Weekend ‘catch-up sleep’ is a lie
Sleep is fun, people who regularly lack it will tell you they're "just fine" but they've been lacking sleep for so long that the baseline they're comparing themselves to is already skewed.<p>Take two weeks off, avoid alcohol and other stimulant, avoid artificial light after 8 and wake up without an alarm. You'll see how you feel after that regimen. Your body knows exactly how much sleep it needs.<p>But that's not compatible with the "work hard, play hard" and hustler mentality I guess. Let's see how it impacts us when we get older, I'm fairly certain that the younger you are the more abuse your body can take, it usually has lasting consequences though.<p><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/7-scary-ways-sleep-deprivation-affects-teen-physical-and-mental-health_us_55a7bd07e4b04740a3df0fb3" rel="nofollow">https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/7-scary-ways-sleep-depr...</a><p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/teen-sleep-crimes-adults_n_58b70880e4b019d36d0fec64" rel="nofollow">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/teen-sleep-crimes-adults_n_58...</a>