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[–] [Deleted] 1 points (+1|-0)

I started sleep short hours when I started puberty. My foster-parents had me in for sooo many tests and some overnight hospital stays to monitor my sleep to find out what was wrong.

Apparently, nothing :-) While I was expecting PJ, and again now, I can fall sleep at the drop of a hat and sleep 7-10 hours without even trying. It feels very unnatural.

Short sleep was a godsend during college.

It's awesome for not feeling like work is the majority of my life because it's not even half of my waking hours. When I got my associate's degree, I was taking a double courseload, worked 4 part time jobs, kept a 4.0, AND had a social life. You absolutely aren't kidding when you talk about how it's an advantage.

[–] [Deleted] 1 points (+1|-0)

Yes, those are exactly my feelings. I couldn't have worked enough hours to manage tuition after my grants and scholarship money ran out. Requiring all those dead hours would have ended my college aspirations.