Good sleep, good learning, good life
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Good sleep, good learning, good life
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Re: Good sleep, good learning, good life
#2"It is everyone's dream to wake up fresh, happy, and ready for action on a daily basis. Sadly, in the modern world, only a small minority lives that dream. Yet the dream is within reach for most healthy people given a bit of knowledge, and
a readiness to make some lifestyle sacrifice."
If I click print is says 203 pages. That is not "a bit of knowledge" - not that I mind to spend time on what looks to be a very interesting an well-researched read.. Luckily he gives a TL;DR summary himself:
"In the presented algorithm, you try to stick to your optimum bedtime and waking time every day. You establish a protected zone in the evening to favor phase advance (minimum light, computers, stress, excitement, etc.). You wake up to bright sunlight and use morning exercise to advance the phase in the morning. You ingest caffeine only in the morning. You avoid alcohol in the evening. If you nap, you nap early. If your phase keeps shifting, you add more light and exercise in the morning. You also extend your protected zone in the evening. In emergency, when you fear falling out of synch, you could occasionally use melatonin in the evening, or delicate sounds in the morning as the minimum effective departure from the free running sleep principle."
Re: Good sleep, good learning, good life
#3I don't get this. Skimming over it, I see it tells me something in yellow, centered and bolded text, and then goes on to refute why it's not true. I can't see a hint that it's a common myth or anything, it's presented as the truth at first. So either it's a horrible article (guide?) to look through without reading entirely, or I don't get it. TLDR anyone?
Re: Good sleep, good learning, good life
#4Le men discovers a way to live, must be the truth, must save everyone.
Puts cape on...
Still, opinion, opinions are fun :)
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#5I don't get this. Skimming over it, I see it tells me something in yellow, centered and bolded text, and then goes on to refute why it's not true. I can't see a hint that it's a common myth or anything, it's presented as the truth at first. So either it's a horrible article (guide?) to look through without reading entirely, or I don't get it. TLDR anyone?
Learning more about the author might convince you that it's worth reading: http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/16-05/ff_woznia...
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#6A bit meta, it's almost 1am in here and I'm reading this. Such an irony.
Re: Good sleep, good learning, good life
#7" It is everyone's dream to wake up fresh, happy, and ready for action on a daily basis. Sadly, in the modern world, only a small minority lives that dream. Yet the dream is within reach for most healthy people given a bit of knowledge, and a readiness to make some lifestyle sacrifice ." If I click print is says 203 pages. That is not "a bit of knowledge" - not that I mind to spend time on what looks to be a very int…
> You ingest caffeine only in the morning.
But that makes no sense. Caffeine binds to adenosine receptors, which have to do with how sleepy you are. But they aren't doing anything in the morning as you've just woken up (think of them as a counter of how long you've been awake).
Any coffee before lunch is just a placebo really.
From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenosine > Caffeine's principal mode of action is as an antagonist of adenosine receptors in the brain.
I mean, if you're only going to drink caffeine in the morning you might as well go without. No need for the sweats, frequent visits to the loo and dehydration if you're not even going to use its upsides.
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#8" It is everyone's dream to wake up fresh, happy, and ready for action on a daily basis. Sadly, in the modern world, only a small minority lives that dream. Yet the dream is within reach for most healthy people given a bit of knowledge, and a readiness to make some lifestyle sacrifice ." If I click print is says 203 pages. That is not "a bit of knowledge" - not that I mind to spend time on what looks to be a very int…
> You ingest caffeine only in the morning. But that makes no sense. Caffeine binds to adenosine receptors, which have to do with how sleepy you are. But they aren't doing anything in the morning as you've just woken up (think of them as a counter of how long you've been awake). Any coffee before lunch is just a placebo really. From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenosine > Caffeine's principal mode of actio…
"But they aren't doing anything in the morning as you've just woken up (think of them as a counter of how long you've been awake"
How so? If you wake up sleepy and groggy and all that, then what neuroreceptors are we talking about?
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#9A little bit of exercise is something many people are lacking.
I have had a long commute (1.5h one way) for a little over a year now. Not long into it I noticed that I wasn't sleeping well. Not that I was sleeping that well to begin with but it got worse.
My day was sit in the car, sit at a desk, sit in the car, sit at a desk at home. My weekends were basically sit at a desk at home with some various chores sprinkled around.
So I bought a cheap exercise bike. I use it about 20 minutes when I wake up, and 20 minutes when I get home. I sleep far better. I don't wake up all bright eyed but I've never been a morning person. However once I do get up I feel like I'm well rested. I also don't feel like I'm going to fall asleep in the middle of the afternoon, or worse during the drive home, anymore either.
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#10A bit meta, it's almost 1am in here and I'm reading this. Such an irony.
Australia or Asia? ; )
Hello from your West Australia GMT+8 cousin!