I once had the opportunity to just sleep as long as I needed ... as in no alarms or anything ... for an extended period of time (a few months).
I pretty quickly settled into a rhythm, which was surprising as I'm the kind that likes to stay up late and have always struggled with that. And I found that my preferred sleeping duration is around 9 hours. Also, sleep is nicer when you don't have to worry about sleeping in or not getting enough sleep ... the whole rhythm seemed to be much more stable if the essential task --- resting etc --- is reliably achieved.
It also, I suspect, revealed why my sleep rhythm has always been off. My natural sleeping time and sleep length didn't seem to align at all with typical working times. It seemed I naturally wanted to wake sleep from around 1-2am and wake at around 10-11am. Other factors, of course, may have been behind that ... but it seemed pretty obvious why I'd always had troubles ... 8-9am starts were always putting me off balance while I was never giving myself the chance to get 9hrs sleep.
I'm the same. If I abandon societal norms and work commitments, and let my body adjust to its preferred cycle, I sleep 9 hours, 1am till 10am.
I think that's pretty common, but not useful when I work every day 8.30am till 5.30pm. It means I wake up every day tired, even if I went to bed at 9pm.
This has never not been an issue for me, and I’m absolutely convinced it’s because I’m forcing myself to conform to other people’s sleep schedule. During Covid I was able to WFH - not commuting, putting on makeup, and getting my clothes together saved me a couple of hours. It made a world of difference & I miss it every day.
It's so vague it's hard to really say. Generally, what seems easy at first is often actually just lazy or poorly thought out. Putting in the effort to do things properly can save you a lot of headaches down the road.
Yeah its too vague, but when it comes to consumable products, they're generally made so you want more of it than is good for you. Hence the discomfort with not consuming the thing
The products are probably not bad on purpose, but the use of addictive substances or replacing costly (good) with cheap alternatives, is a great way to reduce production costs and to increase sales.
Reduce vegetable components, increase sugar and salt. Fill up with water, adjust viscosity. Similar taste, much cheaper, more addictive and worse for your body.