According to HealthDigest, the average American goes to bed at 11:39 p.m. Across the globe, that time is just about the same: 11:40 p.m. on weekdays, and 12:10 a.m. on weekends.
Where do you fall in that spectrum? What time do you most often go to bed at night? Is it early, before 9 p.m.? Do you make it until about 10:30? 11? Midnight?
After you vote in the poll, please feel free to be more specific in the comments. Thanks!
We are retired and sleep until 8, 8:30 AM most days. So, most days I go to bed between 12:30 and 1 AM. If I/we have to rise earlier — e.g., some kind of appointment, or to prepare the RV and leave on a trip — then I go to bed earlier, as early as necessary to get 7-8 hours of sleep. DW has trouble falling asleep much of the time. She typically goes to bed around 10 PM and as early as 9 PM. Yet, I usually get more sleep than she does.
7 hours for me, 12-7 AM sleep hours. Must take leg cramp pills and low dose 325 mg Acetaminophen,
As I age TV becomes less alluring than my bed.
Time zone and DST changes account for the most variation. The dog has a more consistent clock than I do.
I go to bed right after I wake up on the couch. Could be 2:30 – 3am.
I usually fall asleep on the couch around midnight.
You’re my hero.
hit it about 9:15 and get up at 4:30 each work day, sleep in until 6:00 am on the weekends
My average time to go to bed is to start preparing at 9:45 and mostly in bed with lights off by 10:30. I would like to see a poll about what time people get up. I have heard it said that tall people sleep longer.
5’8″ – Since retirement, 8 hrs and I’m awake. Regardless of when I go to sleep. It took 6 months upon retiring to get rested to the 8 hour point. While working, I felt tired constantly from the age of 18. Seldom got 8 hrs, and didn’t strive for it. Now I feel great. I feel the whole 8 hrs needed thing is true… for me.
Lol, I see what you did there
Earlier in the winter (like 8pm). Later in the summer (9-9:30p). Sunlight has a lot to do with it.
We midwesterners probably go to bed earlier than either coast—our nightly news comes on at 10pm.
We go to bed after midnight at home (watch the 11:00 o’clock news). We don’t watch TV in the RV, so we usually call it a night about 10:00.
I can’t get out of the habit of watching the 11 o’clock news.
Another poll with results that confirm the average rvtravel.com reader/respondent is….
OLD! 🙂
(NOT a bad thing)!
Something called “pumpkinitis” between 9 to 10 pm by my doctor.
When you were a kid, you wanted to stay up late. When you are old, 10:00 IS late!
Too much to do and too little time to do it. I get a lot done in the evenings after the wife goes to bed and the 2 Labs to their beds. I might get to bed by midnight.
Next poll: What time do you get up in the morning?
Agree, I’m shocked if I sleep beyond 5:30 am and this is the only time of year when I do that. (I see that you posted your response 50 minutes ago. 🙂 )