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😴 I never had sleep problems but I did manage to get even better sleep now doing these, probably best / deepest sleep I ever had in years, so I am sharing it here, maybe it helps someone:

- aircon at 18°C / 64°F, this is controversial but all science points to temperature having to be cold for deep sleep

- hot shower before bed, this works well together with cold AC, your blood pressure I think drops cause of the temperature shift making you sleepy instantly

- full blackout blinds (we have rolling blinds on windows, better than black out curtains which still let light in some creeks), any light stops you from sleeping, I have some small devices with LEDs just so I don't wake up thinking I am blind (common in a pitch black room)

- ear plugs, random sounds can wake you up

- separate sheets from gf!!!! this has biggest impact I think, when you have one sheet and your bf/gf pulls it you wake up (even if you don't notice) and vice versa, this rly changes everything

- test CO2 in your bedroom with air sensor, this one is hard to fix, if you open a window you will get light and noise, sometimes we open window downstairs for it so light doesn't enter directly, not easy to fix

- got a way wider bed: from 150cm / 5" to 180cm / 6" (biggest I could find at IKEA, I'd go 200cm / 6'8" wide if possible), Europe has absolutely tiny beds, they simply don't even fit 2 slim people, maybe that's why peole are so grumpy here (yes I am European but not grumpy cause I sleep in a wide bed)

- CURA weighted blanket, this makes you feel like you fall into a different dimension when sleeping, very good, not just for autists (I am not autist I did the test), just try it, make sure you buy the right weight for your body, I bought 9kg CURA blanket for 73kg bodyweight

- tested lots of IKEA pillows and found my fav pillow (very personal, some ppl like low or high pillows), they're cheap like 5-10€ so can test many

- don't drink or eat 2-3h before sleep, drink especially important because then you wake up to pee which is a disruption, it's biological you are thirsty before sleep, you should ignore it, it's a trap

- dim lights 2h before sleep

- switch off lights 1h before sleep

- melatonin 1 hour before sleep but at super low dose works well but don't need it necessarily, i used to take 0.3mg, now 0.2mg gummies, very low, it should only give your body a small kickstart to produce its own melatonin, the shops all sell WAY TOO high doses > 0.3mg that aren't good, this really helps me as I will be sleepy to even think about anything, without it sometimes I stay awake longer to think (common)

- reading phone is fine for me, I just use smart invert mode on lowest brightness and hacked the zoom in accessibility to make it as dark as a Kindle, i like to read Hacker News before sleep and it's fine for me, same as a book kinda

- exercising 4 times per week, strength training, heavy weights, cardio is key for good sleep, clears your mind so it shuts up 100%

- i avoid alcohol, whenever i drink it will make me snore and also alcohol avoids you from sleeping deep

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@daviefogarty People complain, there always is a way to work it out. Disagree

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@jasparcjack dope, keep up

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@RobertGreene I believe so. Nothing better than to have tons of problems and be able to learn from them

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Is more important to appear you know something or to know something?

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@JamesClear Indeed, either way is procrastination that may induce to anxiety

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@ElonMuskAOC A little bit too alien for me

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In Maldives trying to see some stars

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@eurowings What is going on with the flight EW603!? 3.5h of delay. For the first 2 hours, we were standing utside of the plane, and now on the plane, no water no food, no explanations or solutions offered. What a shame how you treat your customers.

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@shanonim https://t.co/QO8qF1v4E8

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@paulg @c_k_lynch The idea of flying around is much better, but of course, thinking about how the future of the flying industry will be transformed

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@elonmusk Psycho 😬

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Let's move ~

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Rustic bathroom in Colombia

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@paulg But what is behind the window?

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@NavalismHQ @naval Because of the effort..

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