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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 1020280" data-attributes="member: 151">Wow.  Thanks, Kevin.  This explains A LOT.  When I started my current job last year, it required a sizable shift in my sleeping pattern, as I need to be at work by 7AM (requiring me to get up by 4:45AM).  Since I don't get back home until 5:30PM, I only have a few hours with the kids, and then only maybe 1.5 to 2 hours to be an adult.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  As a night person, I tend to want to stay up late, making it even more difficult.  Game nights are usually until 1AM (we start after the kids are asleep), so I'm constantly falling behind in sleep, it seems.Questions, then:1) Can you 'catch up' on sleep?  I've always assumed that if I get extra sleep one day, I can sort of 'pay my sleep debt', so to speak.2) What kind of effects can long-term sub-optimal sleeping patterns produce?  That is, if I don't miss sleep, but short myself on it for long periods, what are the effects?</blockquote>