super simple script to calculate best length of sleep
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sleepCalc.lua |
Sleep calc
Silly script in Lua to help me with sleep planing. Should work well in termux. Developed with Lua5.3 should work in any Lua5
What it does:
It prints what are the best times to wake up and duration of sleep when presented wake up times are used. Like this:
$ # now it's 01:34; we expect to fall asleep in 5 minutes
$ ./sleepCalc.lua 5
If gonna fall sleep at: 01:39
Wake up | to sleep
------------------
03:04 | 01h30m
04:34 | 03h00m
06:04 | 04h30m
07:34 | 06h00m
09:04 | 07h30m
10:34 | 09h00m
12:04 | 10h30m
13:34 | 12h00m
Usage
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Two (optional) positional arguments
-
Number of minutes you estimate it will take you to fall asleep
- Default is 40 because I'm the only expected audience and I always to pray to Luna & Celestia before sleep
-
How many minutes one sleep cycle takes
- Default is 90minutes
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Notice
- Don't quote me on this I haven't actually done any research in this area
- This is just summarized knowledge I collected from randoms on the internet
- Most of it is probably wrong or oversimplified
- Total amount of research that went into this is < 5
- I just did it a few times and felt it actually worked (could be placebo)
Basic ideas
- Ideal power nap is 20min
- Light sleep part of sleep is every 1h30m
- if you wake up in some multiple of 90 minutes, you should feel fresh a well rested