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Sleep Hacking
How I used powerful sleep hacks to get by on less than 6.5 hours sleep a
night
Darragh O'Neill 1
Why sleep hack?
• Quality over quantity
• More time
• More recovery in less time
• Higher state of vitality and wellbeing
• Etc..
Darragh O'Neill 2
What does quality mean then?
• ?
• ?
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Darragh O'Neill 3
What does quality mean then?
• Quantity of sleep(not too much or too little)
• Sleep timing(same time to rise and fall asleep)
• Sleep latency(low latency)
• Sleep architecture(various factors affect this; discussed later)
Darragh O'Neill 4
How do I improve the quality then?
• Light
• Temperature
• Air quality
• Improve breathing
• EMF
Darragh O'Neill 5
Light hacking(Darragh’s sleep
commandements!)
• Law 1: Thao shall sleep in a pitch black environment
• Law 2: Thao shall wakeup in a bright environment
• Law 3: Thao shall not let melatonin reducing bluelight in the evening
Darragh O'Neill 6
Temperature hacking
• Don’t leave radiators on late in the bedroom
• Use a fan to cool off
• Good bedsheets
• Proper duvet
Darragh O'Neill 7
Air hacking
• Invest in a hepa air filter
• Keep indoor plants in the bedroom
Darragh O'Neill 8
Breathing hacks
• Breath right strips
• Turbine nasal dilator
• Always breath through your nose
Darragh O'Neill 9
Darragh O'Neill 10
EMF hacks
• Disable wifi at night
• Put phone on aeroplane mode
• No bluetooth accessories
• Don’t sleep next to electronics
Darragh O'Neill 11
My sleep tracking devices
Darragh O'Neill 12
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