1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,080 Hello, welcome back to Crosstalk Podcast. 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:03,840 I'm Tommy. Hi, I'm Andrea. 3 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:07,320 Anderson, how well do you usually sleep on tonight? 4 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:12,040 Ah, that's a difficult question. I usually sleep pretty deeply, 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,520 like quality wise I think it's OK, but I don't. 6 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,760 I don't sleep for a long time. I sleep for a pretty short time. 7 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,800 How about you? I sleep instantly at night. 8 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:23,920 Yeah, I. Fall asleep pretty fast, yes. 9 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:25,480 Yeah. Do you sleep for a long time? 10 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:29,160 I sleep a lot. I mean, I sleep longer than you. 11 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,640 Well, everyone sleeps longer than me probably. 12 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:35,520 But yesterday I bought her PC game. 13 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,400 Uh. Oh yeah, I know what that means. 14 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:41,320 What do you know? That means you stayed up late 15 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:43,240 playing games and you didn't sleep enough. 16 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,360 Right. I knew it. 17 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,800 I'm OK now because I'm drinking a red pool. 18 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:51,320 Right now you seem you sleep very quiet today. 19 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:54,000 That's why I don't. Know I feel energetic. 20 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:56,560 OK, can I ask what game you bought last night? 21 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:00,760 I think you don't know this game, but I bought Slay the 22 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,280 Aspire too. OK, No, I don't know that. 23 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,600 It's a kind of a card game and it's kind of it's, it's a 24 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:12,320 popular game right now. OK, so can we ask what time did 25 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:16,200 you stay up until last night? Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait. 26 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:17,680 Let's take a bet. Let's take a bet. 27 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:21,320 I'm going to bet 4:00 AM. 4:00 AM Yeah, very close. 28 00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:26,880 Oh, very, very close. 345. No 5 in five in the morning. 29 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:30,200 Oh. My God, Oh my God. 30 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:36,120 You know I started this game around 12:00. 31 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:40,520 Oh my God. And I was thinking maybe I can 32 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:46,120 play a few round, OK, and then staying up late until, you know, 33 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:49,720 five in 5:00 AM. So this game must be kind of 34 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:52,680 exciting if you stayed up playing for five hours. 35 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:57,320 Yeah, it's it's fun. Also it's maybe everybody says 36 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:00,760 this type of game or eating up your time. 37 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:02,800 OK. Yeah, I can see that, yes. 38 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:06,040 And I did. I was like, what? 39 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,840 Oh wow. OK, OK, well I'm glad you had 40 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:13,080 fun at least. Yeah, This is why I didn't want 41 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:17,600 to buy video games I see for many, many months, many, many 42 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:19,520 years. Did you have a same kind of 43 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,560 experience before? Not with games, but with 44 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,160 Netflix. Oh. 45 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:27,840 If there was a series I was watching, but it's not that I 46 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,680 stayed up watching Netflix the whole time. 47 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:36,480 I probably recently I've I've been feeling very tired recently 48 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,360 actually. So when I go home, I get home 49 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:43,080 like around 993010 PM and I'll eat dinner really fast. 50 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,840 And I think OK, I'll take a rest on the sofa for like 30 minutes 51 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,360 and I fall asleep on the sofa. And then I wake up at like 2:00 52 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,560 AM or 3:00 AM and I'll take a fast bath or a shower, and then 53 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:56,800 I'll go back to sleep from like 4:00 AM. 54 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:00,800 So technically I was not awake until 4:00 AM because I slept 55 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:03,160 for three hours on the sofa or whatever. 56 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:07,560 But yeah, like, there have been a few nights last week when I 57 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:12,360 didn't sleep all the way through the night when I woke up halfway 58 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:14,400 through. Three, OK. 59 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:16,280 Because I slept on the sofa. Uh huh. 60 00:03:16,640 --> 00:03:18,960 Don't you feel tired the next day I. 61 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,840 Mean I feel OK if I can sleep more than five hours. 62 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:26,600 If in total I usually feel OK, yeah, a little tired A. 63 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:31,640 Little shorter sleep hours. Yeah, I'm a little sleepy today 64 00:03:31,640 --> 00:03:34,560 because I only slept for like 4 1/2 hours last night. 65 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,440 OK, that's quite short. Yeah, it was a little short. 66 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:43,400 OK, so we want to talk about this sleep hacks, yes? 67 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:47,720 Today, sleep hacks. So usually I use Netflix when I 68 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:52,680 go to bed and fall asleep in in 5 minutes or so. 69 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:56,600 OK, so what's your technique to fall? 70 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,440 Asleep, I don't really have any techniques. 