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Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is to respect your sleep set point. You can't really change how much sleep you need.

So you're better off making your peace. With whatever that number happens to be.

As long time listeners know, I have tracked my time continuously since April of 2015.

Those years have featured a lot of changes in my life, but one thing has been constant.

I average about 7.4 hours of sleep per day. One way or another, over any period of eight weeks or so.

That's what my body will average. Now, I certainly don't get 7.4 hours on every single day.

There are tough days with babies or early flights.

There are also days I get more sleep for various reasons.

Maybe I sleep in or nap or crash early. But the average is 7.4 hours.

When I tracked my time for a year, I found that number interesting.

Then I tracked for a second year and was intrigued to see the average come out to the exact same

number. Year three? The same. Clearly, I was dealing with a very strong orientation toward that

amount. I could wish that number were different. Maybe if my set point was 7 hours per day,

I could make great use of the additional 24 waking minutes that would open up.

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