I need nine hours of sleep - by Rachel Katz

I want to talk a little about sleep, and in particular, about those of us who really need it. Sure, we all need sleep, and I am delighted that sleep has become trendy in the last few years—that’s good for everyone! Once Jeff Bezos proclaimed that he sleeps eight hours a night, everyone was allowed to love sleep (thanks Jeff!). I recently heard sleep referred to as “the ultimate performance enhancing drug,” indicative of the full and complete sleep re-brand, whereby tech bros transformed sleep into something cool, the way they made SlimFast cool for men by calling it Soylent. Bro-hating aside: in my experience, there are people who need sleep, and then there are people who need sleep. When the former people don’t sleep, they are tired. When those in the later group don’t sleep enough, our lives implode. We suddenly get a sinus headache and our brains behave like they are trying to run in a pool—pushing and pushing but never moving any faster. Our joints hurt and the sun burns our eyes a

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