I am a super light sleeper and have never let that determine how and when I travel, even though it may grant be comfort I've long deprived myself of. It is very hard for me to fall asleep with any sounds, especially clear of muffled speech and music. And yet I've done a good share of urban camping and train hopping. The sound of a train is white noise, more or less, so I can usually sleep a full night and only wake up a few times in between. But when I'm urban camping, there is rarely a night in which I get a good rest, even though I use earplugs. It's either the traffic, passersby or even the though of being busted for sleeping in the spot that keep me awake. Often I will only get 4 hours of sleep, if that, and then nap for several hours in a public park in the daytime with a blindfold over my eyes. And it really sucks being so tired all of the time and not being able to just crash out wherever and with whomever. I really envy heavy sleepers, which seems to describe most of the people I know, but it doesn't seem there's any easy solution to my plight.
I have terrible sleep routine even at home, so I'm pretty opening to adjusting my schedule, as I'm convinced I could get more pleasure out of life by not feeling like shit every morning. I've been trying to apply these general ideas lately, and I'm gonna try to apply some of them for traveling times as well: http://www.helpguide.org/life/sleep_tips.htm
So, you light sleepers, how do you survive best while traveling? What do you do to help you sleep and feel energetic during the day. I'm sure most of you can just pass out beneath the bridge while the dogs are barking and your buddies are having some beers and playing dice a few feet away, but there's got to be other light sleepers out there who suffer a similar restfulness disadvantage.
I have terrible sleep routine even at home, so I'm pretty opening to adjusting my schedule, as I'm convinced I could get more pleasure out of life by not feeling like shit every morning. I've been trying to apply these general ideas lately, and I'm gonna try to apply some of them for traveling times as well: http://www.helpguide.org/life/sleep_tips.htm
So, you light sleepers, how do you survive best while traveling? What do you do to help you sleep and feel energetic during the day. I'm sure most of you can just pass out beneath the bridge while the dogs are barking and your buddies are having some beers and playing dice a few feet away, but there's got to be other light sleepers out there who suffer a similar restfulness disadvantage.
