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Adequate Sleep Is Necessary for Sanity and Success

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Re: Adequate Sleep Is Necessary for Sanity and Success

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Totally agreed. The hardest part for me is usually the falling asleep part though....

Reading a very boring yet interesting enough book has allowed me to fall asleep. It keeps your brain on the pages for long enough that the brain gets off of the hamster wheel.

Re: Adequate Sleep Is Necessary for Sanity and Success

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My acquaintance works 16-20 hours a day, every day. Is wildly successful and looks sane. n=1

My boss is like this. Very unpredictable person and I don’t think it is healthy for anyone. Generally speaking I will know this is a massive red flag for future jobs.

Re: Adequate Sleep Is Necessary for Sanity and Success

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I remember one night tossing and turning unable to sleep. I was severely behind on project. I eventually said "f sleep" woke up and made quick working prototype. Various other emotional disturbance prevents regular sleep schedule

OTOH, I remember handful of nights severely stuck on something, fighting sleep at 2 am trying to fix something, eventually saying "f work" and going to sleep.

Next morning, while in the shower, a possible solution had popped in my head out of thin air. By lunch I had solved it.

I now try the "sleep over it" approach before losing sleep over it.

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