The whole sleep transition, from preparing for sleep in the evening to waking up in the morning.
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31answers
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How to prevent oneself from lounging around in bed, instead of getting out of it and starting the day?
I find that I often wake up at a decent time, but don't get out of bed immediately. This results in me falling asleep again for another hour. This process might repeat itself once or twice, resulting ...
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3answers
2k views
Early birds vs. night owls: what does research have to say?
I know that I personally work a lot better in the evening and at night rather than in the morning. However, I am curious whether it is just a matter of habit or some sort of natural predisposition. ...
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21answers
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Always sleepy, tired and not focused
I sleep about 7 hours every night. But I am always sleepy. What can I do in order to stay awake and productive all day long?
Update:
I wake up only with an alarm clock and when I wake up I am still ...
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6answers
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Does Uberman's Sleep Schedule result in more productivity?
Most people sleep using a Monophasic circadian rhythm sleep schedule, where they go to sleep in the late evening and wake up in the morning, which results in about 8 hours of sleep and 16 hours of ...
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18answers
6k views
How to turn off your brain so you can have a peaceful night's sleep
I have great difficulty stopping to think of things I'm doing at bedtime. Whenever my night's sleep is bad, my day is much less productive. I try to compensate by drinking coffee, but this only works ...
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8answers
855 views
Is there any way to “save” highly motivated state in the evening and “load” it in the morning?
Sometimes in the evening I am in the flow state or I am just highly motivated to do my work. Unfortunately after some hours of work, I become so tired that I am no longer productive and I just want to ...
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3answers
553 views
How to avoid night-productivity when it's a must to wake up earlier?
Like many of us, I'm very productive at night. Often I'm reading or working when I should be sleeping, and as a consequence I wake up later in the morning next day. This is a real problem when you ...
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11answers
992 views
Often-heard advice for success: “Wake up earlier.” But how much sleep is enough?
A recurring tip I've seen in autobiographies or books on succeeding in business is "wake up earlier."
I don't particularly remember which millionaires suggested that advice, but I'm sure it's more ...
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11answers
894 views
Waking early without waking others
At present I'm a night-owl. However, I'd dearly like to change.
One of the problems is obvious - going to bed earlier. But I'll ignore that for this question.
The question is - if I want to wake ...
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14answers
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Training yourself to sleep less
I have been trying to reduce the amount of sleep so that I have more waking hours to do stuff. If I am asleep, I can't do it. I have read this question, and this one but it does not really give ...
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7answers
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At what time do “early risers” go to sleep at night? [closed]
There is so much information out there about people who wake up early - for example, Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, wakes up at 4:30, as does General Motors' CEO and Disney's CEO.
What I never hear about is ...
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2answers
458 views
How does sleep debt decay?
Sleep debt is the concept that if you skip half an hour of sleep now, you'll need to catch it up later. I would expect though, that if you skip some sleep, but then start having a normal amount sleep, ...
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8answers
767 views
How to wake up if even alarm clock doesnt wake me up?
I have deep-sleep problem. When I go sleep, i set up at least 3 alarm clocks on my notebook ("alarm-clock" applet on linux), and set volume to maximum. They are very loudly. But I never hear them, and ...
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4answers
391 views
Fixing 'reverse-tiredness'?
I'm a nightowl by nature, always have been. I've read Steve Pavlina's strategies on changing this, I follow Lifehacker, and all sorts of things.
However, here's how my day goes (from midnight)
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9answers
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Is it possible to learn while sleeping?
I heard somewhere that listening to what you need to memorize during your sleep actually helps retaining the information. Based on that I converted a piece of text to a music file to listen last ...
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4answers
464 views
wake yourself up on time
My question is pretty simple How do you wake yourself up on time?. Of course the most simple idea is to set an alarm clock or get someone else to wake you up but what are other methods you can employ ...
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7answers
2k views
How to get a song out of your head
I have a problem, in that my head is sometimes like a broken iPod player. When I'm supposed to concentrate on a job, or simply try and shut my mind down to go to sleep, a song will pop into my head. ...
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5answers
326 views
How do I manage a weekend of virtually no sleep?
I have to be smart with my time. I'm doing a shoot that requires me to work straight through saturday night into the morning, the same for Sunday and then be back first thing Monday morning.
I will ...
7
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3answers
618 views
I feel sleepy and tired when I encounter problems during a working day, is that normal?
I think it is kinda strange but I just noticed that I have this odd habit of feeling tired, sleepy and dizzy when I encounter a (programming) problem that I can't solve after a while of trying. It ...
