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How to rest well

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Re: How to rest well

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Post by flerchin »

formerly_proven wrote: post #39
xwdv wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

20 minutes is too long. You can get similar benefits by performing a few minutes of depth jumps to shock the central nervous system.

I agree - don't talk a walk, it's an unnecessary hit on your productivity. But, depth jumps require you to get up, which again seems unnecessary to me if you can just taser the CNS directly to wake it up.

Like an actual taser?

Re: How to rest well

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Post by 2-718-281-828 »

shoto_io wrote: post #42
2-718-281-828 wrote: post #36

Sorry, but this is one of those articles where I don't care about the content but only about the discussion here.

no need to be sorry about :) I always jump to the discussions first before reading the article.

I mean I tried reading it but it was so shallow an meandering - couldn't bear it

Re: How to rest well

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Post by probotect0r »

flerchin wrote: post #41
formerly_proven wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree - don't talk a walk, it's an unnecessary hit on your productivity. But, depth jumps require you to get up, which again seems unnecessary to me if you can just taser the CNS directly to wake it up.

Like an actual taser?

No, that would require moving your arm, which seems unnecessary. A figurative one will have to suffice \s

Re: How to rest well

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Post by oweiler »

formerly_proven wrote: post #39
xwdv wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

20 minutes is too long. You can get similar benefits by performing a few minutes of depth jumps to shock the central nervous system.

I agree - don't talk a walk, it's an unnecessary hit on your productivity. But, depth jumps require you to get up, which again seems unnecessary to me if you can just taser the CNS directly to wake it up.

Because this is HN, I don't know if this is sarcasm or not.

Re: How to rest well

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Post by khariel »

sdevonoes wrote: post #21

> A 20-minute nap provides an energy boost comparable with a cup of strong coffee (without the later crash). This is not true for me. If I get a 20-minute nap in the middle of the day, I wake up wasted. It takes around another 20 minutes for me to get really awaken.

Something to factor in here is if you're sleep deprived. I can normally nap for 20 minutes and get said boost, but not when I'm sleep deprived. In that case, it feels way harder to wake up at the 20-minute mark, I also wake up groggy and I feel like napping longer (and that's what normally ends up happening).

Re: How to rest well

#48

Post by swah »

jasfi wrote: post #12
oedmarap wrote: post #9

One of the strategies that changed my sleep quality for the better is to stop taking coffee after 9 AM; after learning that caffeine has a half-life of around 6-7 hours[0], but a quarter-life of around 12 hours. If you have a cup of coffee at noon, a quarter of that caffeine can still be circulating around your brain at midnight. [0] https://youtu.be/k5BMGmf1ai0

I only have decaff, rarely though, and only before 9AM as well. Otherwise I have green tea, and not after 1pm.

And how is your sleep?

Re: How to rest well

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Post by jader201 »

2-718-281-828 wrote: post #36

Sorry, but this is one of those articles where I don't care about the content but only about the discussion here.

I almost always prefer reading discussion of a topic from many people, vs. a monologue of one person’s opinion.

That’s the way I almost always use HN, for better or worse.

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