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The Sleep Revolution

Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time
Nov 15, 2016
I have struggled with sleep issues for years. It never bothered me until my mid-thirties and then it all caught up to me. When I did fall asleep I'd wake up in places other than the bedroom doing weird things like building a castle out of Nilla Wafers. In addition to that I'd fall asleep at wildly inappropriate times throughout the day (like in meetings). I have been working ever since to make sure that I get this under control and wanted to see if the Huffsters book had any worthwhile tips. First, she provides her own experience with sleep disorders and that made me thankful that I have never woken up in a pool of my own blood. She goes on to compile a slew of statistics that illustrate how prevalent a problem sleep deprivation has become. Some of these have to be taken with a grain of salt (I don't know how you can assign an exact dollar amount to lost productivity and to say that women have added 256 working hours per year since 1969 is misleading. Multiply by 47 and divide by 3 billion roughly to get the per woman average and it's not nearly as startling a number). Despite my unwillingness to accept the stats whole-heartedly, she does include enough data to show that there is definitely a problem. The sleep science section is really intriguing and there are some useful tips but nothing you probably haven't heard before (remove electronics, use valerian root and guided meditation, etc.) Read and experiment on your own to find out what works for you. And whatever you do, don't take Ambien and then do book reviews!