> Have you thought about consulting professionals re this?
I did but since I found a way to accomodate my schedule (more or less) by working in the afternoon and evening and sleeping through the morning (til about 10.30 or 11 AM) I'm fine for now.
I'd be more interesting in the CHANGE itself.. like in experimenting on changing my sleeping habits, more than in the results.
I tried melatonin and it was awful :D I did it in the wrong way though.
Specifically I took two pills instead of one (I think it was 500g each and I took two) and I slept for about 24 hours straight!
I simply couldn't stay awake so I just took one sick day at work and sleeped it off :O
I also don't like the idea of building my life on top of regular pills usage, unless it's the only way to go through.
I don't exercise regularly, but I have such a busy life that I find it really difficult to find time (and consistency) to stick to it.
When I DID exercise regularly (daily, 30-45 minutes, for about 4 months) it didn't change my sleep habits.
And to be honest I CAN wake up at 7 - 8 AM if somebody kicks me out of bed or if there's an "emergency"
(like one of my children shouting for help or crying) or some family appointments...
but I'm referring specifically to natural sleep rhythm or what my body would "like" to do.
I also somehow find it WAY easier to wake up when I'm NOT at home.
On an interesting note, I live in Italy (UTC+1) and when I went to San Francisco (UTC-7) for work, not long ago, I kept waking up
at 7AM consistently, naturally and went to bed around midnight more or less. I felt NO JETLAG AT ALL.
When I came back, I felt nothing for two days and then I had to sleep for about 12 hours to catch up the normal sleeping rhythm,
then I went straight back to my normal habits.
I admit I probably have the weirdest sleeping habits I can know of :)
Looking for remote, continous cohoperation at first and full-time onwards.
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agree. Also I once worked in a mobile software house where we made a symbian version of a "secure phone call" software and the guys who were working on it were literally going nuts thanks to the Symbian SDK&API.
Go Android.. as sad as it sounds, Google (and luckily the community) is our only hope
Then go to the nearest store you have, take down a list of all the models you think could be worth the money they cost. Plus one or two you think are "a little" too expensive.
After this, come back and say us which are the models you are interested so we can help you build a comparison. ;)
Well.. first of all you should definitely say what you would really need in a laptop:
- portability?
- low weigth?
- big screen?
- very long usage during the day? (8hrs/day)
- brand preference?
- buy online? buy locally? where?
budget under $400 is quite low but something should come out anyway