71 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:03,560 I just, I like a really warm bed. 72 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:09,160 So I'll turn on my electric heater like an hour or so 30 73 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,960 minutes before I go to bed. And then when I get into bed 74 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:18,120 it'll be really nice and warm and toasty and it's very easy to 75 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,120 fall asleep. I just turn the lights out and 76 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:24,640 and I sleep with my cats. I have two cats that I sleep 77 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:30,320 with and I kind of play with my cats for a few minutes and make 78 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:32,600 sure they're comfortable and then I just turn the lights out. 79 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:35,440 I usually fall asleep very quickly. 80 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:41,080 Oh yeah, yeah. So don't you watch any TV movies 81 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:44,520 while you were in the bed? No, never while I'm in the bed 82 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:46,720 until like right up until I go to bed. 83 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:51,680 Yes, I'll be watching Netflix. And you know, they say that you 84 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:56,400 should not watch TV or you should not look at your phones 85 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,600 for about an hour before you go to bed. 86 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:01,960 But I do. I look at my phone like right up 87 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,560 until I'm in bed. But I do not look at my phone 88 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:05,880 while I'm in bed. Never. 89 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:06,920 Never. Hardly ever. 90 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:12,400 Maybe some people use Netflix but not watching this screen 91 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,520 right? Some people put phone aside of 92 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:20,640 your bed and just listen Netflix or podcast. 93 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:23,600 I hope they don't fall asleep to our podcast. 94 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:26,920 I think some people do. That'd be OK. 95 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:30,080 Or listening musics. Yeah. 96 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:32,680 Or listening. Yeah, yeah, yeah, right. 97 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:34,680 Yeah, I don't. But yeah, a lot of people do 98 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:36,000 listen to music. Yeah. 99 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:39,960 Like like relaxing music. Oh yeah, yeah, definitely. 100 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:43,160 I have talked with this with someone before. 101 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:48,480 This person use ASMR while you are while they are sleeping. 102 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:52,200 OK, ASMR. Do you guys know what ASMR is? 103 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:56,080 Yeah, it's basically just like relaxing sounds. 104 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:02,200 Yeah, I thought so, but this person used the videos. 105 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,160 That woman eating food? Oh. 106 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:10,760 So that they are this person enjoying the sound of eating. 107 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:16,040 OK, that's not my thing, but OK. Me neither. 108 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,320 I thought about. I was like, how can you sleep 109 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,240 with someone? Eating food next to you. 110 00:06:22,280 --> 00:06:24,560 Yeah. Yeah, before. 111 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:27,920 We move on. 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I don't like cold weather so I 124 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:15,080 don't think I would like to do this do. 125 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,120 You use the heater while you were sleeping. 126 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:22,320 A little bit. I have a air conditioner in the 127 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:25,000 room that I use, but mostly it's for my cats. 128 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,080 Not not so much for me, but definitely in the winter. 129 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:31,200 I have a electric blanket. Yes. 130 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:33,200 Oh, it's an electric blanket too. 131 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:35,080 Yeah. And then if it's really cold 132 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:37,720 like I have, I don't know what it's called. 133 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:41,560 It's like a neck warmer thing that you put in the microwave. 134 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:45,120 It has beads and azuki beans inside that keeps your neck 135 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:46,320 warm. So you heat it up in the 136 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:48,920 microwave and then you wrap it around your neck with when you 137 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:50,840 sleep. Keeps your neck warm. 138 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,760 And I've got one for my eyes, and I've got one for my stomach, 139 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:57,320 too. Is that some kind of a UTAM 140 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,080 pole? Yeah, it's kind of like that, 141 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:02,080 except it's not water. It's just the beads inside that 142 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:03,520 you heat up. It's very nice. 143 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:05,400 They're very nice. Never heard of it. 144 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:07,880 Yeah, the eye mask is especially good, and you can just get them 145 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,720 at any pharmacy. Very good. 146 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:14,800 Sounds nice. I I don't use any of that and I 147 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:18,880 like sleeping in a cold room. Actually, yeah, they say that if 148 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:20,600 you sleep in a cold room, you get better sleep. 149 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:24,920 Yeah, so from the other country, Guatemala. 150 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:30,080 Yeah, of whispering your stress to tiny dolls under your pillow 151 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,559 so you can sleep. I've heard of this. 152 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:34,520 These are called worry dolls. Really. 