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As an early 30's myself, I can suggest couple of few things: - aim to at least 6-7 hours of (continuous) sleep in 24 hours. Don't rely on the fact that you wil

by i0nutzb 12y ago

As an early 30's myself, I can suggest couple of few things: - aim to at least 6-7 hours of (continuous) sleep in 24 hours. Don't rely on the fact that you will sleep more in weekends (you won't, and even if you do, the body doesn't work this way) - try power naps: in the middle of the day, take an espresso shot then go in bed and try to sleep for maximum of 20 minutes. The caffeine will kick just when you wake up; 20 minutes is usually less than you need to go to deep sleep (so you won't wake up cranky, dizzy or whatever). Even if you don't actually sleep, you will relax for 20 minutes :) http://io9.com/the-secrets-of-highly-efficient-napping-1680906145 http://io9.com/the-secrets-of-highly-efficient-napping-16809... As for interruptions: turn off your internet connection and put your phone to airplane mode. I strongly doubt that you will have _anything_ to distract you anymore!

SyneRyder 12y ago
On the power naps: I highly recommend the iPhone app Pzizz Energizer[1]. The website makes it sound incredibly corny (meditative new age music, voice suggestion, binaural beats) but I find it knocks me out like a light & reliably wakes me up at the end of a 22 minute power nap. It seems to become more effective the more you use it, the audio becomes a cue to enter sleep mode. Apparently it's now free (I originally paid $10 in 2010). There is an Android app as well, but sadly it's broken on my Nexus 5 (audio cuts out after about 3 minutes) and I dearly wish the developers would fix it, because the iPhone app has been so valuable to me. (Mid 30s dev here who also prefers to work through the night, helped by very understanding clients.) [1] http://pzizz.com/ http://pzizz.com/