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THREE hours? What the heck do you do for that nearly 20% of your waking life? I guess you buy a lot of books, or visit the library a lot. I personally like rea
by methodover 7y ago
THREE hours? What the heck do you do for that nearly 20% of your waking life?
I guess you buy a lot of books, or visit the library a lot. I personally like reading but not so much that I want to do it for three hours every flipping night.
- kbouck 7y agoThe concern is not the act of reading, but rather the additional exposure to light suppressing melatonin production. Melatonin plays an important role in the sleep/wake cycle. Avoiding unnecessary light for a period of 3 hours prior to sleep gives the body a chance to run it's shutdown scripts by producing enough melatonin, etc. https://www.foundmyfitness.com/episodes/melatonin-insulin-response https://www.foundmyfitness.com/episodes/melatonin-insulin-re...
- Joakal 7y agoWould putting all monitors in warm/night mode be sufficient?
- thatoneuser 7y agoNot op but I really enjoy my famous midnight walks. Walking also let's your body dump excess energy and so maybe you could get away with 1-1.5 hours only. Works well enough for me.
- loco5niner 7y agoI'll take the opposite approach: What does your life look like if you can't spend 3 hours away from a screen? There's a whole world of opportunity out there.
- dTal 7y agoI honestly thought this comment was joking at first! In fact I'm still not certain... is it really so difficult to imagine doing something other than stare at a screen for 100% of your waking life? What do you think people did for the entirety of human history? You could be writing, or drawing, or playing an instrument, or listening to music, or baking cookies, or taking a stroll, or playing darts, or building a model rocket, or literally any activity ever. I don't mean to condescend, but man.