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☆ I'm a wellness-app founder who developed insomnia in lockdown. Here's the routine I used to get my sleep back on track.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Lola Christina Alao | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

She told Insider she began sleeping terribly while working up to 14 hours in lockdown. My morning — and evening — routines used to be very different when I had insomnia in 2020. I like to say affirmations when I'm in a depressed mood — but when I'm feeling tired, breathing exercises help a lot. I start with more high-level strategic things, like reviewing the product roadmap — things that actually require a lot of brainpower. After three hours of this deep-focus time, I go out and walk my dog to make sure I'm getting enough exposure to light.

☆ Stocks, oil struggle to pull out of four-day slide
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Marc Jones | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Germany's 10-year bond yield , seen as the benchmark borrowing cost for the bloc, circled around 1.795% for most of the morning having hit a two-month low of 1.788% on Wednesday. The yield on 10-year Treasury notes was up fractionally at 3.453%, while yield on the 30-year Treasury bond inched up to 3.445%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index climbed more than 3% while China's tech giants Alibaba and Meituan (3690.HK) jumped 6% each. Among the main commodities, oil found its footing after a four-day drop that had taken it into the red for the year. Additional reporting by Harry Robertson; Editing by Arun Koyyur and Angus MacSwanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Feeling Groggy? You Might Have ‘Social Jet Lag’
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Dominique Mosbergen | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A person’s social clock is influenced by obligations such as work and school, as well as social activities. Groggy and disoriented on Monday morning after a weekend of late nights? “Social jet lag” may be to blame, sleep experts say, an inconsistency of sleep schedules that research suggests could have as much an impact on health as how much sleep one gets. Almost half of U.S. adults experience some social jet lag, according to a new study published Tuesday in the journal JAMA Network Open. The term refers to the mismatch between a person’s biological time, determined by an internal body clock, and their social clock, which is influenced by obligations such as work and school, as well as social activities.

☆ Sleepy at Work? You Might Have ‘Social Jet Lag’
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Dominique Mosbergen | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Groggy and disoriented on Monday morning after a weekend of late nights? “Social jet lag” may be to blame, sleep experts say, an inconsistency of sleep schedules that research suggests could have as much of an impact on health as how much sleep one gets. Almost half of U.S. adults experience some social jet lag, according to a new study published Tuesday in the journal JAMA Network Open. The term refers to the mismatch between a person’s biological time, which is determined by circadian rhythms, the roughly 24-hour cycles driven by an internal body clock, and their social clock, which is influenced by obligations such as work and school, as well as social activities.

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