ARE YOU GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP?
How To Use This Sleep Calculator
If you are wondering what time you should go to sleep, try out this sleep cycle calculator.
Here is a step-by-step explanation of how to deal with these calculations:
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Firstly, check whether your night-time sleep duration puts you at higher mortality risk. Select the number of hours you normally sleep at night. You will see by what percentage you are more likely to “kick the bucket” when compared with a person who sleeps for 7 hours every night.
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Now, let’s create a healthy sleeping routine. Take your time to thing about your habits: How long does it take for you to fall asleep? Let’s pick 12 minutes for our example.
Usually falling asleep takes between 10-20 minutes, so if you’re not sure, leave our default value of 15 mins. However, if you crash out the moment that your head hits the pillow or it takes you an hour or more, account for that as well. These may be symptoms of poor sleep hygiene, but everybody has ups and downs, exhausting days or days with a head full of problems, so if the problem with falling asleep doesn’t happen often, it shouldn’t be a big deal.
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Select the time you want to wake up. We’ve chosen to leave 15 minutes time intervals to simplify the calculator display. Assume we want to wake up at 7.15 a.m.
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The description below the sleep calculator tells you everything. We’ve included going to bed times with 6 to 1 full sleep cycles, but the first two – 6 and 5 full cycles – are definitely the ones you should aim for.
So, for example:
- If you had a rough day, the best idea would be to go to bed at 10:03 PM – then you’ll sleep for full 6 cycles (9h).
- Normally, the best option is to lie down at 11:33 PM – that fulfills the 5 cycles condition (7h 30m).
- For some people, 6 hours sleep is enough – if that’s you, go to bed at 1:03 AM, and you’ll have 4 full cycles of sleep.
- Other options are not recommended, as 4.5, 3 or 1.5 hours is not enough for us to rest and regenerate, even for elders who needs less sleep than kids or adults.
- If you’re wondering what time should you wake up if you go to bed now, we have the answer as well – look at the last paragraph under the sleep calculator and you’ll find the times you should get out of bed to wake up fresh and ready to work.
