Friday, September 30, 2005
I know it's 10bucks, but this is right on theme!!
all things considered
So, let's consider this, is Britt an extrovert? Well, Britt sit down here on my leather sofa. Very good. Now, following the 4 hour interaction, did you feel the desire at all to sit quietly in a coffee shop and record internal reflections? Or did you feel more inclined to ask one of those passers a really really personal question, like, "how do you really feel about your kids?" Or, something more like, read a story, or go home and take your laundry out of the dryer?
Ooh, look what I found.. http://sleeptracker.ca/faq.html This could solve all our problems.
Ooh, look what I found.. http://sleeptracker.ca/faq.html This could solve all our problems.
I'll tell ya one thing...
this blog idea is brilliant. Brittanica, it really never occured to me (so all credit to you). I'm thinking as well, for the sake of science and all, that we should record observations for a day: sleeptimes, snooze-hits, cups o' coffee, alertness, and yawn-o-meter, ooh and any "you look tired comments," also, mental activity boosters (like the aforementioned betawaving peopleinteraction). You get the idea. So, let's begin here, it's Friday, I fell instantly asleep last night at 11:27... woke at 6:38 and felt pretty sharp, but smiled at the thought of mass slumber, so I hit off crazy chanting Bjork (Medulla cd), and let it snooze 14 more minutes, then another 14 minutes.. so it's 7:00 now, somehow. And I feel more tired than at the 6:38, but pretty good overall (pre-shower, I murmured withself a little bit (about this scienceplan actually), stuff like "it's in the name of science," and thinking about contributions people could make on their own sleepanalysis. I'm not at all disciplined, and actually have a bad attitude about regular sleep schedules, so there would be no control on this, hehe, just pure goodnatured experimentation.
---ooh maybe another factor: room darkness (my room was very dark last night) & pillow quality. "Delight" is the overall good feeling.
To sum:
Thursdaynight/Fridayday
sleep 11:27-7
darkness/pillow 8
snooze-hits 2
morning awakedness 7 afternoon 8
brews 1 mildroast (note: this has more caffeine)
mindthoughts 4
delight 7
Brit, what say you? Maybe this needs some ratifying. We oughta show what the scale 1 - 10 indicates, yes?
---ooh maybe another factor: room darkness (my room was very dark last night) & pillow quality. "Delight" is the overall good feeling.
To sum:
Thursdaynight/Fridayday
sleep 11:27-7
darkness/pillow 8
snooze-hits 2
morning awakedness 7 afternoon 8
brews 1 mildroast (note: this has more caffeine)
mindthoughts 4
delight 7
Brit, what say you? Maybe this needs some ratifying. We oughta show what the scale 1 - 10 indicates, yes?
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Overview
Problem: Oversleeping and over-consumption of caffeine.
Result: Lack of usable daytime hours, inability to function before 10 a.m., coffee addiction, having to give Julie $1 every time I yawn, etc.
Objective - The Questions:
How can we spend the minimum amount of time sleeping for maximum achievement during the day?
How can we want to drink coffee because it tastes so good, not because we absolutely need it.
What will it take for us to 'go to sleep once and wake up once' (to quote Serena)?
Wow. That was scientific sounding. I was spurred on by the tag line (an independent study) but really this won't be scientific at all. Just our little observations and whatever else we feel like posting on a whim. Did I say on a whim? I meant on this blog.
I say 'we' because I invited my dearest Serena to join and make this a team blog. Although really I think the idea is hers, but I presumptuously created this thing.
Here's why I am so interested all of a sudden:
I have energy against all reason.
This job I am doing right now requires me to get up at 5 and start an hour before the sun rises (don't worry about me too much, it's just for a few days). Naturally, I was dreading it. Besides the horrid hour, I am just getting over a cold. I slept for about 6 hours each night, although not soundly. Coughcoughcoughcoughcough.
Yet I have more energy than usual.
How is that possible?
So Serena - such a wise one she is - mentions something we learned from Dr.Cotton in our TESOL course. In teaching the Communicative Approach teaching technique, he said that the act of meeting people and seeing new faces is one of the most stimulating things for the human brain. It challenges the brain in such a way that encourages Beta brain waves, the most active level (There I go sounding all sciencey again - I just can't help it. Ha). This stimulation can be the equivalent of 4 cups of coffee!
The point?
The job I am doing right now is handing out samples at the C-Train stations, interacting with over 1000 people in just over two hours. Is this stimulating my brain enough to have energy (whilst ill) for an entire day so that I can't even get to sleep at night? Jane, the woman I work with, agreed that her energy level was unusually high after work yesterday. She also admitted to sniffing gasoline when she was young though so I'm not sure how credible her input is.
An additional question - is this because I am (apparently) an extrovert? Would an introvert react in the same way to this job?
It's all quite fascinating.
Result: Lack of usable daytime hours, inability to function before 10 a.m., coffee addiction, having to give Julie $1 every time I yawn, etc.
Objective - The Questions:
How can we spend the minimum amount of time sleeping for maximum achievement during the day?
How can we want to drink coffee because it tastes so good, not because we absolutely need it.
What will it take for us to 'go to sleep once and wake up once' (to quote Serena)?
Wow. That was scientific sounding. I was spurred on by the tag line (an independent study) but really this won't be scientific at all. Just our little observations and whatever else we feel like posting on a whim. Did I say on a whim? I meant on this blog.
I say 'we' because I invited my dearest Serena to join and make this a team blog. Although really I think the idea is hers, but I presumptuously created this thing.
Here's why I am so interested all of a sudden:
I have energy against all reason.
This job I am doing right now requires me to get up at 5 and start an hour before the sun rises (don't worry about me too much, it's just for a few days). Naturally, I was dreading it. Besides the horrid hour, I am just getting over a cold. I slept for about 6 hours each night, although not soundly. Coughcoughcoughcoughcough.
Yet I have more energy than usual.
How is that possible?
So Serena - such a wise one she is - mentions something we learned from Dr.Cotton in our TESOL course. In teaching the Communicative Approach teaching technique, he said that the act of meeting people and seeing new faces is one of the most stimulating things for the human brain. It challenges the brain in such a way that encourages Beta brain waves, the most active level (There I go sounding all sciencey again - I just can't help it. Ha). This stimulation can be the equivalent of 4 cups of coffee!
The point?
The job I am doing right now is handing out samples at the C-Train stations, interacting with over 1000 people in just over two hours. Is this stimulating my brain enough to have energy (whilst ill) for an entire day so that I can't even get to sleep at night? Jane, the woman I work with, agreed that her energy level was unusually high after work yesterday. She also admitted to sniffing gasoline when she was young though so I'm not sure how credible her input is.
An additional question - is this because I am (apparently) an extrovert? Would an introvert react in the same way to this job?
It's all quite fascinating.
