You're Too Good to Feel This Bad: An Orthodox Approach to Living an Unorthodox Life

by Nate Dallas

raise your standards. Better standards require us to remove some things and add some others. They force us to accept some things and refuse to accept others. At this point in life, you don’t need another lecture. You probably only need a few new tools, and perhaps a quick demo.

Melatonin does not affect how deeply you sleep, but it greatly influences how sleepy you become each day. Melatonin gets released into your body mostly after dusk. When light dissipates, and your brain perceives darkness, the hormone level increases. In a natural setting without flashing billboards and overhead kitchen lights, melatonin activity initiates at sunset. It continues for a few hours until it reaches a peak that cues you to go to sleep. Like adenosine, as melatonin builds in the system, we become sleepier.