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Sleep Hacking How I used powerful sleep hacks to get by on less than 6.5 hours sleep a night Darragh O'Neill 1

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Sleep HackingHow I used powerful sleep hacks to get by on less than 6.5 hours sleep a

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Why sleep hack?• Quality over quantity• More time• More recovery in less time• Higher state of vitality and wellbeing• Etc..

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What does quality mean then?• ?

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What does quality mean then?• Quantity of sleep(not too much or too little)

• Sleep timing(same time to rise and fall asleep)

• Sleep latency(low latency)

• Sleep architecture(various factors affect this; discussed later)

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How do I improve the quality then?• Light

• Temperature

• Air quality

• Improve breathing

• EMF

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Light hacking(Darragh’s sleep commandements!)• Law 1: Thao shall sleep in a pitch black environment• Law 2: Thao shall wakeup in a bright environment • Law 3: Thao shall not let melatonin reducing bluelight in the evening

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Temperature hacking• Don’t leave radiators on late in the bedroom

• Use a fan to cool off

• Good bedsheets

• Proper duvet

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Air hacking• Invest in a hepa air filter

• Keep indoor plants in the bedroom

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Breathing hacks• Breath right strips

• Turbine nasal dilator

• Always breath through your nose

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EMF hacks• Disable wifi at night

• Put phone on aeroplane mode

• No bluetooth accessories

• Don’t sleep next to electronics

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My sleep tracking devices

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