Below, I share content I consumed and learned from last week. I spent time doing general learning about a variety of topics.

What I consumed last week and what I learned from it:

• Why everyone wakes up at 3 a.m. – YouTube interview with Dr. Michael Breus, clinical psychologist and clinical sleep specialist. This interview helped me understand why I wake up in the middle of the night. Breus explains that body temperature peaks around 10:30 p.m. and then decreases so it can release melatonin to aid sleep. The body continues to cool until about 3 a.m. and then starts to warm up to avoid hypothermia. The warming of the body causes people to go from deep sleep to light sleep and then wake up. Some people immediately fall back asleep (and don’t even realize they woke up); others can’t go back to sleep.

That’s what I learned from what I consumed last week.