KonMari 2017 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

kittie wrote: »

My sleeping pattern is back right on track, thanks to a red 15w bulb and yellow/amber overglasses. I start with the overglasses at 8pm. All about blue blocking. Red bulb is in my bedside lamp and is so good that I have ordered a 40w orange bulb for my snug, I`ll be able to read without my overglasses. I even watched Victoria in bed, wearing my overglasses and had the full 8 hours. Nuff on that

PollyWollyDoodle wrote: »

I'm intrigued by the over glasses/light blocking thing, Kittie! You sound really enthusiastic. Have a good day.

I'm intrigued too! Write on that as much as you like kittie, including where you bought the stuff I've been reading recently about the long term effects of lack of sleep, and frankly I need all the help I can get.

My sleep improved when i improved my diet. I now usually get 8 hours a night (unless i've had an amount of alcohol). I am grumpy if i get fewer than 7.

In the summer, the early light wakens me, but i use an airline issue sleep mask when i first 'come to' which sends me back off.

ok, I have just come back in for coffee and my berries/nuts/yoghurt as I split my breakfast up in order to keep me sustained and supplied with protein on a constant level. I have moved over 1/2 tonne of pellet bags this morning and about the same amount of carving wood. What I am saying is that a good nights sleep plus nutrients will provide the energy for a lot of work,unless there is an underlying cause

Re the sleep: I have worked very hard on this, taking it back to basics. In the very old days, people worked and went to bed depending on sunlight and candles. They went very early and woke up for a couple of hours when they re-kindled the fire, made bread and made babies, then they would go back to sleep. These two sleeps were very commonplace and is in dna, hence a lot of people waking around 2-4am every night. It was happening to me but was no good to me because I was getting so sleepy during daylight hours.

Thinking cap on and harking back to my physics and blue light, now emitted after sundown by all lighting devices and all screens. This stops melatonin doing its job. Ideal is natural daylight and being outside for a while, toiling outside in the fields, then coming in, eating and calming down for sleep with no blue light

A yellow or amber filter will block blue light from getting through to the eyes and a red or orange bulb will not give out blue light. I went on ebay/amazon and eventually found some overglasses called solarshield, I bought them in yellow and in amber. The amber is very soothing during bright sunlight as well as blue blocking. The yellow are very good for me to do things like knitting under a bright light (lots of blue), reading or screen watching. All without most of the blue light. Also a very good comfortable fit were some I bought from RNIB shop

The red 15w bulb came on saturday, so I wore my filters from 8pm and switched my red lamp on, brushing my teeth via a red light. Glasses off, bed at 10 and miraculous sleep until 5.30, a little wakeful at 3 but that was ingrained habit. Sunday night, tinted overglasses on at 8, went up at 8.45, sat in cosy bed and watched Victoria through yellow tinted glasses in bedroom, convinced that I would not sleep. Woke at 6. The only light on upstairs was that red 15w lamp

All in all, I am convinced that this is working for me and will work for anyone. It means that I can watch tv, go on the computer, read, knit, make a drink as long as the light remains filtered and the easiest way is via the specs

Thank you all - greenbee, I know what you mean about ignoring spikes of sleep from exhaustion, its not a good thing. VJsmum, a better diet and not too much light, absolutely, those are good things.

Kittie, I've read about segmented sleep, seems a very natural thing when you think about it, so I don't *worry* about it now, thank heavens. Your last sentence sums it up really: "It means that I can watch tv, go on the computer, read, knit, make a drink as long as the light remains filtered and the easiest way is via the specs".

If I can kondo lack of sleep, I'll be a new person. My diet is pretty good (though I need to find a better way to eat nuts, as I currently have a broken tooth maybe blitzing them and using them in a sauce would be the way to go).

Arthritis does give me a few problems sleeping - left hip and right shoulder, which has been operated on, but if I can ramp up everything else, that will help enormously.
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As far as actual kondo goes, great job today with a visit to the tip, helped by my sister: the old cushions and the old sofa are gone from my house, expanding both the living room and the second bedroom. Plus two old, very manky tubs from the garden, with a couple of small bags of garden waste. Really pleased!

Karmacat wrote: »

[/I]If I can kondo lack of sleep, I'll be a new person. My diet is pretty good (though I need to find a better way to eat nuts, as I currently have a broken tooth maybe blitzing them and using them in a sauce would be the way to go).

Home made nut butters, Kc?

Great results on getting all that stuff out - well done on that :T

xx