Early-Birds vs Night Owls

Good morning! Welcome to today’s edition of ZenPreneur, the newsletter that goes down– dare I say it– easier than your morning cup of joe.

Alright. So, today, we’re going to talk about sleeping and waking times. Not gonna tell you to sleep in at 8:30 pm like your grandma– you can chill out college students.

You might be thinking, “Is wake time really that important”? “Do the 4:30 am rise and grind lads on Youtube have a point”?? 

Well, I Woke up bright and early this morning at 2:30 am and only hit the snooze button once. Now I'm super ready to hop on that morning flight I missed yesterday, which brings me to some research points: 

• Wake up at a consistent time– Consistency in wake times improves your circadian rhythm, resulting in improved brain connectivity, improved attention, and focus

• (brace yourself 20 year olds) Through MRI studies done by the University of Binghampton, a being a night owl (aka sleeping past 2am) was shown to lead to poorer attention and worse recovery times 

  • C’mon lads, even on fridays/saturdays, we can shoot for a clean pre-2am, can’t we?

Now, let’s talk about a key piece of sleep tech that you’ve probably heard of EightSleep (not an ad- we'll dive into this epic founding tale later).

Basically, one of the co-founders, Matteo, talks about the importance of regulating body temperature when you sleep. Your environment needs to have the ideal temperature- not too high, not too low.

Goldilox that shit.

Anyway, there is a ton of research suggesting that sleeping between 60 and 72 degrees Fahrenheit is the ideal temperature for deep sleep, with that solid number being 65 in between. 

I can already see Elon tweeting “69” as the perfect sleep temp- interesting times at Twitter, eh?

Anyways, lads, get your work done, set your thermostats properly, and I’ll see you tomorrow. Peace out.