Sleep

A web-based treasure, Alexey Guzey’s Theses on Sleep, in which he makes the obvious yet original parallel between sleeping and eating, and that we should probably be sleeping less than we do.

Experiencing hunger is normal and does not necessarily imply that you are not eating enough. Never being hungry means you are probably eating too much. Experiencing sleepiness is normal and does not necessarily imply that you are undersleeping. Never being sleepy means you are probably sleeping too much.

Anne Helen Petersen writes about Revenge procrastinatory bedtime ⁠— I’m guilty myself of practicing it and have noticed it lately, so it’s good to see the phenom labeled and articulated:

It’s illogical and annoying and only makes things worse. But it’s also what our souls do when we refuse to nourish them. They sabotage our most perfect intentions for sleep, because sleep is not the same as leisure. Don’t get me wrong; sleep is great. It can be deeply restorative. But it also requires us to be, well, unconscious.

“Respected journalist” Joel Golby has pulled off a rather spectacular series of mini-essays for Vice in Choose Your Own Adventure: Friday Night Edition!. More relevant perhaps for people say a quarter of a century younger than me, but one can appreciate.

Nice piece by a watch aficionado yet to remove his Apple Watch. [via DaringFireball.net]

A fearsomely refreshing list of what the author has learned in her 40s. Enjoyable if you’ve reached the age, and I wonder if edifying for those yet to.

Complete Guide to Urine Therapy. I think I’m sold.

Nice piece by a native German speaker on Zen and the art of being a programmer without going crazy or driving crazy those around you. Sorry, everyone.

Ritalin is bunk.

Nicely written Bikram 60-day challenge piece at oprah.com.