Devon Seegers

“These napping communities have sometimes been described as “the places where people forget to die.” From a prescription written long ago in our ancestral genetic code, the practice of natural biphasic sleep, and a healthy diet, appear to be the keys to a long-sustained life.”
― Matthew Walker, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

“Universal parental wisdom knows that bad sleep the night before leads to a bad mood and emotional reactivity the next day.”
― Matthew Walker, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

“a 20 percent learning advantage for those who slept.”
― Matthew Walker, Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams

“Similarly problematic is baseline resetting. With chronic sleep restriction over months or years, an individual will actually acclimate to their impaired performance, lower alertness, and reduced energy levels. That low-level exhaustion becomes their accepted norm, or baseline. Individuals fail to recognize how their perennial state of sleep deficiency has come to compromise their mental aptitude and physical vitality, including the slow accumulation of ill health.”
― Matthew Walker, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams