The Effect of Sleep on Happiness
So,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.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.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 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.Having two daughters was rough on my sleep, but we also did co-sleeping (Asian wife who breastfed).