Day 945 - Sleeping well is easy - https://golifelog.com/posts/sleeping-well-is-easy-1691027005803
Sleeping well is easy. If it's your priority.
I've started sleep biohacking since Jan 2020. That's more than 3 years now. I've done it all – supplements, managing blue light, wind down rituals, diet, fluid intake control, sleep tracking, etc. And even after 3 years, it's still a challenge to get good sleep. I've always said it's an infinite game. But recently I'm learning there's a nuance to that. Maybe it's can be a lot less infinite as a game... if my other priorities in life are in sync with my sleep goals.
So it's less about the *how*, the habits, the hacks, the routines m the knowledge, the tools. Yes, those help. A lot in some cases. But they all pale in impact compared to placing sleep as a top priority in daily life.
The same way we don't forget to eat or drink. We don't question whether we prioritize food, because it's so fundamental to our well-being. But yet we do that to sleep, thinking we can get away with sacrificing some sleep some of the time, and after a while, chronically over a long period. But just like a diet of junk food is bad for health, so is a poor sleep management.
It's not about the *how*, but the *why*.
Because once my priorities are in sync, sleep habits are easy, and sleep scores of above 90% are a cakewalk.
Just like how I got 90% sleep score last night. I was feeling under the weather, and decided to prioritise sleep last night, sleeping in 8h even though that meant I had to wake up late at 6.40am. Getting that sleep score—and quantity + quality sleep—was so easy. It all pivoted on a single decision. No special hacks required. I did nothing out of my usual routine.
Awesome, rejuvenating, life-affirming sleep is available to me at the drop of a hat. Tonight. I don't have to work for it. I just need to see it as ***important*** and prioritise it.
And that about sums up my struggles with sleep biohacking.
It's a negotiable when placed next to other priorities in life – family, indie hacking, work.
The day I can switch my age old mindset to seeing it as a non-negotiable, is when my work for sleep biohacking is done.
Till then, it's this mindset that needs much work.
I've started sleep biohacking since Jan 2020. That's more than 3 years now. I've done it all – supplements, managing blue light, wind down rituals, diet, fluid intake control, sleep tracking, etc. And even after 3 years, it's still a challenge to get good sleep. I've always said it's an infinite game. But recently I'm learning there's a nuance to that. Maybe it's can be a lot less infinite as a game... if my other priorities in life are in sync with my sleep goals.
So it's less about the *how*, the habits, the hacks, the routines m the knowledge, the tools. Yes, those help. A lot in some cases. But they all pale in impact compared to placing sleep as a top priority in daily life.
The same way we don't forget to eat or drink. We don't question whether we prioritize food, because it's so fundamental to our well-being. But yet we do that to sleep, thinking we can get away with sacrificing some sleep some of the time, and after a while, chronically over a long period. But just like a diet of junk food is bad for health, so is a poor sleep management.
It's not about the *how*, but the *why*.
Because once my priorities are in sync, sleep habits are easy, and sleep scores of above 90% are a cakewalk.
Just like how I got 90% sleep score last night. I was feeling under the weather, and decided to prioritise sleep last night, sleeping in 8h even though that meant I had to wake up late at 6.40am. Getting that sleep score—and quantity + quality sleep—was so easy. It all pivoted on a single decision. No special hacks required. I did nothing out of my usual routine.
Awesome, rejuvenating, life-affirming sleep is available to me at the drop of a hat. Tonight. I don't have to work for it. I just need to see it as ***important*** and prioritise it.
And that about sums up my struggles with sleep biohacking.
It's a negotiable when placed next to other priorities in life – family, indie hacking, work.
The day I can switch my age old mindset to seeing it as a non-negotiable, is when my work for sleep biohacking is done.
Till then, it's this mindset that needs much work.
oh wow biphasic sleeping has a long history. maybe its not such a bad thing afterall, i should stop wasting hours trying to get back into sleep at night.
getting 8h consistently is a superpower. i try prioritizing sleep and somehow end up waking up after 3h hours, and i'd have to get another 3-4 h block of sleep later.
Jason Leow
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Maybe you're a biphasic sleeper! It's pretty common in the old days apparently
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