Study: How much sleep is necessary for you? [Infographics]
Sleeping a very important activity in our life. We spend almost 1/3rd of our life in sleeping. But how much sleep is enough for a healthy individual has been an ongoing topic for debate. We keep seeing various studies on this very topic.
[themify_quote]Overall, it seems that anything less than 6 hours/day is not good for the health and anything over 11 hours/day — well, you are wasting half of your life in sleeping, please go find something productive to do with it.[/themify_quote]
The below graphics from National Sleep Foundation was created to show the results of a recent 2 year-long study and the results are not too different. If you look closely for any adult category aged 18+ years, you would note that the recommended sleep is 7-9 hours per day whereas 6 hours to 11 hours may be appropriate as well based on the life style choices. But bare minimum sleep is indeed 6 hours per day.
Study: How much sleep is necessary for you?
How much you should really sleep?
The below graphics from Funders and Founders also show us how much time we spend in our life on various activities dear to us. It also shows that 1/3rd of our life we spend on just sleeping and another 1/3rd on other daily chores, entertainment and other activities. Take a look and don’t hesitate to share:
How we spend our time
And below is a daily routines of 26 famous creative people. Obviously a person can’t be creative, innovative and productive throughout the day. The image below is kind of proof of that opinion.
Click image to see the interactive version (via Podio)
In my personal experience however, I have found that 6 hours is more than enough for me. I find it non-productive to sleep more than that and if I try to force my body to sleep more I feel uncomfortable. That’s just my personal experience. Not sure what the consequences might be in the later life but for now I am happy that I am using my time in a productive manner.
What do you think? How much do you usually sleep?
