sleep
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Rewind, reset, refresh
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This post may contain sponsored links. Please see the disclosure for more info. The daily grind requires that we rest to reboot. We can only plunge into the day with renewed intensity long enough until the batteries run out. To get on with life and the business of living, we need to dream to sleep. Quieted attention…
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Ready, rock steady
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The more you work the more you make, at least it appears that way. But Søren Kierkegaard thought wiser: “Of all ridiculous things the most ridiculous seems to me, to be busy — to be a man who is brisk about his food and his work.” Søren Kierkegaard Henry Miller also disdained to overwork: “I’ve…
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‘Short sleep predicts a shorter life’
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I never sleep/because sleep is the cousin of death. Nas, ‘New York State of Mind’ Everyone knows sleep is critical few people prioritize it. Some folks think it’s a badge of honor to get five hours a night. But your brain literally eats itself when you don’t sleep. Sleep is a ‘non-negotiable biological necessity.’ And why…
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This post may contain sponsored links. Please see the disclosure for more info. Like most people, my brain starts to fizzle out between 2 and 3pm. According to science, this isn’t due to a lunch hangover but rather a part of our circadian rhythm. To preempt the inevitable afternoon slothfulness, author Dan Pink proposes to take a…
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‘Dreaming is like a psychological thermostat’ 🛌
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Your brain works like a dishwasher when you sleep, cleaning out the dirty information and tidying up the important stuff. But the mind also creates a theater inside your head. Dreams emerge from unrestricted consciousness. They remind us that the rational imagination can be soo sober. Writes Emil Cioran in The Temptation to Exist: ‘Anyone can escape…