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The Sleepscape: Issue 39
by Manta Sleep
Featuring a hand-picked selection of the internet’s best sleep tips, products and curiosities
The Sleepscape: Issue 39
by Manta Sleep
Featuring a hand-picked selection of the internet’s best sleep tips, products and curiosities
🤔 Questions that keep us awake… Where did the term “40 winks” come from?
(Answer at the end of the issue.)
🤔 Questions that keep us awake… Where did the term “40 winks” come from?
(Answer at the end of the issue.)
Actionable wisdom:
“It is a common misperception that our dream life is simply our brain “taking out the day’s trash” or only unconscious wishes at play. Dreams sometimes do reflect just these things, but they offer so much more.”
💭 Your subconscious can open the door to enhanced creativity, problem-solving ability, self-awareness and confidence. The downside? It delivers this information by way of cryptic symbolism and outright nonsense, 90% of which is forgotten minutes after waking.
7 Keys to Dream Recall provides guidance for observing, recording and remembering your dreams, plus some solid tips for a good night’s sleep.
This week’s cool thing:
🏕️ If you have a sit/stand desk and you’re looking to spice up the location of your midday naps, dim the lights and give this under-the-desk hammock a try. (Before installing it, make sure your company didn’t skimp and get the cheap desks.)
Side note:
🧠 Ever wonder what today’s great minds think about current events? Pay a visit to the YouTube channel Big Think and find out. Top brainiacs Michio Kaku, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Deepak Chopra, Richard Branson and a host of others provide their views on recent goings-on and share insights into their areas of expertise. Think big or go home.
💡Answer: The expression “40 winks” (to describe a nap) first saw print in 1821 in The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life by Dr. William Kitchiner — though the expression was already in conversational use.
A similar expression, “9 winks,” was also common at the time. The phrase’s history is lost to oral tradition, though the “40” is believed to be tied to the number’s Biblical significance.
(Question at the top of the issue.)
💡Answer: The expression “40 winks” (to describe a nap) first saw print in 1821 in The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life by Dr. William Kitchiner — though the expression was already in conversational use.
A similar expression, “9 winks,” was also common at the time. The phrase’s history is lost to oral tradition, though the “40” is believed to be tied to the number’s Biblical significance.
(Question at the top of the issue.)
Back matter:
As always, if you got something out of this email and know someone else who would too, we’d love it if you forwarded it to them.
And if you want to improve your sleep (or the sleep of someone you care about), all of our products are designed to do just that.
Finally, if you come across anything interesting this week, feel free to send it our way! We love sharing things that we find through readers of this newsletter.
Have a great week,
The Manta Sleep crew
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