and awake far too early and feeling super tired today.

I had planned to be getting up at around 6 am each day in light of the new job, and this was one of the reasons for installing the application.

Sadly, the job is officially 'on hold' due to budget and potential departmental changes - what a total bummer.

I'm now thinking, should I go straight to the UK, or back to Mallorca? There is a possibility of this role becoming live again, but also probably more chance of finding something in the UK if I am actually based there.....

I'll need to decide pretty sharpish, maybe a dpoll will help :)

Is anyone else using this application?

Stick some screenshots in the comments if you are!

Cheers

Asher

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@isarmoewe(65)· 2740d
Thanks for that list, I'm obviously a dolphin then, maybe even more clearly than you. ;o) I use to wake up around 6.30 a.m. (it was at 6 a.m. for a long time) and I can be energetic at any time, even after a night-shift. Well, I did not have more than 2 of them in a row so far ...

I hope your employment situation changes soon. Being unemployed is much more stressful than being employed.
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@kerrywolf(60)· 2744d

Steem dolphin and sleep dolphin, alright.

Funny enough, I'm aWake Wolf & sleep wolf.
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@soyrosa(75)· 2745d
Interesting! I was very inspired to start changing my sleep schedule a bit after my finding out I'm a Wolf, since I do believe I can maybe feel awake a bit quicker after waking up for example. I might start using this app indeed to gain some insights.

Eh, the Dolphin is the one Chronotype most often found in the Sleep Centers for help, it's not the easiest of the four of them. What I very much like is how possibly finding a schedule could help make your type work for you instead of against you - like me always starting to work after waking up while instead I should go for a walk and have a late breakfast so my brain is getting out of its 'fuzzy' state a little bit quicker :-)

Glad my post set something in motion in another Steemian - that's why we write about our experiences! I hope you find a schedule and sleep mode that works for you (but that's probably easier if you know how your life will look like. I have no idea what I would do in your situation right now. Good luck with that!)
@wolfhart(63)· 2745d
WOLF that's where I fall next month Dolphin I hope

you need to get that prostate checked. you get up more during the night the an old man . do I see some signs off Stress there
@anmitsu(57)· 2745d
Ah I wanted to make a post about sleep cycle app too, have been using it for over a year and it’s fun to see how different things can effect the sleep. I’m a 🐻 apparently. It’s kind of funny that the schedule suggests to brainstorm after 8pm :D
@revisesociology(82)· 2745d
That's some dedication screen capping all those nights!

i'm surprised it's not more disrupted given all the uncertainty yr facing.

At least if you come back the UK it's spring now, which is at least better than it being winter!

That Lion category is me, almost down to the hour.
@bashadow(70)· 2745d
I was a shift worker for so many years, I have no clue what it is like to wake up between 5:30 and 7:30. I think they need at least one more type person added to their chart and I am surprised it was not already on there and that is "Night Owl".

A night owl sleeps when it wants. A night owl eats when it wants. A night owl argues when it want. A night owl plans when it want. A night owl does what it want when it wants.
@steemstreems(62)· 2745d
Nice documentation. Maybe I will try this app.

I too read the post by @soyrosa. I am a wolf. Knew it before the article just didn't have a name for it.

I love being a wolf! Sadly, the world does not. Maybe I will try some of the wolf tips in the article.

My wife is a lion. Makes coordinating things interesting. we don't really gee-haw on sleep times. Helped when the kids were young though. She did the early shift and I did late.

Consistent bedtime, no naps, no beer/drinks.....That does suck :-0

Seems like wolves and dolphins are the categories most at odds with the world at large. Good luck to you.
@newageinv(74)· 2745d
I had not seen the app but remember her post andbit definitely seems like I am a Lion in reviewing the details. I remember having a wearable that track my sleep years ago and confirmed the same.

Sorry to hear about the job delay but remember that things happen for a reason so keep your head up!

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@gillianpearce(67)· 2745d
Blimey. You don't sleep much. I'm impressed by the 0 snoring though. 😱

I don't think any of those sleep chronotypes describe me very well but then I was never one to be put in a box! 😂

Back to the UK is my vote. Always better to move on than go back I feel. Although I suppose you could argue the UK is going back but things are different there now. Mallorca is too current. 😍
@clumsysilverdad(65)· 2745d
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@bistonic(52)· 2745d
Interesting post @abh12345. I think you would find the circadian rhythm fascinating. I have been implementing the circadian rhythm in my eating and sleep routine and it has been a game changer.
@improv(73)· 2745d
Do you know if this app works if there are two people in the room?

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@dswigle(78)· 2745d
I'm a lion! Except that I am a night owl too... I play hard and sleep hard. I used to use a Fitbit Versa so that I could track it, but, honestly I feel rested and I force myself to go to bed some nights, except for the night I have to post my challenge.

Then, all bets are off.

You really need to stop drinking at night! That was where I fell down and now, I get really good nights of sleep with no wake ups. Bed at the same time is so much better for the body. It allows consistent sleep when it knows what to expect. Well, you know all this, ya dolphin.

OMG. Anything but a dang dolphin.

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@crokkon(69)· 2745d
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@chireerocks(75)· 2745d
@abh12345, In current times whenever i hear the word Dolphin then it reminds me of Steem Dolphin. Ha ha 😂😂

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@hananali(54)· 2745d
I could be all of the four, with some characteristics from each block :D
@meesterboom(81)· 2745d
I'm a wolf!!! Awooooooooooo!!!
@por500bolos(68)· 2745d
¡Holy crap! no doubt I must be kind of a...

Bear-Wolf Hybrid

About my sleeping habits

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