GM 🌅 whats your bed time and whats your wake time?
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Now that I’m not working I’m going to bed earlier about 11. WU about 7:00
GM
GM ☕️
6.30am wake up
10.30/ 11pm sleep
12pm start eating
7.30pm stop eating
Helps with my quality of sleep i find
thank you! are you hungry in the morning? i often start eating after 12pm but I am also hungry in the morning! 😅 not eating in the evening is a challenge :O but I bet it helps😊
I drink black coffee which helps with the craving. I also try to stay away from sugary foods late in the day - but that's easier said than done 😅
7pm bed time 330am wake up
Good morning dear 🌞
My wish bedtime would be 8pm and my wish wake up time would be 6am... But I haven't had the strength to make it happen...so it's bed time between 10pm and 11pm and my natural wake up time between 7:45am and 8:30am 😅
bed between 10:30 - 11:30 pm
wakeup at 5:45 - 07:00 am
and yours? 👀
the little one decides? 🤓
Not really, she sleeps well 😁 From 6 to 7 we always chill on the couch, but sometimes I don't fall asleep anymore
thats good 😍 i mean, that the baby sleeps well :D
yes it how How are things going with you? any news regarding the job?
GM 🌅 Bedtime is relatively constant, about 10 PM, but wake-up time depends on the sunrise 😅
thats nice 🌅 also feel like I want to rise more with the sun than the alarm ⏰
GM! 💜 11-12 / 7-8-9 😁
Bedtime - 9:30pm
Wake time - 1:30am, 2:30am, 4:00am, 5:30am, 7:00am
Get up 8:00 am
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gm 🌞 depends but usually somewhat early bedtime and early wake up time
GM franny I‘ll always let my body&mind decide how much energy intake both need 🧡🫂
I’ve adopted the normal, natural, biphasic sleep patterns of pre-industrial humans. I go to sleep when it gets dark out, sleep for 3-4 hours, naturally wake up without an alarm or other disturbance, spend an hour or two in quiet contemplation and fall back asleep when my body is ready. I almost always wake up around sunrise.
This is how humans slept for all of evolution, until industrialization took away our connection with nature. I find that I far more alert and aware of my surroundings since adopting a natural sleep pattern.
been thinking about that, too!
any advice how to get used to it?
Tell us more Keith!
Humans evolved to be hunter/gatherers. Observe the patterns of other animals that hunt and gather and follow their patterns.
For example: Start your day slowly. No animal wakes up and immediately starts running or eating. I did use an alarm to start aligning my wake time with sunrise, but I don’t rush to do anything. This is a waking but inactive period. A cup of coffee, conversation with my wife, observing nature and reading make up the first hour or two of my mornings. No social media, news or other influences that might alter your brain chemistry during this time.
The next thing I observed is that nature offers us breakfast, but we have to go find it. Pre-industrial humans didn’t have refrigeration or canned goods. Increase physical activity, a lot! Let’s say that sunrise is at 6:30. By about 8:00 you should be highly active. It doesn’t matter if it’s work or play, get your pulse up to at least 50%-60% of your maximum heart rate and maintain it for three or four hours. I eat a large meal at the end of this activity period, like a natural hunter would. However, I also think it would be appropriate to graze on lite snacks during the activity period as well, like a gatherer.
Next I observed that animals are less active or rest in the afternoon. This is a good time for me to get office work accomplished. Awake and thinking, but less physically active. This activity period continues to slow through the afternoon. I observed a lot of animals either taking a nap or nearly motionless during the late afternoon, the hottest part of the day.
As the afternoon temperature starts to drop the activity level increases and it’s basically a repetition of the morning cycle. Work up to a high level of activity, maintain activeness, followed by a meal around sunset, followed by inactivity, followed by rest. NO SCREENS AT ALL after the evening meal.
The waking cycle in the middle of the night is another inactive but thinking period. I use this time for meditation/focused thinking, planning the next day and petting my dog 😁
Adjustments need to be made for seasonal daylight changes. I definitely sleep more and have more inactive time when the days are shorter. I don’t feel guilty, I’m following the natural rhythms that are healthy for me.
I recognize that people with regular jobs can’t adhere to a natural rhythm. This is the problem. Post industrial society ignores nature and natural tendency. It makes us stupid, weak and unhealthy. I know because I participated in it for a long time.
The good news is, that you don’t need to participate. Live the life you chose, on your own terms. Set expectations for yourself instead of trying to meet the expectations of others. If you can’t even sleep the way nature intended you to, how many other parts of your life are unhealthy?
Eliminating / reducing LED lights and LED screens in the home helped bring me closer to the natural sleep cycle
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