We’ve all done it: tried to fall asleep at the perfect time to ensure you wake up fresh and ready for that early shift/gym class/hellish presentation meeting with your boss.
We’ve all lain awake, mentally counting how many hours of sleep we are going to get, maybe adding in counting sheep for good measure.
“If I fall asleep RIGHT THIS SECOND… I will get six hours and 26 minutes of sleep. That should do it,” we say to ourselves as we continue to toss and turn.
Well, it turns out we’ve been doing sleep all wrong.
According to a new sleep calculator (which, we’re not entirely sure why, but appears on a UK blinds company website), it’s not about how many hours you’re getting of shut-eye each night at all.
It's all about sleep cycles.