Most Stressful Time & Underslept

Dangerous Dave talks about why 8:15 AM is the most stressful time of the day. Plus, most people are "underslept" and need more rest.

Episode Transcript

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This is deeper in the din withdangerous day. Well, it doesn't matter
if you're a morning person or nightperson. Mornings or the most stressful at
least more stressful than evenings. Surveyasks the most stressful time of day eight
point fifteen in the morning. That'swhy I'm here to help you through.
That makes sense. Eight to fifteenusually involves a combination of getting ready,
getting others ready, preparing to eat, breakfast, commuting, getting others to

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work or school, generally operating beforethe caffeine really kicks in. On the
top of usual running around, morningsalso bring unexpected challenges. The average person
estimate say, lose twenty minutes andtwenty eight seconds on average to the morning
chaos. It goes mostly out ofcontrol. So what are things you can
do to make your mornings go smoother, especially if you have kids? They

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say, prepare the night before,layout closed, pack school bags, prepare
lunches, set up breakfast, plansthe night before, Establish and stick to
your routine. Do a mental checklist, make it repeatable, make things easier,
get things moving faster, Get upbefore the kids, if possible,
wake up thirty minutes before the kids. Get yourself ready, in peace,
delegate responsibilities, assign age appropriate tasksto your children, and limit technology in

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the morning. It's better to keepmornings free from distractions like TV and tablets,
especially for everyone. They can focuson getting ready instead of being sidetracked.
So eight point fifteen is the moststressful time of day. Deeper in
the two Well, if you feellike you'd use an extra hour or two
of sleep last night, welcome tothe club. According to a new Gallup

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poll, most of us aren't gettingenough sleep, at least as much sleep
as we'd like. The first timeit's been the case since they started asking.
In two thousand and one, fiftyseven percent of Americans said they'd feel
better if they got more shut eye. Just forty two percent said they get
as much sleep as they need.Women are more likely to be under slapped.
Thirty six percent are getting enough sleep, compared to forty eight percent of

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men. It's pretty drastic change betweennow and twenty thirteen. A decade ago,
fifty six percent of Americans said theywere getting enough sleep, where forty
three percent were go back even further, the difference is pretty stark. A
poll in nineteen forty two, fiftynine percent of Americans getting at least eight
hours of sleep at night. Threepercent we're getting five hours or less.
Today that jumps to twenty six percentare getting eight hours and five hour number

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is jumped to twenty percent of people. What is to blame technology? Yeah,
it's not like we're sitting up watchingand looking at our etcha sketch.
Tune it again for another episode ofDeeper in the Den with Dangerous daved right here.