The Effect of Sleep on Happiness
So,<p>I slept great the first 25 years of my life, but I've had a ton of sleep problems as a start-up founder over the years. They developed over 10+ years building a $200MM plus company from the ground up.  I was traveling all over the world, in different time zones and working 7 days a week.  I would recommend treating sleep really seriously and not 'breaking' your ability to sleep.<p>I have learned ways to get some sleep again, but basically haven't been able to 'fix these issues' for the past 15 years.  I have learned to manage the sleeplessness - and am finally back up to 7 hours or so a night on average most weeks (8 is my sweet spot).  During this entire time I thought I was healthy, but sleep and lack thereof concerns me.  I have read a ton on the subject, tried everything (CBT / Behavioral therapy, Hypnosis, Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture, Sleeping pills, Herbal remedies, etc).  Haven't tried Cannibis.<p>I am currently working with 4 leading sleep researchers with decades each in helping people sleep. We're building a personal 'sleep assistant' to use modified CBT program in an automated fashion. We are in second trial this summer. First trial showed 45 minute average sleep improvement (in people sleeping < 7 hours a night to start).  Most people do better with 7-8 hours / night even if they think they don't need it.  I need it, but need help 'calming down' my mind enough to get it.<p>If you're interested in taking part in any alpha studies (after this current research round of 200 people) or learning more or getting on mailing list, email me at tom.talytica@gmail.com.<p>Having two daughters was rough on my sleep, but we also did co-sleeping (Asian wife who breastfed).