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Weekend Sleep Debt
A four-week plan to keep weekend wake times close to weekday timing while gradually allowing more sleep on weeknights. A short, early Saturday nap can be used when needed.
BodyBuddyOver four weeks, you will steady weekend wake times while gently adding more sleep to weeknights.
Four Week Rhythm
Repeat these steps each week while moving bedtime earlier.
Choose your anchor
Day 1 · Once
Tell BodyBuddy your usual weekday wake time.
Stay within range
Saturday · Weekly for 4 weeks
Wake and reset
Sunday · Weekly for 4 weeks
Add sleep gradually
Weeknights · 15 minutes earlier each week
Use the bedtime set on Sunday until weeknight sleep is within one hour of the sleep your weekends suggested you needed.
How It Works
A steady wake time protects your body clock while earlier bedtimes address the real sleep debt.
Hold the window
On Saturday and Sunday, wake no more than one hour later than your weekday wake time.
Nap instead
When you need extra rest, take a 20-minute Saturday nap before 3 PM and keep your normal bedtime.
Shift weeknights
Move bedtime 15 minutes earlier each week until weeknight sleep is within one hour of what your weekend sleep suggested.
Check in weekly
BodyBuddy asks for both weekend wake times, helps set Sunday bedtime, and tracks the gap across four weeks.
Sleep Practices
These are the three practices you will use throughout the plan.
How BodyBuddy works
- 1Start the plan.
- 2BodyBuddy texts you every day to keep you on track.
- 3Actually finish what you started.
What the texts feel like
Want help following this plan?
BodyBuddy texts you each day to help you fit this plan into your actual life.
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