Briefing
Fixated on the idea of getting enough rest
The science behind popular methods for improving sleep, and the downsides of caring too much about it.
Updated 2024-Oct-03 06:34
There is also a glass of water and an alarm clock. A child hugs a teddy bear, a woman reads a book and an elderly man sleeps peacefully with his hands folded on his chest. An illustration of people of different ages and genders resting or sleeping on clouds in a night sky.
In this week s Five Weeknight Dishes newsletter Emily Weinstein features recipes from her collection of 100 simple weeknight dinners such as a 30 minute spiced roast chicken a dumpling noodle soup and a cheesy baked pasta with sausage and ricotta.
Click the cover image above to read this week s magazine. Recommendations for the morning include wild swimming in European cities using a car vacuum for back seat messes and getting a quality hammer.
Have a goal for the movie? Steele discusses the importance of normalizing queer individuals in America which this movie accomplishes.
It enhances the understanding of the trans experience. Nevertheless I am not very keen on accommodating those who have despised me for generations.
I hope the film will inspire kindness compassion and understanding in others. If you re a father who enjoyed Anchorman and now have a transgender child maybe you ll be more open to conversations.
Ferrell: Are you ready to talk? Steele: That s the impact I hope the film will have. But I m not concerned with conforming to those who dislike me.
By Maxwell StrachanI’m an editor on Well The Times’s personal health section. Americans used to say we’d sleep when we were dead.
We viewed sleep as a waste of time something prized by the lazy and minimized by the industrious.
How times have changed. These days getting in bed early is cool. People especially those in younger generations have come to better understand the benefits of a good night’s rest and many now make sleep a central part of their personal health routines.
Experts say this is a good thing: Consistently solid sleep can benefit your heart brain immune system and mental health.
But our newfound love of sleep is also leading us to strange places. On social media you can find some people mixing concoctions meant to induce sleep called sleepy girl mocktails and others trying on sleep aids like mouth tape nose tape and jaw straps sometimes all at once.
For many sleep has become something to be optimized even perfected. Kate Lindsay has a fascinating new story in The Times today that explores this growing fixation specifically the large number of people for whom good sleep is not good enough.
They are sometimes called sleepmaxxers. Kate’s story raises a question I’ve been wondering myself: After so many years of worrying too little about sleep is it possible some of us have started worrying too much? In today’s newsletter I’ll walk you through the science behind some popular methods for improving sleep and the possible downsides of caring too much about it.
How do you feel about being out in the world as a woman now? Steele: I still have anxieties. However I generally start each day feeling content a feeling I hadn t experienced for the majority of my 59 years.
Will did you have any doubts about turning your personal life into a documentary? You aren t a comedian who shares personal experiences and I see your comedy as more than just therapy.
Ferrell: I ve been in the industry for a while now so I feel comfortable tackling different topics with my friend.
I ll find out how people react to me. I m in a position where there will be a mix of positive and negative outcomes!.
