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| Sgt.Pepper Newbie Ukraine Joined 5500 days ago 38 posts - 32 votes Speaks: Ukrainian* | Message 25 of 48 03 May 2009 at 10:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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| Sgt.Pepper Newbie Ukraine Joined 5500 days ago 38 posts - 32 votes Speaks: Ukrainian* | Message 26 of 48 09 May 2009 at 4:12am | IP Logged | ||
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| Dark_Sunshine Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5556 days ago 340 posts - 357 votes  Speaks: English*, French | Message 27 of 48 09 May 2009 at 2:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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It looks like you might just be one of those unlucky people (like me) who don't function very well on less than 8 hours sleep. -I notice that every time you manage to get up very early, your body seems to compensate by sleeping much longer the following night.
I found a link you might find useful, or at least interesting: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/how-to-become-an-ea rly-riser/ 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| rahdonit Bilingual Tetraglot Groupie Ukraine Joined 6405 days ago 50 posts - 87 votes Speaks: Russian*, Ukrainian*, English, German | Message 28 of 48 10 May 2009 at 12:39pm | IP Logged | ||
Did you consider changing your diet and adding some physical exercise (yoga?) to your schedule? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| scootermclean Diglot Groupie United States scottmclean.net Joined 6269 days ago 69 posts - 70 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Arabic (Written), Basque | Message 29 of 48 10 May 2009 at 3:42pm | IP Logged | ||
Honestly, its not clear what your mission is... Prof Arguelles probably established his sleep routine of 8pm to 2am because he found it optimal to study in the morning prior to work. As opposed to late night study and waking up later, which is essentially the same thing, it would just depend on when you find you study more effectively. Additionally he found that his body was able to put up with 6 hours of sleep a night. Which if you find your body cannot handle this, you should not force yourself into sleep deprivation. Your question #1 in your first post is concerned with loss of "effect" should you not go to sleep at 8pm and rise at 2am. I dare say there is no special effect about these magical hours, its just the times that Prof Arguelles found it convenient, optimizing, sufficient, etc... Your reluctance to use an alarm clock really makes this experiment an impossible task, as you have no way of controlling exactly what you want to achieve.. Edited by scootermclean on 12 May 2009 at 4:53pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| John Smith Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5833 days ago 396 posts - 542 votes Speaks: English*, Czech*, Spanish Studies: German | Message 30 of 48 12 May 2009 at 11:02am | IP Logged | ||
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Everyone is different. I don't believe that there is a magic time during the day during which learning languages is easier. Have you ever heard of early birds and night owls? I am a night owl and learn easiest around 12:30 am to 3:00 am. Maybe it has something to do with it being less noisy at night. If you are trying to change your sleeping habits though I think you should use an alarm clock. If you have trouble falling asleep at 8 pm and stay awake till say 2 am and the alarm wakes you up at 6am then the next day you will find it much easier to go to bed earlier because you will be tired. Once you get used to the new times you won't have to use an alarm clock anymore.
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| Sgt.Pepper Newbie Ukraine Joined 5500 days ago 38 posts - 32 votes Speaks: Ukrainian* | Message 31 of 48 16 May 2009 at 10:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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| Rout Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5503 days ago 326 posts - 417 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish Studies: Hindi | Message 32 of 48 17 May 2009 at 7:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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I think when you overcompensate (10 hours of sleep) you then tend to deprive (4 hours of sleep). Just review what you've typed down here and you'll see that your body isn't regulated. The whole point is that you give your body just enough sleep; not too much and not too little. Six hours is all one needs but the body may have to be trained. I think you'd find that if you give it just enough you'd also sleep better and wake more refreshed.
On a side note, this makes me wish I didn't have a job... http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,774680,00.h tml 1 person has voted this message useful |
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