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Catch]22
Sweden2683 Posts
Time is money! | ||
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rEalGuapo
Germany832 Posts
On August 10 2012 00:24 Catch]22 wrote: Pay someone to do your chores Time is money!Yeah, I work part time while I study. So of course I will go for that, thank you for the tip! | ||
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Denzil
United Kingdom4193 Posts
I feel shit unless I get anything but 11-12 but when I do get my full 11-12 I feel like a god | ||
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docvoc
United States5491 Posts
On August 09 2012 20:41 rEalGuapo wrote: Thanks, all of your points seem to make sense and some of them I already incorporated into my daily life. I will try to get the rest in there as well. Same here, I'm going to do as much of this as possible. | ||
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Soyemia
Finland12 Posts
On August 09 2012 19:36 rEalGuapo wrote: Hi TL! I recently started sleeping 8.5 to 9hours per night and feel better than ever. I tried to work with 7 hours for quite some time but I was really tired in the morning and had problems concentrating over longer periods of time. So this sounds great, right? I now am energetic and well rested the entire day. The big downside however is this: I work 8 hours a day, it takes roughly one hour to get to my work place and another hour back. With eating, shopping, hygiene and the usual household crap I probably spend another 2.5 hours a day. So 10 hours work+travel 2.5hours household. Well, that makes 12.5h. Sleeping 9 hours my day has only 15 left, if I want to exercise for an hour I only have 1.5hours left as my personal free time. I can't live like this for the next 50 years. I know there are vacations and weekends but living only 2 days a week is just a really depressing thought to me. I know that you can reduce sleep dramatically by splitting the time over the day, that is not an option for me though. About myself (maybe that is important to know): I am male age 24 somewhat in shape and my immune system works nice as far as I can tell. My Question is: Does anyone of you have a solid way to reduce sleeping time? Maybe I have to reduce steadily, maybe there is a certain supplement, maybe a certain diet. I did some research but I really am unsure of what to do. Caffeine is not an option, it really messes with my sleeping rythm and makes matters worse over time. Ideally someone with personal experience could tell what he/she did. But of course any interesting and legit article is welcome. Please don't post only to tell me that you think 6hours is enough. Thanks for your help! How is your condition? How much do you run in cooper's test? I think a part of the puzzle could really be that you're simply in bad condition. The difference between your energy levels if you're running 3000m or 2400m are huge, your resting heart beat level is around 40% lower if you run 3000m. You're a male in best age, you should run atleast 2800m, or you're in bad condition. | ||
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Cirn9
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Nevermind86
Somalia429 Posts
HOW TO REDUCE SLEEPING HOURS -It really helps to sleep 5-6 at night and about 1 hour in the afternoon, I heard it is natural to get sleepy at about noon, so take a nap, even if it's only 30 minutes it is better than nothing. -Cardio. I run when I have the time, which is most of the time about 5-6 miles 3-4 days a week, this is important, having good cardio helps to sleep better and you get a better rest. Swimming is better, any type of good cardio will do. -Don't eat too much at dinner, because the digestive system needs to put an extra effort so it becomes harder to have a good sleep, I usually don't eat much at dinner, only a little bit. Half of what could be a normal dinner. Now obviously the hours you "win" with sleeping 1/2 hours less you have to spend on cardio, so you won't likely have more free time, but I obviously think it is better to use those hours in cardio than in just sleeping. It is good to plan how to sleep and when to sleep, the important thing is, if you're sleepy take a nap! Edit: I don't think sleeping less through monday-friday then "catching up" on weekends is any good, because you will not perform as good in the first 5 days and then in the weekend you will be dead tired and sleep more than you need, which is a recipe for lazyness. I used to do that out of necessity, I had to sleep about 6 and a half hours because of a job that I had to go at 7 am but then couldn't sleep early at night, it was terrible, I tried everything, but the catching up on weekends it's just bad I usually wasted my time just sleeping on sunday, not good. | ||
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Deleted User 183001
2939 Posts
Right now I'm 21, ~165 lbs. I drink lots of water and whiskey. The water especially is very important for keeping you energized throughout the day. Drink lots of it. I listen to thrash metal to chill me out while trying to fall asleep. It just sweeps away the pains of the day and takes it off my mind, which allows me to relax. | ||
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HaruHaru
United States988 Posts
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Wolvmatt.
