Work and school dictate a lot about how we structure our days, from day-care drop off to commute length, to when we eat and go to the gym. Most importantly, these obligations impact when we wake up and go to sleep. | cbc_life
Work and school dictate a lot about how we structure our days, from day-care drop off to commute length, to when we eat and go to the gym. Most importantly, these obligations impact when we wake up and go to sleep.
But with more people working from home as a result of the pandemic, we can use reclaimed commute time to better align our biological clocks with our social obligations, and reap the health and productivity benefits.There are two processes that interact to determine humans' natural, biological sleep patterns. The first is called homeostasis. It works by making us more tired the longer we're awake.
"Our circadian rhythms are synchronized to the light/dark cycle of the sun. They're not synchronized to our work schedule or the time on our watch," says Juda. "It's something that we just really underestimate." Keeping track of your sleep on weekends or on vacations when you're getting a full night's sleep, and when you're not using an alarm or drinking alcohol can start to give you an idea of how much sleep your body naturally needs and when you naturally wake up and get sleepy. Not having to commute to work during the pandemic gives you an extra buffer to extend this experiment into the work week.
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