Do You Feel Restored After Sleep?

[Wilhelm44]

7 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Only if you poor.

That's the point, other civilized countries have more compassion in this regard.

[Nemra]

How much must your income be to not be considered poor in the U.S.?

Edited 4 hours ago by Nemra

[Natasha Tori Maru]

16 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Only if you poor.

That contributes to the suckage 💀

[AION]

Income tax in most EU countries is like 37%. And in a lot of countries it even lower. 

It is not astronomically different compared to the US. Only if you earn a lot you have to pay more tax like 55% as a top earner. But you can also go to Somalia and pay 0% tax.

The EU provides an excellent market. So it makes sense you don’t just leech of the people and not give anything back to the community. 

Only high income people are taxed way higher but they get other benefits to get a certain part of their tax money back. 

The US kind of shitty if you a middle-lower class. Awful workers rights and work ethics. You work and still be homeless lmao. 

Edited 3 hours ago by AION

[HelluvaGuy]

5 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

Consider this:

Basic health insurance costs: $3000/yr at least. This is for shit doctors. The worst of the worst.

If you are healthy, you are wasting $3000/yr on that. Over 10 years that is $30,000. If you just saved that money yourself you could cover $30,000 in medical fees, which requires a pretty serious ailment.

If you are reasonably healthy insurance is stealing your money to pay for the sick and old.

And if you are in the EU, that $30,000 will be taken from your income. Unless you have a shit salary, in which case socialism is great for you! Keep on leeching!

Did your political views shift? 5 years ago you supported Bernie Sanders for president. Right now, you're sounding like a stage orange capitalist bro. 

I would certainly agree that poverty is not something one should glorify, that would be a mistake. Wealth is not inherently a bad thing. However, you veer into gross oversimplification in your discussion. Surely you would agree that:

1) Most people don't have what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. This is not merely a question of whether a person is lazy or not, but successful entrepreneurs tend to have specific character traits that they are born with. You're the one that talks about the importance of genes all the time. 

2) You're not going to build a society filled with only entrepreneurs. You will always need policemen, firefighters, teachers etc. What, are all these people leeches because they don't earn as high a wage as you? 

[Jehovah increases]

After 8 to 10 hours, yes, I do feel rested. But I remember a German fella who only needed to sleep 2 to 4 hours a night, and he was a hard drinker of vodka. He would drink 2 bottles a night well into his seventies. Go figure that one out, most probably freak genetics. He would have micro naps in between his drinks and whilst playing pool.

Edited 1 hour ago by Jehovah increases

[SimpleGuy]

15 hours ago, ExploringReality said:

Hey 👋🏽 have you tried magnesium glycinate chelate capsules 400 mg? Give it go before bedtime, it's what I use and this version out of all the other magnesium supplements is the best because it isn't so laxative on the stomach, promotes restful rem sleep, muscle recovery and I feel amazing in the morning. Check your local whole foods market. You got this. Sending you love 

WIll try it

 

15 hours ago, Elliott said:

What do you mean my muscle soreness and heaviness? 

High performance athletes sleep 12 hours a day. 8 hours of sleep won't restore you physically if you're doing a lot. Oftentimes it takes me several days recovery, from doing some prolonged strenuous activity. Do you ever have rest days?

It could be prolonged fatigue, maybe you need a break. 

Just simple workout. Pull-ups and dead hang 3 sets. But I do it everyday.

 

13 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

You can go to a sleep doctor and get a sleep study done. They will monitor your sleep and tell you if there are any problems happening.

It costs about $1000 for sleep study.

Only in distant future I will be able too

 

12 hours ago, AION said:

It boils down to your brain waves. When you sleep your brain waves slow down and if your brain is not slowing down you will get shallow sleep. 

Look into proven methods that slow down your brain waves like certain breathing techniques, playing with your optimal sleeping time, meditation before sleep, etc. Other things you might want to try: play with temperature, air quality through air purifiers, humidifiers or dehumidifiers.

Recently I bought an air purifier and that helped me a lot. Even though my air was already clean there is always some dust mites or something.

Thank you. Will try it.

[SimpleGuy]

6 hours ago, Breathe said:

My meditation teacher, Stephen Proctor, lives in Australia. If you meditate check him out, he's the best I've come across.

@SimpleGuy I have sleep challenges. Everyone is going to be different but I cut out water for 2.5 hours before bed so I don't wake up too much. Stretching before bed has a massive impact on my sleep, and screens have to be turned off 2 hours beforehand. Not letting my cat sleep on me is also important. I wake up at 3am if I don't do these things.

You may want to look into Matthew Walker. He has a book called Why We Sleep where he discusses these things and more, but he's been interviewed on tons of podcasts so you can get the gist from one of those. He says the number one thing you can do to improve your sleep is go to bed at the same time every night. Not doing so fucks up your circadian rhythm.

Thank you. Will try stretching