Because learning about your brain and sleep can be fun . . .
Fifty years ago, lots of people who slept alone fell asleep to the monophonic sound of AM radio. It was part of their bedtime routine. Due to the characteristics of the broadcast frequency, AM radio stations carried news, information, and music from far-off cities at night, frequently reaching communities more than a thousand miles away.…
People come up with all kinds of health advice. Some of it’s very good, very perceptive. Some of it is terrible. One of the stupidest bits of advice I’ve come across recently is that you should do calisthenics and other exercises in bed. It’s not repeated in just one place. It’s repeated in many places…
Can you imagine a world where it’s a luxury to get up from a bed to walk around in an apartment-sized living area? When self-driving cars progress further down the development curve, it could happen. Beyond the effects on jobs in transportation like truck driving and delivery, wages won’t keep up with real estate price…
If you think every dream you journal will be profound, surprising, or funny, you’ll be sorely disappointed. Here’s a little acknowledged secret: Some dreams are boring. The themes of some dreams are so dull, so mind-numbingly obvious, they’re like training produced by the human resources department at a large company. They’re reminders more than anything…
You can get in trouble when you treat relationships as tools. You can also have problems when you treat tools as relationships. Your body, however, falls into a grey area. You need to treat it both as a tool and a valuable relationship. This can be tricky and hard to do. If you manage this,…
Many have found grounding (also called “earthing”) to accelerate healing and speed recovery while sleeping. How about you? If you haven’t had much in the way of results, here are some things to try. Grounding (also known as earthing) can sound, at first, like a bunch of hokum. When proponents talk about how it works,…
After a busy day, listening to sleeping sounds with a pair of sleep headphones as you drift off to Dreamland can be like going on a vacation. Maybe it’s the best kind of vacation. There are no crowds or airport security at the airport. There’s no lost luggage. There are no lines to wait in…
You may have seen rows of them in grocery, drug stores, discount, and big-box stores alike. They usually have an attractive drawing on them. The ones found in the United States are often dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, St. Michael, St. Joseph, or another sacred concept, and mostly sold to…
The Centers for Disease Control has a great article about what to do if you’re sick with COVID-19. It has another one, too, about caring for someone at home who has COVID-19. These instructions are pertinent for a wide group of people. For others with preexisting conditions, they don’t cover the whole existing dilemma. Think…
Weaknesses in plans, single points of failure, can become evident in dreams. Have your heart set on going to a particular college? Maybe you want to apply to more than one anyway, just so you don’t miss a year of school if you’re not accepted at your main college. Settling in a romantic relationship for…