A 40-year-old man from Japan claims he’s trained himself to sleep only 30-45 minutes per day and believes it’s helping him ‘double’ his life.
Daisuke Hori says he’s able to function normally on just half an hour of sleep per day, and has stuck to this routine for the last 12 years, claiming the key to focus and energy is having more high-quality sleep as opposed to longer durations of sleep.
My first thought was that Daisuke Hori was lying, or maybe hallucinating from a lack of sleep, but a TV crew in Japan actually tracked his activity for several days and sure enough this madman was only sleeping for 26 minutes per day, his daily routine seeing him wake up at 3am and go to sleep at 2:30am.
Hori told the South China Morning Post:
“As long as you do sports or drink coffee an hour before eating, you can stave off drowsiness.”
Listen, I’m still very skeptical about all this given every doctor and expert on the planet will tell you it’s a very bad idea, but maybe it’s worth a try? If sleeping for 30 mins a night really means you get to double your life, I’m interested to see how it works. After all, they say we all have the same 24 hours in the day, but if you’re sleeping for the recommended 7 or 8 hours, how many hours do you really have? Not as many as Daisuke Hori, that’s for sure.
On the other hand, do you really want to be awake for 23.5 hours a day? Yeah OK you may be more productive and have more time to do things, but it would also kinda suck. Hori says his hobbies are “painting, music, and mechanical design”, which is cool and all, but 16 – 17 hours is more than enough time to enjoy those daily, isn’t it? How about sleeping 3-4 hours a night instead of just 30 – 45 minutes?
Anyway, I guess time will tell whether Daisuke Hori is really doubling his life or whether his brain and body shut down from sleep deprivation any day now. He doesn’t look tired in the photos – will give him that.
For hilarious footage of a man pretending to be asleep after his best friend caught him shagging his wife, click HERE.
