You should sleep as much as your body needs ... no more, no less.
O.K., that's obviously the ideal. But I will say that one of my best doctors once told me that the more you sleep, the more fatigued you will be. The less you sleep, the more energy you will have. I am no doctor and this is obviously not medical advice, but my doc's advice seems to come with the obvious caveat: don't sleep so little that you are sleep deprived. Sleep just enough ... and you should have more than enough energy for the day.
The thing to remember is that this amount varies from person to person. For me, the right amount is probably about 7-7.5 hours. For my S.O., probably 5.5-6.5 hours.
But we (me and my S.O.) tend to sleep the same amount b/c we go to bed at the same time. So he gets too much sleep and doesn't feel as energetic.
Listen to your own body, regardless of when the dogs, children, or your S.O. get up (to the extent that you can, of course).
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