Discuss It with Your Pillow While You Sleep

The Scientific American reported a study published in the journal Nature. (Experiment Shows You Really Should 'Sleep On It.') It seems that at the University of Lubeck in Germany, people given a mathematical puzzle were twice as likely to find a shortcut to the solution after getting a good night's sleep than the group that had not slept.

This is yet another wave of evidence indicating that rest, not work, is the basis for success. Unfortunately, the world's population is brainwashed into thinking workaholism is the answer and minimizes or truncates quality rest. That is something I cannot fathom. It is so abundantly obvious to me that denying rest for your mind and body makes your thinking dull and your activity ineffective. Hopefully some day the world will realize that it is not how long and hard you work but how deeply you rest that determines success.

To this end, let me take it one giant step further. I have found that any hour of sleep between 10PM and midnight is worth two hours of sleep after midnight. If I can get to bed (with lights out and eyes closed) before 10PM, my "luck" improves dramatically the next day. Nature  supports those who are  rested, clear, alert and energetic. Hitting the hay by 10PM gets you the most beneficial sleep and with it Nature's blessings.

Sleep tight,
Fred
www.lazyway.net

Comments

[Stormy]

Awesome site! I am doing research for a paper entitled "Sleep as Ideology" and am thrilled about your insights. Here's a quote you will probably enjoy . . . “Do but consider what an excellent thing sleep is: it is so inestimable a jewel that, if a tyrant would give his crown for an hour’s slumber, it cannot be bought . . . yea, so greatly indebted are we to this kinsman of death that we owe the better tributary, half our life to him: and there is good cause why we should do so: for sleep is that golden chain that ties health and bodies together. Who complains of want? of wounds? of cares? of great men’s oppressions? of captivity? whilst he sleepeth? Beggars in their beds take as much pleasure as kings . . . Can we drink too much of that whereof to taste too little tumbles us into a churchyard, and to use it but indifferently throws us into Bedlam?’’— Thomas Dekker

[Julie Plenty]

Couldn't agree more on sleep. In fact I've heard (and it is my own experience) that it is any hour before 11pm that is worth more than any afterwards. I often feel that I say I work hard to make other people feel better ("oh I'm sooo busy"), but if I can do less with more, then that always works better. Good to know that I'm not a lone voice in this.

[aion kinah]

Awesome site! I am doing research for a paper entitled "Sleep as Ideology" and am thrilled about your insights. Here's a quote you will probably enjoy . . . “Do but consider what an excellent thing sleep is: it is so inestimable a jewel that, if a tyrant would give his crown for an hour’s slumber,

[Nina B]

Getting into the habit of sleeping, putting aside any pressing items that stress you and demand your attention, even though there is nothing you can do about them... is essential! When you are rested, calm and focused you operate with far greater efficiency. Fact.