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My low-paying, early-morning, exertion-requiring job

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Re: My low-paying, early-morning, exertion-requiring job

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Post by ddoolin »

mintykeen wrote: post #21

I'd much rather do that than pay to join a gym. Feels more productive and helpful.

His job would only help your cardio and leg muscles, for the most part. You could just go running or biking on your every morning and get the same effect. I'd save the gym membership for those looking to maximize gains elsewhere as well.

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pmtarantino wrote: post #19

Great article. I've been thinking in this lately. We, which work on tech, spend all of our work time thinking in how to resolve a problem. It doesn't matter if it is backend or frontend, but we have to approach a problem and resolve it. I think I am a little tired of doing this all the time. Sometimes, I wonder how it would be to have a mechanical job where I have to think less and do much more, mainly physical tasks…

Yep, and those with mindless mechanical jobs often wish they could sit on their bums and think all day. A good balance is probably the right approach!

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Post by herm »

jessepollak wrote: post #16
dsr_ wrote: post #12

"Optimizing for 6 hours of sleep" "every day, getting out of bed is one of the hardest things I do" "Every night, when I crawl into bed, I’m exhausted by all I’ve done that day." Your body may be telling you that you need seven hours of sleep. Or eight. How would your life change if you went to sleep an hour earlier, but you woke up feeling good?

I've actually experimented a fair amount with my sleeping patterns. For the most part, I find that when I wake up in the morning, I feel tired no matter what (up until around ~10 hours of sleep). What I've also found, however, is that this tiredness usually doesn't translate to how I feel for the rest of the day — I feel good all day no matter whether I get 6 or 8 hours.

I felt the same way until I was diagnosed with sleep apnea, even though I don't have any of the usual symptoms such as snoring, obesity, etc.

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Post by adestefan »

jessepollak wrote: post #16
dsr_ wrote: post #12

"Optimizing for 6 hours of sleep" "every day, getting out of bed is one of the hardest things I do" "Every night, when I crawl into bed, I’m exhausted by all I’ve done that day." Your body may be telling you that you need seven hours of sleep. Or eight. How would your life change if you went to sleep an hour earlier, but you woke up feeling good?

I've actually experimented a fair amount with my sleeping patterns. For the most part, I find that when I wake up in the morning, I feel tired no matter what (up until around ~10 hours of sleep). What I've also found, however, is that this tiredness usually doesn't translate to how I feel for the rest of the day — I feel good all day no matter whether I get 6 or 8 hours.

Stop drinking coffee. About 7 years ago I cut out all caffeine and I've found myself being less tired and more alert in the morning. Granted there are days where I don't want to drag myself out of bed mainly when I know I need sleep, but I no longer feel like a zombie until coffee in the mornings.
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