{"id":296048,"date":"2021-01-13T11:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=296048"},"modified":"2021-01-13T12:16:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T17:16:53","slug":"sleep-is-godlike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/13\/sleep-is-godlike\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleep is Godlike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Something interesting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Iliad and Ancient Greek mythology, even the gods sleep.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Sleep is described with all these blessed words. Even the battle-weary soldiers have the blessing of sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why is it in our strange modern times we see sleep as something undesirable<\/em>, and a sign of the weak? Shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t sleep be seen as one of the most godlike summits?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

My sleep hacks <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I did something unwise when selecting my current apartment \u00e2\u20ac\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When touring the apartment, I suspected the street noise in the bedrooms were too loud, but I thought the other features and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153amenities\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of the apartment were good enough (location, in-home private car garage, 2 bedroom 2 bath).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

But as a consequence, my overall well-being has suffered, as a result of poor sleep resulting from the high street noise at night. The problem:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Street noise, cars with loud exhausts, or even 18-wheelers or big trucks \u00e2\u20ac\u201d they cause the floor to vibrate, the walls to vibrate, and my body to vibrate<\/em>!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This means it isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just the loud noises which keep me up at night and prevent me from sleeping deeply … it is also the vibrations<\/em><\/strong> from the cars outside (I live on a major\/high-traffic street) which cause me to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153micro-wake\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in the middle of the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Necessity and desperation is the mother of innovation <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Sleep<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Thus I tried everything. A great hack I discovered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sleep with an eye mask on, and earplugs on, *and* noise-canceling headphones on (Bose QC 35 Mark II) on the noise-cancelling setting on, without music on. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I found the first layer (just earplugs) wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t enough. By adding the over-ear Bose noise cancelling headphones on, I had additional sound muffling (the ear cups offer even more passive noise cutting out). But the kicker \u00e2\u20ac\u201d having the noise cancellation feature on reduces the ambient outside street noise and traffic and rumblings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Towards a more physiologically superior lifestyle <\/h2>\n\n\n\n