153 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:38,840 Yeah. Like the doll kind of absorbs 154 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:43,159 your stress I think, and then takes it away from you so you 155 00:08:43,159 --> 00:08:44,240 can sleep better. Oh. 156 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:48,720 OK I wonder is Japan has a similar culture I. 157 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:50,840 Don't know, I've never heard of anything like that. 158 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,360 No, in Japan. How about AUS? 159 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:58,600 Is there any particular way of falling asleep? 160 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,880 I think only Native Americans have what we call dream 161 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:04,920 catchers, and these are popular in Japan too. 162 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:09,200 I think we talked about these before, but in Japan they just 163 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:11,880 sold as like decorations. But basically it looks like a 164 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:15,920 web of woven string with feathers on it. 165 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:22,360 And you traditionally these are made from like shikano suji, 166 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:23,200 right? Deer. 167 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:25,760 Deer. What is suji in English? 168 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:31,160 I can't think of the word. I know what it is tendon. 169 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,440 Tendon. Yeah, it's like tendons from a 170 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:38,840 deer's leg that is made into string, and they tie knots with 171 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:40,520 this. And then you hang it above your 172 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:44,360 head when you sleep and it catches all the bad dreams 173 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:46,880 before the bedrooms get into your head. 174 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:51,240 But this is only native people. This is not everyone. 175 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:54,600 OK, have you ever used this dream catcher I. 176 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:58,320 Have and it really worked. Actually, when I had one in 177 00:09:58,320 --> 00:09:59,960 America, I never had a bad dream. 178 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:02,160 Oh yeah, yeah. They're very nice. 179 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:06,280 Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's good. Speaking of a bad dream, I had a 180 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:08,960 bizarre dream last night. Oh, really? 181 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:13,640 Actually, a few nights ago I was selling something in Kyoto. 182 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:16,360 Oh. You know, I don't know why 183 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:21,200 Kyoto. It felt like a Kyoto OK from 184 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:22,400 scenery. OK. 185 00:10:22,680 --> 00:10:28,560 And I've and I was probably doing tension funin or 186 00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:33,920 something, OK, but I didn't have any family to leave behind. 187 00:10:34,560 --> 00:10:37,320 Right, because you're single. Right, right. 188 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,880 So I had no idea what was happening in that dream. 189 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:43,400 That's weird. Yeah, But I felt like I'm doing 190 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:44,960 this. That's very weird. 191 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,280 Yeah, that's very weird. Yeah. 192 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:49,960 I had a weird dream the other day too but I didn't remember 193 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:52,160 what it was. But I do remember waking up 194 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:54,480 thinking oh that's really weird. I don't. 195 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:56,640 I don't often remember my dreams though. 196 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:57,760 Me neither. Yeah. 197 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:00,320 Yeah, maybe some people need our dream catcher. 198 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:02,480 Yeah. I think maybe we should get 199 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:04,040 some. Oh yeah, yeah. 200 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:07,360 Well, you know, we talked at the beginning of the episode about 201 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:10,640 how, like, I don't sleep very long and you do sleep. 202 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,280 But last night you didn't, you didn't sleep very long. 203 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:19,400 If you guys remember, like one of my New Year's resolutions 204 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:22,640 this year was to get better sleep, to fix my sleep schedule. 205 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:26,280 But like I feel like my sleep schedule is getting worse 206 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,280 actually. Mine too, actually. 207 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,120 Yeah, I don't. I think for me like it's an age 208 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:36,000 fact factor also like I feel really tired recently. 209 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:39,280 Maybe. It's either age or season or 210 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:41,640 something. Maybe it's seasonal thing. 211 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:45,520 Yeah, maybe. Yeah, we can't control that. 212 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:48,960 Yeah, I just feel so tired, like when I get home right away, 213 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:51,960 Yeah, but I still have a lot of work to do and I still have 214 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:54,040 stuff I need to get done before I go to sleep. 215 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:57,240 But I can't not sleep. I feel like my schedule is 216 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:01,000 getting really bad. So I'm going to try in the next 217 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:05,320 couple of weeks to be better about getting my schedule back 218 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:08,480 on track. The solutions definitely go to 219 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:14,080 bed earlier Yeah, but what what else we can do So if you guys 220 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:19,880 had any technique or tips to get better sleep, please comment on 221 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:24,960 the social media Yeah or send a message to our website Yeah, 222 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:28,040 through website. 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