Dieometer archetype
The Insomniac
Sleep is not optional.
Both tails of the sleep curve are dangerous and you are living in one of them. This is usually the cheapest year on anyone's list — no gym, no diet, no money.
How you get it
You are between a year and a half and nine years below your baseline, and sleep is the single factor costing you the most years. Your baseline is the life expectancy for someone of your age and sex in your country, before any of your answers are applied.
The numbers behind it: How does sleep affect your life expectancy? →
What does yours say?
Fifteen archetypes. No signup, and your answers never leave your browser.
The other fourteen
- The CockroachStatistically difficult to kill.
- The OptimiserYou have read the studies. It shows.
- The Quiet WinnerNo hacks. Just fewer mistakes.
- The Statistical AveragePerfectly, hauntingly normal.
- The ProcrastinatorNothing is wrong yet.
- The GhostAlone is a risk factor.
- The CandleBoth ends. For years.
- The SedentaryThe chair is winning.
- The Beige DietEverything you eat is the same colour.
- The Slow PourIt adds up faster than you think.
- The ChimneyYou already know.
- The Gravity WellCarrying more than your share.
- The Warranty ClaimThe body has filed a complaint.
- The SpeedrunnerYou are completing this in record time.