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Results for posts tagged "sleep" on Lifehacker Australia.
Popular Science says that sleeping in on the weekend makes it harder to get up on time during the week. The concept may be common knowledge for most, but the article backs it up with science for those who still aren't convinced.
Posted by Angus Kidman at 1:48 PM on June 26, 2008
The BBC has compiled a list of 10 suggestions to help cure insomnia, based on suggestions from site visitors. Some are familiar (counting backwards, not using computers close to bedtime) but others are more esoteric:
Eat a sandwich, thickly filled with lettuce, about half an hour before going to bed. You should sleep like a log.Let us know any other good sleep-inducing tricks you use in the comments.
The Boston Globe's website has a great infographic that explains covers just about all the basics of energy-restoring naps—when to take them, how long to doze for, how to set up a good nap environment, and much more. It's a little low-resolution for printing, so anybody who can find a scan of the original feature would be a hero to those of us with a need for some mind-clearing shut-eye now and again.
A new study by sleep scientists shows a 20-minute nap combats sleepiness more than a cup of coffee. Time to get that sleep pod installed at the office! For more tips for counting sheep, check out our top 10 ways to sleep smarter and better.
Starving yourself prior to a long flight may be the key to preventing jet lag, according to Yahoo Health.
Normally, the body's natural circadian clock in the brain dictates when to wake, eat and sleep, all in response to light. But it seems a second clock takes over when food is scarce, and manipulating this clock might help travelers adjust to new time zones
Developer David Heinemeier Hansson says that sleep deprivation isn't a badge of honour that shows how hard you work—it just makes you dumb and miserable.
Forgoing sleep is like borrowing from a loan shark. Sure you get that extra hours right now to cover for your overly-optimistic estimation, but at what price? The shark will be back and if you can't pay, he'll break your creativity, morale, and good-mannered nature as virtue twigs.
Even the most motivated morning people among us can wake up seemingly unable to rise from bed and tackle the day. Over at the UbuntuCat blog, the author notes that moving his alarm clock to another room, along with having an impatient cat, have (almost) fixed his multi-snooze tendencies. We've offered up some alarm clock hacks and morning motivation tips before, but let's hear it from those who have escape the pull of "Just Five More Minutes," and those still fighting to become a functional morning person: How do you make sure you get up in the morning? How do you prevent your groggy self from making decisions your working persona will regret? Share your tips, philosophies and wake-up war stories in the comments.
The Dumb Little Man blog posts a condensed wealth of tips and tactics for getting yourself up and at 'em, including a tip that might make you reconsider that toast-and-coffee morning routine. Guest-poster Alex Shalman notes that eating a bigger breakfast gives you energy that burns off all day, while a lighter meal at night has its own benefits:
Eating like a pauper, meaning small light meals, in the evening allows us to go to sleep on an empty stomach. If your body is functioning normally, and you don't have stomach ulcers, going to sleep on a mostly empty stomach will allow you to sleep better. This nightly fast allows your body to take its focus away from digestion and put it towards repair and rejuvenation of the body's cells.
Everyone knows how hard it can be to unwind and get to sleep after a long day, so Reader's Digest online suggests 12 steps toward creating the perfect sleep haven to de-stress after a hard day's work. For example:
Chill Before Bed. Lower the temperature of your bedroom before you climb into bed, says Becky Wang-Cheng, M.D., a medical director at Kettering Medical Centre in Ohio. Lower temperatures signal your body it's time to sleep. If your bed partner objects, just tell him to bundle up.
Windows only: Last week we highlighted how to mute your Mac on a schedule, and this week weblog Inspect My Gadget details how to set up similar functionality in Windows. The post suggests a few tools that might do the job, then settles on adding a scheduled task to Windows to mute your computer using a freeware utility called Mute. It requires a minimum of setup but works perfectly, which is always nice. Like the idea of all that automation? Check out how you can get more from Windows Scheduled Tasks.
