{"id":271,"date":"2003-04-25T08:25:35","date_gmt":"2003-04-25T15:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/?p=271"},"modified":"2003-04-25T08:25:35","modified_gmt":"2003-04-25T15:25:35","slug":"creativity-takes-some-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/2003\/04\/creativity-takes-some-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"Creativity takes SOME sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been working kind of hard the last two weeks. It’s getting in the way of posting.<\/p>\n

I’ve got a huge backlog of things to review, but…I get tired and braindead.<\/p>\n

I need to have a certain amount of sleep a night to be functional.<\/p>\n

You know, I figured out, by trial and error, a formula.<\/p>\n

I can function for a day, or two, on 5 hours of sleep per night. I can make it, barely.
\nBut I will get sick if I dont’ catch up.<\/p>\n

I can go for extended periods on 6 hours of sleep a night. I won’t be happy, but I can make it through.<\/p>\n

7 and a half per night is really optimal.<\/p>\n

But I can’t dip into the 5 hour range without getting sick.<\/p>\n

This was in my early, wow, EARLY 20s, so maybe it’s not the same now that i’m 30.<\/p>\n

But I like the symmetry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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