http://thegreatofficeescape.com/better-sleep-tips-for-9-to-5ers/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:26:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://thegreatofficeescape.com/better-sleep-tips-for-9-to-5ers/comment-page-1/#comment-10300 Wendy Mon, 16 May 2011 15:59:00 +0000 http://thegreatofficeescape.com/better-sleep-tips-for-9-to-5ers/#comment-10300 Oh did I ever get a kick out of the "tips" for night people. Shower at night, and get up and head out of the door? Not with my crazy wild hair, contact lenses and persistent shadows under the eyes (genetic) that, if I don't cover them, leads people to believe I'm ill or exhausted. The second "solution" was even funnier. Go to bed at 6:00 p.m.? The problem with being a "night person" is that as the day goes on, we become more awake. By 4:00 p.m. I'm starting to perk up. By 6:00 p.m. I'm starting to feel at my best; the last thing I can do is sleep! My most productive and creative time is evening, up until about 1:00 a.m. THEN I start feeling the wind-down that most people start feeling at about 8:00 p.m. or so. I went to two 10-day mediation retreats where they got us up at 4:00 a.m. every day. And every day I spent daytime hours fighting sleepiness, only to start kicking in by late afternoon. By 9:30 p.m., when they expect us to turn in, I'm experiencing profound insight and an intense focus--the reason I came to the retreat in the first place... Oh did I ever get a kick out of the “tips” for night people. Shower at night, and get up and head out of the door? Not with my crazy wild hair, contact lenses and persistent shadows under the eyes (genetic) that, if I don’t cover them, leads people to believe I’m ill or exhausted. The second “solution” was even funnier. Go to bed at 6:00 p.m.? The problem with being a “night person” is that as the day goes on, we become more awake. By 4:00 p.m. I’m starting to perk up. By 6:00 p.m. I’m starting to feel at my best; the last thing I can do is sleep! My most productive and creative time is evening, up until about 1:00 a.m. THEN I start feeling the wind-down that most people start feeling at about 8:00 p.m. or so.
I went to two 10-day mediation retreats where they got us up at 4:00 a.m. every day. And every day I spent daytime hours fighting sleepiness, only to start kicking in by late afternoon. By 9:30 p.m., when they expect us to turn in, I’m experiencing profound insight and an intense focus–the reason I came to the retreat in the first place…

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