I had been getting up at around 5 am. for weekdays for decades to allow me to have more quiet time working at the office starting around 6. During my younger years, it didn't matter as much but life has changed once older and older ka:((!
It wasn't a serious problem though I have some difficulty getting to sleep. What struck me the very first time was when I read a signature of an American lady to learn that she didn't sleep much at all. I then heard from quite a few people and realized that insomnia seems to be a bigger issue than I thought.
Time has an article on it and on LinkedIn recently too. What have I learned?
Normally, it should be around 7 hours....Khun Dhanin, CP said that he had to make sure he had 7 hours of sleep, if not possible...at least 6 hours. A recent survey of Inc. 500 CEOs found that half of them are sleeping less than 6 hours a night (Travis Bradberry, Coauthor Emotional Intelligence 2.0). I think the younger generations even sleep less and could think of compensating it on weekends or on their long leave from work!
Well! It depends so much on the quality of our sleep and our own physical system. For myself, I know I have several sleep interruptions from going to the bathroom, or from waking up to find it difficult to go back to sleep, or simply from thinking of tons of things.
Time pointed out that even when we try to sleep longer hours on weekends, it can't be compensated.
This makes me think of an ajarn who puts it this way ka, 'Sleeping is similar to eating. After being starved, you could just eat as much.’…. while the body has already suffered from lack of enough nutritious food.
I've caused my own brain cells to die without producing many I would need from the lack of quality sleep. Travis Bradberry wrote, “Sleep deprivation is linked to a variety of serious health problems, including heart attack, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and obesity…… has negative health effects that come from the havoc it wreaks on your immune system…” It makes us look older tooL!.
Travis Bradberry gave 10 tips on his article, “Sleep Deprivation Is Killing You and Your Career”, Dec 1, 2014 and let me share them with you ka….in case they could be helpful for you or others in this same boat ka.
The 10 tips are: Stay Away from Sleeping Pills, Stop Drinking Caffeine (at Least after Lunch), Avoid Blue Light at Night (for positive interactions with brain ka!), Wake Up at t he Same Time Every Day, No Binge Sleeping (In) on the Weekend, Learn How Much Sleep You Really Need, Stop Working, Eliminate Interruptions, Learn to Meditate, and When All Else Fails: Take Naps.
I copied from this article to remind myself and hope it helps you too ka.
Hope your work week won’t be too tough and that you’ll have a great sleep tonight and more to follow ka.
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