Sometimes I stumble upon something (like Akrasia) that makes me light up like a 5th grade science experiment.
Today it was BioHacking via The Bulletproof Executive.
My super simple explanation of biohacking, based on all of an hour or so of absorbing as much information as I can is this:
Hacking into your own biology to upgrade as a human!
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The Bulletproof Executive biohacks a lot of things, weight loss, muscle, nutrition, coffee...
AND SLEEP!
He claims you can have optimal health / regenerative sleep in less than 5 hours per night.
A couple of you know that I am contemplating a DRASTIC sleep schedule change, where I would be AT work 15 minutes prior to my current wake up time, which would mean going to bed at an unreasonably early hour (all to maximize sunlight hours while not failing out of college or losing my job), so the idea that instead of backing up my bedtime, I could actually just function on 5 hours of sleep is super intriguing.
Some of you also know that my uber awesome therapist is a sleep specialist. She's also conveniently on maternity leave at the moment, and cannot swiftly kick me in the teeth on this one.
My boss says no, and I am pretty sure my sensei agrees, but I'm actually really intrigued by the science behind this and am not yet deterred, so stay tuned and I'll keep you all posted regarding any sleep hacks I actually try.
This could be fun! *cue evil genius maniacal laughter*
-Seph
Not liking this.
ReplyDeleteLOL, don't worry, I am not going to try anything until you're back and we can talk through it.
Delete(But I am going to try to sell you on some of it)
-Seph