I’ve always been someone who needs 8 hours of sleep a night. It’s not rocket science or something I’ve had to test, I’m simply aware, like I’m sure many others are, that with any less than 8 hours of sleep, my mind is a bit fuzzy, my energy is down, I’ll probably snap quicker than is reasonable and I’m running on substantially less than 100%. The scariest thing is, most of us go through life operating at 70% or less than our full potential, but because we’ve done it for so long, it feels like normality. But WHY? Why does less or more sleep affect us in such substantial ways?
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