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Recently I had problems when waking up early and I read about the topic to improve my sleep quality. It is quite important for my day how my day starts. First what i think is important are considering the sleep cyles. The human's sleep cylce is around 90 minutes long. This includes light sleep, deep sleep and the rapid eye movement phase where we dream. Our body is not made for getting interrupted in a sleep cycle. What I want to point out is that when you track how long you need to get to sleep and add your desired number of sleep cyles you will wake up awake and fresh. I want to underline that it depends from person to person how many sleep cycles you need and of course how much physical activity your body needs to do. Second, for having uninterrupted sleep cycles it is important to not get interrupted by anything unimportant during sleep. If you live near a busy street i would recommend soundproof windows. Make sure to darken your room enirely. Maybe it is also beneficial to use ear plugs. In general there are a lot of ways to improve your sleep.
March 11, 2024
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“Lady Sings the Blues” — An Interesting Biography of Billie Holiday This book, published in 1956, is a must for any jazz music lover. Written by Billie Holiday herself and William Dufty, it covers the struggling life of Lady Day in the first person from her birth to the fifties, immersing yourself in the musical ambiance and lifestyle of jazz musicians of three decades. This hard story teaches us about coping, perseverance, and resilience. Since her childhood, Holiday faced discrimination, fear, poverty, substance abuse, and all kinds of difficulties that didn't prevent her from becoming the most creative and emotional jazz singer of all time. “Lady Sings the Blues” not only teaches us about jazz history, but also entertains us with a bitter sense of humor and a writing style that makes its reading pleasant. Since this book is autobiographical and published during Billie’s lifetime, some facts may have been altered or embellished. Some of them are different from the ones I've studied in other sources, but I don’t know which ones to believe. You can't expect the rawness of Sylvia Plath Diaries, to whom death came so soon so she couldn’t change anything, or the accuracy of an historian writer. However, the relevant storyline sustains. In conclusion, this biography is an interesting approach to Billie Holiday life that for sure will let you understand her songs and interpretation style way more better. I personally enjoy it so much and I strongly believe that it is worth a read if you like jazz as much as I do.
March 10, 2024
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