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Re: A simple habit that saves my evenings

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Oct 05, 2025, 12:32 PM UTC

omgmajk wrote: post #86

smartbit wrote: post #85

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That he doesn’t react to the suggestion of trying daily a few hours of cardio exercises instead preferring a few hours of insomnia, indeed tells me there are other issues in his/her life.

That's because every person who struggles with sleep has heard this advice a thousand times. It just doesn't work for all of us. I lift weights, and I make sure to do big muscle groups. I wake up around the same time every day, ish. I do not drink coffee in the afternoon. I do not use blue light screens at night. And any number of other advice that people keep bringing up. Like the comment above that says if you wake…

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Re: A simple habit that saves my evenings

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Post by southernplaces7 » Sun, Oct 05, 2025, 12:33 PM UTC

omgmajk wrote: post #86

smartbit wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That he doesn’t react to the suggestion of trying daily a few hours of cardio exercises instead preferring a few hours of insomnia, indeed tells me there are other issues in his/her life.

That's because every person who struggles with sleep has heard this advice a thousand times. It just doesn't work for all of us. I lift weights, and I make sure to do big muscle groups. I wake up around the same time every day, ish. I do not drink coffee in the afternoon. I do not use blue light screens at night. And any number of other advice that people keep bringing up. Like the comment above that says if you wake…

For what it's worth as one bit of advice: Try to make the best of what you can do in those long deep night hours. If you can't use them for sleep, as a deep night owl, then make them count for something else that's useful. Many of history's most interesting, famous and also infamous characters (and overall very productive people by sheer virtue of their achievements) were extreme night owls. It didn't stop them from creating and working. For certain types of endeavor or work in particular, the part of the day in which the hours are put in isn't nearly so relevant as the hours simply being used in the first place.

Just a few observations from one night owl to another; I can rarely go to sleep before 4 am.

Re: A simple habit that saves my evenings

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Post by pvtmert » Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 6:29 PM UTC

smartbit wrote: post #77

satvikpendem wrote: post #76

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The problem is the falling asleep part for many night owls, insomnia is the issue.

Have you tried sports ? Someone mentioned bicycling 100km which imho is quite exhausting and gives me a good night of sleep.

I do cycling, currently based in Luxembourg. I cycle (for fun & sports) about 10.000 (ten-thousand) kilometers per year. I also like 100+km rides, although I do that weekly mostly between mid-April to mid-September period...

I can easily sleep 10 hours, start at any time. It's not a problem of falling asleep, it's a problem of waking up :)