Ask HN: How to Work Fewer Hours?

Re:Ask HN: How to Work Fewer Hours? by armagon on Friday August 20, 2021 @11:04AM (#28246854)

Thank you for the reply. I think the area of my health most out of whack is my mental health, although I did recently learn that I have a number of allergies and food aversions.

Some nights I'd like to go to bed earlier (and often I do get to bed at a decent time), but my wife likes to stay up late because the house is finally quiet with the kids asleep, and sometimes that keeps me up.

I'll make a mental note to look into sleep apnea.

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Re:Ask HN: How to Work Fewer Hours? by ksnape on Friday August 20, 2021 @11:31AM (#28247181)

I entirely understand where you're coming from. I've always been the one to fall asleep hours before my partner, and it causes friction.

I had a bunch of other words here that can really be boiled down to ; there's a very very good chance that something health/physical related is causing or amplifying those mental health balance struggles. I speak from experience, not just rando internet advice :)

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Re:Ask HN: How to Work Fewer Hours? by armagon on Friday August 20, 2021 @12:29PM (#28247933)

> I entirely understand where you're coming from. I've always been the one to fall asleep hours before my partner, and it causes friction.

Nice to hear I'm not alone here.

> I had a bunch of other words here that can really be boiled down to ; there's a very very good chance that something health/physical related is causing or amplifying those mental health balance struggles. I speak from experience, not just rando internet advice :)

I believe it.

I'm actively trying to improve my health, but results come in the medium-/long-term, and I'm feeling the struggle in the day-to-day.

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Re:Ask HN: How to Work Fewer Hours? by ksnape on Friday August 20, 2021 @01:09PM (#28248519)

It's the process of identifying it that takes time. If it were sleep apnea, especially severe, a few days to a week of change would be enough to elicit a mental health shift.

The same generalities probably apply to other subtle health issues that can have 2nd order mental health effects.

edit - you're in AB, right next door to me. Go to your GP (and/or find a GP via walk-in by asking for a blood panel / urine test). Have them check for diabetes risks, acth (cortisol) levels re: apnea, and probably a fair few other things that you can at least then check off as invalid.

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