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0answers
486 views
How can computer programmer relax his mind and replenish his mental powers? [closed]
It is said that computer programmers (dealing with complex abstract problems) can stay highly productive only for a short period during the day, soon experiencing mental fatigue that makes further ...
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9answers
679 views
New and interesting ways of getting up in the morning?
I'm looking for new and interesting ways of getting up in the morning instead of settings 30 alarms 2 minutes apart from each other on your phone.
I would like to know your experiences with using any ...
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6answers
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How can I comfortably sleep less than 8 hours?
I normally sleep eight hours or more. I wish to sleep less, say by one hour. Are there any natural products/drugs/tips that can help me be in good mode after having slept only seven hours?
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3answers
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Do I need to find the most appropriate time to study?
At a time, I was a night owl. My family kept nagging all the time why would I stay up the whole night and go to bed when everyone else is waking up. So I changed it, as I also read articles that ...
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3answers
219 views
Does fluctuating sleep habits decrease productivity?
Sometimes I sleep at 11, other times at 2 and 3 or 4. As a result my waking time also keeps varying everyday. Is there any decline in the productivity of a person with these kind of habits?
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7answers
468 views
Resetting ones' whole biological clock?
Everyday, I struggle to get up at around 7:00am to get ready for collage at around 8:00am.
Over 95% of the days, I either:
(i) Miss the first class of collage
(ii) Not able to Brush and/or bath, and ...
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3answers
283 views
What are the techniques to sleep effectively
I often do programming tasks at night. When I'm working on a programming task, times I get Ideas and will implement them at a stretch. Subtle, I don't get Ideas that faster and I pause my task. ...
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3answers
298 views
Sleep Debt Makeup
Which sleep schedule results in more sleep debt?
Schedule 1:
Night 1: 8 hours
Night 2: 8 hours
Night 3: 8 Hours
OR
Schedule 2:
Night 1: 6 hours
Night 2: 6 hours
Night 3: 12 hours
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2answers
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Returning Back from the Productivity Nap
I was reading about Power Naps for Productivity and to quote a few words:
"Studies show that 20 minutes of sleep in the afternoon provides more rest than 20 minutes more sleep in the morning."
I ...
5
votes
3answers
198 views
What are some way to increase productivity with a sleeping disorder?
This is a long one and I apologize in advance:
In my late teens, I was diagnosed with non-24-hour circadian rhythm disorder. In short, my body believes each day is longer than 24 hours and I don't ...
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votes
1answer
145 views
How can I use lucid dreaming as a tool for creativity?
This is the authoritative introduction to Lucid Dreaming. Then there's a lot more you can find on the web. Most techniques and applications of lucid dreaming seem to focus on personal development and ...
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2answers
314 views
How to replace a missed nap in Uberman polyphasic sleep?
A lot of Uberman users report that it's very hard to recover from a lost nap. I ignored this advice and tried it anyway last week. It turns out to be a major issue that eventually forced me back to ...
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2answers
212 views
Does using your bed only for sleep result in more valuable sleep?
I read a while back that you should only use your bed for sleeping, that means no video games and no TV while in bed. In return you apparently get better, more valuable sleep.
Is this true?
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2answers
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Sleeping habits, should they be treated as cause or effect?
So for some time I've been taking various actions to manage my sleeping habits. You know, what time you get up in the morning, how undisturbed the sleep is and so on.
All this has been motivated by ...
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votes
3answers
145 views
How can I notedown my dream in bed with minimal movement?
I really like the concept of lucid dreaming, but in addition to having to wake up in the middle of the night (according to it's technique), my biggest hurdle to being able to practice it is actually ...
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votes
4answers
876 views
Sleeping on the desk (the most comfortable and simple method)
During school I have a 2 hour break in between lessons.
I try to take a 30 min power nap in the library.
The problem is, sleeping with the desk is not very comfortable for me. I am 1.8 m tall and I ...
3
votes
1answer
107 views
Sleep quality depending on daytime
Let's say you do everything well to have a good sleep: no excitation before, light diner, good position in bed, ...
Also given you sleep as much as you need too and wake up naturally, is it better to ...
3
votes
0answers
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Does Lucid Dreaming hurt the learning process? [closed]
Given how dreams are a way for the brain to process the day and make connections to other things, creating the new neural circuits to support new things you have learned, doesn't altering the normal ...
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3answers
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Can tea be the cause of sleeping issues?
I'm drinking it for a while and it relaxes me at work, but I've realized I'm kinda over-excited before to go to sleep. Does it have an effect similar to caffeine?
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2answers
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How to record and optimize sleep patterns?
I believe when it comes to productivity only the individual can know what's best. And that takes time and intentional reflection.
I want to optimize my sleeping patterns. I think I need 8 hours of ...
