Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world _number8_ @lemmy.world 1 yr. ago

Why is the 'right' way to do many things always the most stupid and uncomfortable?

like how is that proven? what if sometimes it's better to eat lots of ice cream or sleep in

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Sleeping in is the right way. Most of us have some amount of sleep deprivation because our alarms have to wake us before we get enough sleep

Which in turn can cause things like craving inordinate amounts of ice cream
- I once had the opportunity to just sleep as long as I needed ... as in no alarms or anything ... for an extended period of time (a few months).
  
  I pretty quickly settled into a rhythm, which was surprising as I'm the kind that likes to stay up late and have always struggled with that. And I found that my preferred sleeping duration is around 9 hours. Also, sleep is nicer when you don't have to worry about sleeping in or not getting enough sleep ... the whole rhythm seemed to be much more stable if the essential task --- resting etc --- is reliably achieved.
  
  It also, I suspect, revealed why my sleep rhythm has always been off. My natural sleeping time and sleep length didn't seem to align at all with typical working times. It seemed I naturally wanted to wake sleep from around 1-2am and wake at around 10-11am. Other factors, of course, may have been behind that ... but it seemed pretty obvious why I'd always had troubles ... 8-9am starts were always putting me off balance while I was never giving myself the chance to get 9hrs sleep.
  
  I'm the same. If I abandon societal norms and work commitments, and let my body adjust to its preferred cycle, I sleep 9 hours, 1am till 10am. I think that's pretty common, but not useful when I work every day 8.30am till 5.30pm. It means I wake up every day tired, even if I went to bed at 9pm.
  
  This has never not been an issue for me, and I’m absolutely convinced it’s because I’m forcing myself to conform to other people’s sleep schedule. During Covid I was able to WFH - not commuting, putting on makeup, and getting my clothes together saved me a couple of hours. It made a world of difference & I miss it every day.
  
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  I once had the opportunity to just sleep as long as I needed ... as in no alarms or anything ... for an extended period of time (a few months).
  
  Yeah yeah, we all lived through the pandemic too, you aren't special :-P
- Going to bed at sundown is the right way, not staying up because people are doing cool stuff. Narf.
  
  Silence, Pinky! I'm working on a plan for tomorrow night!
  
  True, but then when am I supposed to eat all that ice cream?
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- Sleeping is the right way, going to bed early is even righter.
  
  Sleeping when your body tells you to sleep is the right way. Whether that's early or late. Sleeping as long as you want to, during whatever hours you want to, is the healthiest sleep you can get.
  
  Correct
Uh what
It used to be right to be comfy. Our systems haven't caught up with our new environment yet.
It's so vague it's hard to really say. Generally, what seems easy at first is often actually just lazy or poorly thought out. Putting in the effort to do things properly can save you a lot of headaches down the road.
Yeah its too vague, but when it comes to consumable products, they're generally made so you want more of it than is good for you. Hence the discomfort with not consuming the thing
- The products are probably not bad on purpose, but the use of addictive substances or replacing costly (good) with cheap alternatives, is a great way to reduce production costs and to increase sales.
  
  Reduce vegetable components, increase sugar and salt. Fill up with water, adjust viscosity. Similar taste, much cheaper, more addictive and worse for your body.
Sounds like whoever is telling you what the "right" way to do things is, they're wrong.
Sleeping in and eating ice cream can work wonders for stress reduction and overall mental well-being.

That said, everything in moderation... even moderation!

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