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How much do you spend on gas every week driving that much? Or do you use public transportation? | ||
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Detri
United Kingdom683 Posts
You should try lavender on your pillow, YES IT SOUNDS STUPID. I was a total sceptic until I tried it, but now I couldn't do without my manly purple/pink bottle of pillow spray. Really, it helped me get more restful sleep. UK based retailer Spend the $10 or whatever it costs and give it a try.... worst that can happen is that your pillow smells a little nicer  | ||
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son1dow
Lithuania322 Posts
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Flowtax
Netherlands42 Posts
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Bojas
Netherlands2397 Posts
On August 10 2012 01:36 Denzil wrote: Could be worse you could be me I feel shit unless I get anything but 11-12 but when I do get my full 11-12 I feel like a god I suffer from this as well. If I don't use my alarm I can just sleep all day, with alarm I only really feel awake when I get at least 10-11 hours of sleep. I am thinking about trying out that 1,5 hours of sleep, wake up, sleep 1,5 hours etc. Or something like that, because sleeping a lot eats up so many hours of your day. ;( I am jealous of those people who only need 5 hours of sleep, you have so much more time! | ||
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Holy_AT
Austria978 Posts
I go to bed at 2am and I am asleep probably half an hour later. I wake up at 6 and then half sleep until 7:20 thats when I get up shower, dress and go to work. I get back from work at ~ 17:45 I eat during work at the break so I do not require time cooking and stuff. Then I can play starcraft from 18:00 - till 2Am with cigaret breaks, drinking breaks and toilet breaks ! On weekends I sllep longer to regenerate. My trick ? Living unhealthy, not working out massive amounts of adrenaline and coffine. The downside ? I might die sooner, but thats maybe time you spent tiding up your household or sleeping so my time beeing awake will be about the same. | ||
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Cel.erity
United States4890 Posts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphasic_sleep I haven't experimented with the other forms of polyphasic sleep, but Uberman worked for me during the couple of short periods I attempted it. The problem is, it's wildly impractical to excuse yourself from whatever you're doing 6 times per day, and if you fall asleep at any other point (this was my biggest problem since I lay down a lot while watching movies or whatever) you're basically fucked and need to go through the adjustment period all over again. For you, there are two things which may help: 1. Increase the restfulness of your sleep, by any means. Personally I've not been able to achieve this with any CDs or scents that claim to give you a better night's sleep, but you might have more success. 2. Get more motivation to wake up. One problem many people have is that, when they wake up, the first thing they have to do is get ready and go to work. This is going to make you feel awful and psychologically trick you into being tired. You may want to try going to sleep much earlier, and doing something fun before work for a couple of hours, like playing Starcraft or having a really nice breakfast every morning. The days where you have something to look forward to are much easier to face without getting tired. | ||
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
I didn't really work out much like most of my friends. I ran maybe 3 or 4 times a week, that was it. I think my case might be a different from most people. I don't gain weight easily, so food gets converted to energy for me pretty efficiently I guess. Admittedly, this seems to be a temporary thing at best. I know that getting to the end of the year I was less than 100%. When I got back for the summer, I slept a lot. I'd hit my bed at like 12, wouldn't wake up to the next 12. At home I eat a bit less as well. It's been getting better, and now I wake up before my 9:30 alarm goes off (don't hate too much on my alarm time). I'm guessing my sleep debt from the year has finally been paid off, and its time to go back to school and do it all over again. | ||
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MaxViktory
Sweden136 Posts
On August 09 2012 19:42 Solarsail wrote: You need to sleep until you are rested. Getting less will make you feel and perform worse in the long term. It's unfortunate that you need 8.5-9 hours to feel rested when some people can get away with 6 or 7 but it's not something you can change. Supplements do not work. I suggest moving closer to your job or finding some way to reduce that maintenance time, for example by making stews that last 3-4 days with one preparation time. When I first started reading the comments I thought: Yeah, this guy is right. Leave the sleep alone. But there seem to be quite some cool things out there. I was really impressed by r.Evo (the crazy guy who split his sleeping in 4 parts for a month), that seemed to be really good. The zeo stuff might be better but I have always had a thing for being brutal when it comes to my body. I feel a huge difference between waking up by myself and waking up with an alarm. If I wake up with alarm I am tired and have a hard time getting started with my day but if I wake up by myself I feel really good the entire day. To do this I go to bed at the same time every night and start off with an alarm clock. After 1-2 weeks I have gotten into the rhythm and I will wake up at the same time but without alarm clock and feeling way better. This summer changed my sleeping schedule back 3 hours. I went to sleep at 20:00 (8 PM) and woke up at 04-05:00. This was to give me more of my highest performing at home instead of at school. ;P I get tired in the afternoons. In the morning I planned to do all my homework and run. I realized that sleeping like this would greatly effect my social life (other 16 yr olds don't live like that(and listen to bad music <3 beatles)). Well... My point was that this thread has turned out really great and that maybe you should try getting rid of your alarm. | ||
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M4nkind
Lithuania178 Posts
1. 6.00 - 14.00, I sleep from 15.30 to 18 and 00.00 - 4.30 so it makes total 7 hours. 2. 14.00 - 22.00, I sleep at 4.00 - 12.00, total 8hours 3. 22.00 - 5.00 I get my sleep at 6.30 - 11.00 and 18.00 - 20.00, total 6.5 hours I could say that all times I feel good, maybe 1. is the hardest since at ~12.00-14.00 you start to feel a bit tired. My family always tells me that: day sleep > night sleep. The most powerful thing I saw are people that can take short nap of 15 mins during daytime, they sleep not much at night but that 15 mins makes them sooo much refreshed,. I heard namps of 30mins or more a bit hurts and you feel sleepy. Master that 15min nap and become pro at lil sleeping! | ||
Myles
United States5162 Posts
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