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What Happened When Matt of Podcast Notes Stopped Using an Alarm?

The old title of this note asks how a podcast changes your life. At this moment on Crazy Wisdom, Matt of Podcast Notes is talking about sleep. Sleep podcasts had already pushed him to focus on sleep for about a year. About a week after he got back, he stopped using an alarm. He says he had used one his whole life, that alarms are useful, and that he is lucky he can now wake without one. What he is finding is that on days he does not wake to an alarm, he sleeps nine or nine and a half hours.

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What would you learn if you took notes on the best podcasts? ·

Crazy Wisdom

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