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Shortform #102 Consistent sleep & wake times experiment
I'm tired of being tired so much during the day, to an extent that is genuinely life & job performance interfering. Time to improve my sleep quality & habits!
I commit to this experiment for one month, the experiment begins tomorrow 11 August, 2022. The experiment will be reevaluated on September 11, 2022. I will be asleep by 10pm each night and awake at 6am each morning, no exceptions for weekends or holidays.
Happy for any suggestions or comments about other ways to improve sleep quality too, I am okay with trying them concurrently with this experiment, because solving my tiredness during the day problem is vitally important to me. I don't think I can afford a sleep study right now, but that is an assumption I haven't fully checked yet (here's another todo item).
Given the no. of upscores on this, then maybe I should expand. Firstly, if don't suffer from insomnia then chances are that you get into bed, close your eyes and go to sleep. You are not counting sheep or some more sophisticated exercise in an effort to get to sleep. If you do suffer from insomnia, then this is this the destination you are aiming for. The sleep hygiene stuff is important because you want to train your brain that this place, this time is for sleep. But shutting off bad brain behavior is more complicated. Understanding the feedback loops is ... (read more)
I'm glad you were able to work through that :) Thanks for sharing!
I've bookmarked that course and will keep it in mind if I develop a bout of insomnia or other sleep related difficulties. My sleep experiment is going surprisingly smoothly, I get very sleep right around the correct time and fall asleep within 15 minutes usually, already. Waking up is getting easier and easier too, I love it!
5Phil Scadden
Excellent! Not feeling tired makes it a lot easier to enjoy life.