Mar 2, 2011 / Topic Ideas

Whats the longest you’ve been without sleep?

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What’s the longest you’ve been without sleep?

If your blog is about work, tell the story of an all-nighter you have pulled. If your blog is about an area of interest, tell a story of the last time you missed sleep, or got up extra early, to do something you enjoy.

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  2. Olá a todos, nesses últimos dias, creio que mais de duas semanas fui dormir muito tarde, por ficar aqui escrevendo a matéria tirando suas dúvidas.
    Eu sempre fui de dormir cedo, mas desde que comecei a blogar, isso acabou.
    O meu blog, toma muito do meu tempo. Ainda mais que faço todo o serviço de casa, compras etc. Mas estou gostando dessa nova fase da minha vida.
    Abraços a todos!
    Mina!

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  5. I know it was around 24 hours, give or take a couple, when I was flying back home from visiting Israel in 2010 or Istanbul in 2005 (I slept on one or two of the four legs total). I was up a long time on both trips. Normally, I don’t stay up that long, not anymore.

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  6. This could be a good post. One project (in ’99 I think) had myself and one other developer working from Sunday afternoon straight through to the following Wednesday morning.

    However many hours that comes out to. *shudders*

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  7. I fear I may be a big of a lightweight here…but the longest I have been without sleep is 48 hours and that was during my finals at law school. I had 7 finals in 10 days and 3 ran on consecutive days. I had to study…no option.

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  9. I think for many of us, college was the reason we stayed up an ungodly amount of hours. For myself, while studying in college, I lost count after 24hrs. but I’d say it probably went somewhere close to 30hrs.

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  10. This is a good one for a walk down memory lane… All nighters were routine during exam time. I would say 48 hours… 🙂
    Eliz

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  11. I watched most of the rescue of the Chilean miners, which must have been half a day + one night + another half a day or so. That’s the longest I’ve been up recently.

    If I’m in a good flow and a job is almost done, I prefer to finish it even if it gets late. I send off the job and take it easy in the morning. Sometimes I actually get replies from other night owls. I always smile and nod understandingly when I see e-mails sent at 2:43AM.

    http://zolh2011.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/sheet-fright-and-other-reasons-for-staying-up-late/

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  12. I guess it was probably 36 hours on my way to India. I had a stop in Dubai for 6 hours and was afraid to close my eyes as I might fall asleep and miss my next flight. Although I have been up late working on drawings for my blog too!

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  13. In the past, when I worked on a publication that had a Monday deadline, I sometimes would sleep only a few hours Friday and Saturday nights and not at all Sunday night, (but that’s if you don’t count laying my head on my desk for a few minute nap). For fun I have lost sleep to watch meterorite showers, a comet, lunar eclipses and also for many sunrises. I’ve also drug various children out to look at either these phenomena or just the beautiful starry sky.

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  16. A little over 24 hours. Do you know what happened then? I passed out. I mean PASSED OUT. As hard as I tried to keep going, my body wouldn’t let me. I was at its mercy!

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  18. ~lol mine was about 72~84hours lol i think that was when i was having an insomnia ;P still having it sometimes but sadly night flew like a shot >;P

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