On average, we sleep 8 hours a day; I’m 48, and have slept for 16 years.

8h? Average? Hard to believe that's a modern number. Think of all the memes those poor bastards are missing out on.

Well, somebody out there is getting 46,000 hours every day.

Bruh, I work 3rd shift and have ADHD. I'm lucky to get 5 hrs of real sleep without getting wasted.

I've thought about this a ton. Depressing amount.

I've decided to work on improving my quality of sleep drastically and have done it but it wasn't easy to learn and study my body. In effort to maintain or increase the quality of measured and studied sleep to shave off 2 hours. From 8 hours to 6. Allowing me to live awake and hopefully enjoy 13.3 percent more of my life.

Yes you can cut it down more and gain more living time. This is what I deem more acceptable and I slowly bring the time down more as my baseline improves.

My best advice. Cool your body/brain and dial in your body temp use water cooling like a sleep 8 it's expensive and subscription, so DIY your own use AI to dial it in if you can, live data. By plugging in your health data to it. Learn your sleep stages, wear a health tracker that's accurate for heart rate, breathing, pulse ox, HRV, keep stress low and exercise regularly. Stick to a strict schedule of sleep and wake. Avoid fatty meals and snacking hours before bedtime, eat clean and healthy.

There's no magic bullet, most of its common sense. But you can make major gains if you dial in your body and listen to it. Tune into it. Don't push through, feel and correct. There's more but it's late in my time zone.

I'm in my mid-40s but had tons of sleep issues (both because I didn't stay asleep long and working multiple jobs at another point). I'd be curious to know how much I slept.

I haven't slept for 16 years. Because that would be too long.