Man, this article really set me up for disappointment.
> It is a beguiling idea, that one might transform one’s sleep, and the rest of one’s life, with a few virtuous acts of renunciation—no electronics in the bedroom, no coffee after 2 P.M.—and a few dreamy self-care rituals involving baths and tea.
Okay, great. I'm ready to cut through the bullshit. Let's go.
> Aristotle called sleep “a privation of waking,” and a simultaneous longing for and resistance to that privation seems to lie at the heart of insomnia’s torment.
Agreed. That was a terrible article. With a headline like "why we sleep and why we often can't" I thought it would be about why we sleep and why we often can't.
> It is a beguiling idea, that one might transform one’s sleep, and the rest of one’s life, with a few virtuous acts of renunciation—no electronics in the bedroom, no coffee after 2 P.M.—and a few dreamy self-care rituals involving baths and tea.
Okay, great. I'm ready to cut through the bullshit. Let's go.
> Aristotle called sleep “a privation of waking,” and a simultaneous longing for and resistance to that privation seems to lie at the heart of insomnia’s torment.
Oh.