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Re: Ask HN: How do you sleep on time?

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Post by mlhpdx »

Neuronaut wrote: post #15

After I go to bed and read a few pages, I do a mindfull excercise where I focus on every single muscle from my toes to my hands for about five seconds. This helps me get to sleep faster. How do you usually structure your day to get to bed earlier, I can't answer that one.

My mother taught me something similar as a child. She called it “jellyfish” and the challenge was to be completely relaxed in every muscle. Later I added a simple mental exercise (visualizing each letter of the alphabet sequentially). As an adult I sleep on demand; anywhere, anytime. I know it isn’t this “easy” for everyone (not really easy, it took a lot of practice).

So, I work until 10 or so and just head to bed. I’m almost always out in less than 10 minutes.

Re: Ask HN: How do you sleep on time?

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Post by herczegzsolt »

Davidbrcz wrote: post #17
herczegzsolt wrote: post #16

I find that energy drinks help me sleep better. If I have some strong in the morning despite not at all needing one, I'll be more tired and ready to sleep that evening. It probably has not-healthy side effects so I'd not recommend this day-to-day for anyone, try to avoid this myself as well.

Coffee and energy drinks saturate the receptors in your brain that trigger tiredness, such that you don't feel tired. You brain, in response, build more of those. That's why coffee is less efficient over time, and why you feel more tired without coffee when you are used to drink some'

I'm sure this is what's happening long-term, but would this have any effect within a single day?

Re: Ask HN: How do you sleep on time?

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Post by meiraleal »

mlhpdx wrote: post #21
Neuronaut wrote: post #15

After I go to bed and read a few pages, I do a mindfull excercise where I focus on every single muscle from my toes to my hands for about five seconds. This helps me get to sleep faster. How do you usually structure your day to get to bed earlier, I can't answer that one.

My mother taught me something similar as a child. She called it “jellyfish” and the challenge was to be completely relaxed in every muscle. Later I added a simple mental exercise (visualizing each letter of the alphabet sequentially). As an adult I sleep on demand; anywhere, anytime. I know it isn’t this “easy” for everyone (not really easy, it took a lot of practice). So, I work until 10 or so and just head to bed.…

That's a real human super-power. Congrats!

Re: Ask HN: How do you sleep on time?

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Post by bhu1st »

SLYP for deep sleep:

- S *Shape Tomorrow:* Make a mental note of 1-3 major things to do tomorrow during work hours.

- L *Love & Gratitude:* 5 minutes on bed: acknowledge one positive thing from today about d2d life, family, and work & feel love and gratitude, and be thankful for this day.

- Y *Your Daily Movie:* Recall everything throughout your day, EVERYTHING, recall as many details as you can remember (audio, video, emotions, feelings). Play the daily movie forward & backward, slow or in a flash.

- P *Prayer & Sleep:* Pray for peace & have a deep sleep (by the time you reach this step you're already flat asleep.)

I wanted to have better sleep and created the SLYP steps and followed them ritually for about a year but nowadays I am flat as soon as I reach my bed.

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