Sleep isn't "wasted" time. Without sleep, we'd be dysfunctional, and soon thereafter, dead.

- Why can some people get by with less sleep than others and thus be more productive?

- How can I determine the best time to sleep?

- What food to eat before sleep?

- How can I be productive all the way until I fall asleep?

- Why no sleep drug without harsh side effects?

Just a few things I'd like to see research into...

For decades there haven been a lot of research on sleep if you bother to look up medical and neurological papers.

Also you're mixing up many different aspects. Feeling sleepy doesn't mean you're sleepy. Motivation is a different thing altogether.

> Feeling sleepy doesn't mean you're sleepy

So power through?

If your body had enough sleep that night (6 hours, uninterrupted) and you aren't sick or otherwise stressed, then yes, power through.

Getting sleepy is your brain telling you to preserve energy. Only sometimes it does that because something about the work itself bores, infuriates, disgusts, or otherwise upsets you.

That means getting "procrastination-sleepy" is your brain trying to prevent spending energy on the miniature emotional turmoil "breaking procrastination".

why are you so obsessed with "being productive"?

It serves a purpose. But, in practice it means 1/3 of my life is spent doing nothing but checking the clock to see "Am I not dysfunctional yet? Nope. Dammit."

You dream, come up with different perspectives, learn, come up with creative ideas, etc... At least that is the case for some people.

How can I be productive while dreaming

I'd pay for the opposite: more time to sleep, since I never have enough ;)

That is an individual effort. Reducing one's sleep can be done. There are processes to do it. You have to make your subconscious more efficient at processing. During sleep your mind makes subconscious connections and processes events of the day. By practicing different forms of meditation it can allow your mind to do that.