Sleeper diary
Oskar
Twenty-two years of night routes and a well-rehearsed way of tricking the sun.
Who
Night-bus driver, 52
Where
Gothenburg
Usual bedtime
07:10
Hours a night
5h 24m
Wake-ups
3
In one line
The route ends at 06:40. My body thinks the day starts then.
One night, drawn
A typical night from the ring: deep sleep at the bottom, awake at the top.
Asleep5h 24mAwake
The diary
Night 1
Last stop 06:40, home 07:05, bed 07:10. Sunglasses on the walk home, always. It is the one trick that works.
Night 13
Neighbour’s drill at 10:00. Slept again at 11:30 but the ring shows it as light sleep until two.
Night 26
Swapped to days for a week to cover a colleague. The first two nights I did not sleep at all. By Friday I felt twenty years younger.
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