Day 239 - Sleep debt is the best indicator for productivity https://golifelog.com/posts/sleep-debt-is-the-best-indicator-for-productivity-1630027328117
New things I learned about sleep biohacking from the Rise Sleep app:
• Sleep debt is a better indicator of how you’ll feel and perform on any given day, rather than REM sleep, deep sleep or amount of sleep. I’m at 7.4h sleep debt.
• Grogginess and morning peaks - it takes 90min to clear out the sleep hormones in the morning, and for your alertness to peak.
• Energy dips through the day - mid-day (12noon-1pm) dips are inevitable. Plan your schedule around them rather than fight it. The app even adds slots into your calendar to show that!
• Evening peaks - I never knew this but there’s typically an evening peak around 5-6pm.
• Melatonin windows - the app estimates your melatonin window, an ideal period of time to hit the sack - you fall asleep faster and have less restless sleep.
• Sleep debt is a better indicator of how you’ll feel and perform on any given day, rather than REM sleep, deep sleep or amount of sleep. I’m at 7.4h sleep debt.
• Grogginess and morning peaks - it takes 90min to clear out the sleep hormones in the morning, and for your alertness to peak.
• Energy dips through the day - mid-day (12noon-1pm) dips are inevitable. Plan your schedule around them rather than fight it. The app even adds slots into your calendar to show that!
• Evening peaks - I never knew this but there’s typically an evening peak around 5-6pm.
• Melatonin windows - the app estimates your melatonin window, an ideal period of time to hit the sack - you fall asleep faster and have less restless sleep.