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Do you use an alarm clock to wake up? If so, are you sure you're not sleep-deprived? What do you eat for breakfast? I'm usually hungry within 2-3 hours after e

Do you use an alarm clock to wake up? If so, are you sure you're not sleep-deprived? What do you eat for breakfast? I'm usually hungry within 2-3 hours after eating cereal, oatmeal, or a banana. Where do domestic tasks fit in? Weekends only? I can't cook, eat, and do dishes in half an hour, and if you're cooking fresh vegetables, waiting a week between grocery trips seems to be suboptimal.

ErrantX 17y ago
> Do you use an alarm clock to wake up? If so, are you sure you're not sleep-deprived? Originally for a few months to train me into it. Now I wake up automatically at a few minutes to 7 :) I never slept much before anyway - 7 hours is the best I have slept for years. I cant physically sleep for more than 8-9 hours (I will always wake up - tried it :)) Weekends I wake up at 8-9am (I make that a bit flexible; basically just rely on my body to wake me up when it feels like it) and the lie in is a great "weekend feeling" boost (part of feeling a lot more positive). > What do you eat for breakfast? I'm usually hungry within 2-3 hours after eating cereal, oatmeal, or a banana. Cereal. Then either a bacon sandwich, or a boiled egg or a bagel with cream cheese and smoked salmon. I eat a BIG breakfast and lunch but a small tea. > Where do domestic tasks fit in? Weekends only? I can't cook, eat, and do dishes in half an hour, and if you're cooking fresh vegetables, waiting a week between grocery trips seems to be suboptimal. I do have a slight confession here: in that I live at home (an annoyingly necessary arrangement for the time being) so my family shares the cooking. I cook maybe twice a week and those are my 10hr days. Chores I do in the morning before work - im less than 10 minutes walk away so I basically have 2hrs for "doing stuff" in the mornings. Other domestic chores give me my breaks I pick up fresh veg on my way home every few nights (and because I only live 10 mins away I have an hr to get home, do chores and chill till I start to work again). Actually the last few weeks i have been slipping. Prior to last week I spent a month on standard 8 hour days and (unusually for me) a lot of time in bed due to a tooth and ear infection. It's been really useful to find I can get back into my rythm really quickly again :D The onyl downside is I felt awful those few weeks of illness - more so than I should have. I think I was actually "crashing" because of being out of the routine (a doctor friend has confirmed this is something he has seen before) so some of the caveats as with the drugs apply! I suspect my recovery was extended substantially because of feeling like I did. Which is something interesting I need to explore.

ErrantX 17y ago

> Do you use an alarm clock to wake up? If so, are you sure you're not sleep-deprived? Originally for a few months to train me into it. Now I wake up automatically at a few minutes to 7 :) I never slept much before anyway - 7 hours is the best I have slept for years. I cant physically sleep for more than 8-9 hours (I will always wake up - tried it :)) Weekends I wake up at 8-9am (I make that a bit flexible; basically just rely on my body to wake me up when it feels like it) and the lie in is a great "weekend feeling" boost (part of feeling a lot more positive). > What do you eat for breakfast? I'm usually hungry within 2-3 hours after eating cereal, oatmeal, or a banana. Cereal. Then either a bacon sandwich, or a boiled egg or a bagel with cream cheese and smoked salmon. I eat a BIG breakfast and lunch but a small tea. > Where do domestic tasks fit in? Weekends only? I can't cook, eat, and do dishes in half an hour, and if you're cooking fresh vegetables, waiting a week between grocery trips seems to be suboptimal. I do have a slight confession here: in that I live at home (an annoyingly necessary arrangement for the time being) so my family shares the cooking. I cook maybe twice a week and those are my 10hr days. Chores I do in the morning before work - im less than 10 minutes walk away so I basically have 2hrs for "doing stuff" in the mornings. Other domestic chores give me my breaks I pick up fresh veg on my way home every few nights (and because I only live 10 mins away I have an hr to get home, do chores and chill till I start to work again). Actually the last few weeks i have been slipping. Prior to last week I spent a month on standard 8 hour days and (unusually for me) a lot of time in bed due to a tooth and ear infection. It's been really useful to find I can get back into my rythm really quickly again :D The onyl downside is I felt awful those few weeks of illness - more so than I should have. I think I was actually "crashing" because of being out of the routine (a doctor friend has confirmed this is something he has seen before) so some of the caveats as with the drugs apply! I suspect my recovery was extended substantially because of feeling like I did. Which is something interesting I need to explore.