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The snooze button is the perennial expression of the human frustration of chronic lingering sleep debt
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Metrics that Matthew uses for sleep tracking:
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Matthew Walker’s intro to REM Sleep & Non-Rem Sleep:
20%-25% in REM sleep
20%-30% in deep non-REM sleep
The rest in light non-REM sleep
Seven to nine hours of sleep covers the vast distribution of human sleep need
Genetic short sleepers (6 hours or l...
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Experiment: If you regularly set an alarm clock, would you wake up at that same relative time without the alarm clock?
If the answer is no, you’re not listening to your body’s needs and are probably running on a sleep deficit.
Don’t force sleep, it’s dangerous to stay awake in...
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The harder you try to sleep, the harder it becomes
Don’t try to ca...
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Drinking coffee is objectively good, the timing and dosage is the problem
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The optimal way to wake up is naturally. If someone is hitting the snooze button, it suggests they are not getting enough sleep or they are sleeping at the wrong time for them. If you are a habitual snooze button user, reset your alarm to the later time and get more consolidated sleep.
We should follow the alarm that is set, and get up at the time. If it is slightly difficult, you can set up multiple alarms in the initial mornings, but do not hit the snooze button while half asleep. That’s cheating.
If you have trouble sleeping due to sleep apnea or are ...
It's important to understand why we are using the snooze button in the first place.
For some, it's a habit that started early on. But for many, it can signal a significant problem with sleep. And poor sleep has been shown to be associated with a number of health disorders ...
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