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Johnny Cashflow

Physical and mental health is important, even in IB.

Adults should probably get between 7-9 hours of sleep per night.

Sleep: 9:30P

Wake: 5:30P 

So you’re awake for only 4hrs per day?

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
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Johnny Cashflow

Physical and mental health is important, even in IB.

Adults should probably get between 7-9 hours of sleep per night.

Sleep: 9:30P

Wake: 5:30P 

So you’re awake for only 4hrs per day?

Perhaps Johnny needs some more sleep!
 

Go to sleep at 10-10:15 and get up 5:30-5:45.

Most important thing for me is falling asleep.  I'm the type of person that can lay down and be out in about 5-10 mins without any problems.  But I've talked to some people who can't get to sleep, especially during the transition period where they are trying to change their sleep schedule.  This piece of advice has helped everyone that I told it to: do not look at your phone for 30-60 mins before your head hits the pillow.  Personally I read for 30 every night before bed.  Also, dont eat too close to bed - I intermittent fast and when I started my sleep quality increased.  Not sure if this is because of the intermittent fast itself or because of the fact that I wasn't cranking late night snacks previously.  Also, something that is very important for sleep is relative exertion throughout the day - make sure to exercise.

Told this to one of my friends younger brothers and he started telling me about how he needs to wank his peen every night or he cant fall asleep. "how can I not look at my phone before bed if i need to..." - not a lot of relevance just thought I'd add it in since it was one of the dumbest responses ive ever gotten to an affirmative statement that I've made

 

Honestly, I have to do that too, I don’t watch porn, but have to rub one out before I can fall asleep. Otherwise I end up half awake and half asleep with an erection the whole night. 

 

Usually in bed around 11, alarm goes off around 730-8. Sometimes I just can't fall asleep though, I'll just lie there for 8 hours or so with my eye closed and nothing happens. Happened to me this weekend 2 nights in a row and on Sunday I felt like I was going to have a seizure. Was so exhausted that I went to bed at 8pm. Had a couple of glasses of wine, some melatonin, and some weed and knocked myself out. Still feel terrible though.

 

I try to get in bed by 11A and wake up by 7A (especially since since no commute). Sometimes I get to bed at 1A, but I still wake up at the same time. 

“The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.” - Nassim Taleb
 
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I try to get in bed by 11A 

11AM to bed is super late - wow!

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Good catch- hit me with that pls fix. Updated to be correct.

“The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.” - Nassim Taleb
 

lol

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Try to fall sleep by 10:30 and wake up 6:30, although I usually fuck around in the morning and sleep in since I can go to the gym during lunch which is nice.

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