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I have a similar work pattern and often have "forgotten" to go to bed - in fact tonight is shaping up to be one of those all nighters again. I often find myself working with just the benefit of 4 hours of sleep and doing fine.

As I get older (I hit the half-century mark last December) I don't do this as often as I used to, ten years ago I pulled a 68-hour straight work shift programming ASP code to meet a deadline but nowadays I'd be lucky to hit 36 hours. But I still have lots of energy, and start every day with a 12 km (7.5 mile) hike so the old man isn't done for yet!

I have also been known to forget to eat during long work stretches, often realizing that it's been over 24 hours since I had food! "Work Mode" does that to you!

Bill

For some reason I am like this while I am at college, but when I am home I'm always tired.

For finals I literally will sit in one spot for 20 hours, only getting up to go to the bathroom and stretch. I have friends bring me some food or I order it. Friends are bewildered at how I do it.

I can function quite well with 2-4 hours sleep.

I've been an insomniac for most of my life. I get up around 5am and often don't go to sleep until after 1am. Four hrs of sleep per day is max for me and I don't usually get that much, but I don't require it ... so guess I'm similar to what you experience.

I find I can survive very well on little sleep in fact I like working long into the night but for me there is a down side.. it shows on my face, even my skin looks dull after a couple of long days/nights.

I am not sure if this is just me or a "girl" thing but it is annoying :-)

Being an entrepreneur, I've found, means doing everything you possibly can to maximize your output and be as efficient as possible....Some would say I should sleep longer, but, honestly, I feel like I'd miss out on getting ALOT of work done if I slept 10-12 hours (like my wife does...lol)

That's good for you then.

Well, as a businessman you need to be energetic. It's good to know that you never get tired but remember too much of everything is bad. You still need to be careful and consider your health always because that is our wealth.

Good for you? However, lets discuss it again in 20 years when you have burned out and have health problems.

This is also one of my chief concerns in life too. I just cannot sleep. It seems like such a waste of time. When we die we can sleep all we want is what I tell myself. I actually have to be dragged to bed nightly by my wife otherwise I'll work until I crash at 10 AM or so. But she falls asleep in like 1 minute and I'm left there staring at the ceiling twiddling my thumbs. I hardly ever get sick either. In fact I'll come down with something once every few years at the very most. But I know I'm burning the candle at both ends and I'd like to stop. So I made an appointment next week with my doctor to see what he suggests. But the good news in all this is I get a **** load of work done every week as a result. In fact I'm usually dropping in 70 hour work weeks easily. But the fact of the matter is I just turned 40 and want to make 80. So now I'm finally going to do something about it.

Normal or abnormal aside, I'm wondering if all your energy is simply the result of enormous enthusiasm for whatever you are doing in your life. I have found this to be the common trait of people who can work for hours on end with little sleep. One has to use energy to create more energy and people who seem to be able to generate that initial burst of energy are, in my casual observation, able to do so because they are often extremely excited or enthusiatic about what they are doing.

Conversely, people who are bored by what they do never seem to be able to muster energy of any kind which in turn makes dragging their butt out of bed that much more difficult, even after many hours of sleep.

I need a lot of rest. 10 hours and I'll be fine for the day, less than that I find that I'm so tired for most of the day.

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I envy you, I need to get 8-10 hours of sleep for me to function well while you just need 2 hours of sleep.

Sleep is for the weak.

I don't like to sleep. I work till I can't think, then wander off and pass out.

Alchohol helps. It's the only way I get more than a couple hours at a time.