Yeah, something along those lines! We have this one from Hatch and can attest to it having a good quality sound loop. There’s also good apps if you just want to try it out without getting a whole device—if you like it, I think the standalone thingy is nice so you can turn it on and off without looking at a screen, but an app is nice for travel or for testing out how you like rain sounds in general. I like Atmosphere[google play] or the Lullaby feature of Sleep as Android[google play] (which is a paid app to use all its features, so maybe oughtn’t be the first option). I don’t have an iPhone but I’m sure there’s comparable apps if you do.
As I type this, my wife is asleep on the other side of the (rather thin) wall from me, and I can’t hear the rain sounds at all—unless you live in a studio with another person, I wouldn’t worry about sound leakage much… and if you do, it’s probably even more useful to have a steady sound source!
Slept super well, but was interrupted by family meeting.
I feel so sleepy. I really need to find a way to make flights not destroy my sleep. And take into account two days of resting.
Everything is good, except for noise in the morning. I received earplugs, so I should be able to fix this easily tomorrow. Also, using airpods and putting animal crossing music does the trick.
Woke up super early and had a hard time falling asleep again
Also went to bed too late (4am instead of 3am).
I suspect:
Ritalin intake at 20h
going to bed later than usual
Nicotine: more than usual
having a work session later than usual (23h->2h)
secret technique
At the end of my sleep, I found something interesting.
I had flash of images in my head, and my default response was to reject them. Instead of rejecting them, I decided to explore the images more in depth. What happened next is that all my limbs felt noticeably lighter, and I felt a kind of warmness/pleasure in my chest.
After doing this for 5 minutes, I woke up; my vision was fluid and I feel rested. The warm feeling in my chest is still here. What’s interesting is that I’m 100% sober, so it’s not caused by any meds or drugs
Current problem I want to fix: I wake up early, and then I need to force myself to go back to sleep. I do not feel sleepy in the morning Potential causes: Ritalin, tea, going to bed too late Next troubleshooting step: I’m implementing stimulants usage rules, and an A/B test
Stimulants usage rules
Ritalin: to do…
Tea: max 1 per day; between W+1h and W+3h
Cortexin: do not take Cortexin until this sleep issue is troubleshooted
Sleep hours
My sleep hours are late because I do my beeminding too late.
To fix this, I will do my Beeminding earlier (a bit in each of my work breaks)
This should reduce the time at which I go to sleep.
Next A/B test: not taking tea for a day; is this the cause of my shallow sleep in the morning?
I just get up super early and I am hyped up and I want to work. That’s kind of useful because I work more hours, but also it doesn’t feel super healthy.
Today I took lower levels of Ritalin because I wanted to enjoy my sushi (it cuts appetite). 5mg
I also didn’t drink tea
I also only took 30mg of Duloxetine, like yesterday
So overall, I’m changing almost everything that I wanted. I’ll see how it works out tomorrow
Note for those experimenting: There are many kinds or earplug. Some will hurt your particular ears but be great for someone else. Different sizes, shapes, densities, etc. You might even have two differently sized ear holes.
I’ve gone to sleep at 7am again
I am super, super inefficient at doing the beeminder tasks at night
I woke up too early; I have this weird feeling of forgetting to breathe.
I know that if I continue to sleep, I’ll forget to breathe and I’ll get a headache.
I’m not sure why it happens…
What I know, though, is that my sleep has been terrible for three days; I need to make drastic changes because I’ll soon crash very hard.
Drastic changes
Target sleep hour: 3am
I cannot take more than 5mg of Ritalin every 2h30; I do not want to trigger hyperfocus
Only one Nicotine gum in the morning to not enter withdrawal; not more
Do all my Beeminder tasks super early, so that I can go to sleep earlier. I feel like 3am is a good moment for me to sleep.
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