[FRIAM] enough sleep?

[Gillian Densmore]

Hmm well no 9 to start

On Tue, Apr 9, 2019, 9:46 AM Marcus Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com> wrote:

> The nature of our economy rewards people that keep their nose to the
> grindstone.   Locally it is a good optimization, but globally you work till
> you drop.   Maybe you go on a Viking River Cruise or something while you
> are reaching completion.    I have a lot of sleep momentum and require lots
> of coffee to get to the point where I assent to the internally posed
> question of "Why the f*ck would I want to do that?"
>
> On 4/9/19, 9:33 AM, "Friam on behalf of glen∈ℂ" <
> friam-bounces at redfish.com on behalf of gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     If you’re not sleeping at work, you should be fired
>
> https://theconversation.com/if-youre-not-sleeping-at-work-you-should-be-fired-114006
>
>     I'm skeptical of the argument that "we're" not getting enough sleep.
> Just this morning, after getting plenty of good sleep last night (helped
> along by some Peruvian chaufa), my exercise performance this morning was
> terrible ... whereas my "regular" night's sleep of 5 hours produced
> excellent performance over the last month or so.  Stories aside, by what
> measure(s) do we judge health, recovery, alertness, engagedness, etc ...
> the bait presented at the beginning of this article?
>
>     Again, just for me, a nap destroys my productivity.  But aperiodic
> *distractions* seem to improve my productivity.  When I finish the first
> draft of a report, for example, it's good to go for a bike ride before the
> 2nd iteration. Taking a nap just makes me sleepy and want to watch TV.
> However, when I am well (over?) rested like today, I tend to wax
> philosophical and am attracted by Deep Thoughts™. So, I can see why the
> gist of the article would match someone's intuition.  But intuition is not
> reliable.  The data I keep on, e.g., my weight lifting regimen seems to
> show that I perform better when I'm consistent, regardless of the amount of
> sleep I get.  When I get the same amount each and every night, then I
> perform better.  I don't keep data on my fugues into Deep Thoughts™, though
> ... maybe I should. 8^)
>
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