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Two more hours in the day?
experimental | Feb 16 2006
I have a problem: six months ago, I gave up caffeine. Since then, my body has insisted on having eight hours sleep a night instead of five or six. The change in my health is enough that I'm not going back, but I really miss those hours. Specifically, between ten and midnight I used to get a lot of reading and writing done, but nowadays by ten I can barely keep my eyes open. I've tried quite a few ways of cutting back my time expenditures, and I do seem to have gained some time back, but it's fifteen minutes here and ten minutes there. I can't seem to get back the time I really want-- a couple of hours when the house is quiet and still, and I'm feeling peaceful, reflective and productive. Has anybody been there and hacked that? 13 Comments
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 Grain of Salt neededSubmitted by caseykoons on March 24, 2006 - 12:55pm.
I haven't tried this myself and it requires a great deal of new age acceptance to, well, accept, but my father recently gave up caffinee in return for something called Lifewave. Supposedly, a navy scientist investigated acupuncture and developed a non-invasive way to stimulate those engery points with a patch. I personally don't buy it entirely, but my father tells me that using these patches instead of coffee has given him a sustained amont of energy throughout the day, with no sudden drops. He also told me that he no longer feels so tired at the end of the day, and is less likely to have a nap between the end of work and dinner. It could be worth a try. I've been debating trying them myself. » POSTED IN:
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