Dr. Matthew Walker

7 p.m., get there at 9.30, set up the club, run from 10 until 2, 2, cash the till, which is the most cognitively demanding task before you're about to finish, get back in the car, 2.30, drive back to Newcastle, get in at 5 a.m. And I did that once a fortnight for four years.

7 p.m., get there at 9.30, set up the club, run from 10 until 2, 2, cash the till, which is the most cognitively demanding task before you're about to finish, get back in the car, 2.30, drive back to Newcastle, get in at 5 a.m. And I did that once a fortnight for four years.

7 p.m., get there at 9.30, set up the club, run from 10 until 2, 2, cash the till, which is the most cognitively demanding task before you're about to finish, get back in the car, 2.30, drive back to Newcastle, get in at 5 a.m. And I did that once a fortnight for four years.

There would also be one night in Newcastle where I'd be up until at the very least 2.30 in the morning because I was cashing the till at one of our, we would call it a domestic event, one of the home games as opposed to an away game.

There would also be one night in Newcastle where I'd be up until at the very least 2.30 in the morning because I was cashing the till at one of our, we would call it a domestic event, one of the home games as opposed to an away game.

There would also be one night in Newcastle where I'd be up until at the very least 2.30 in the morning because I was cashing the till at one of our, we would call it a domestic event, one of the home games as opposed to an away game.

and uh you know i'd alternate that with my business partner and then there was you know just the vacillations of being a 20 year old club promoter in the north of england so you know that was all of that stuff was happening and uh yeah that happened until i was 32 and then you know covid comes along and that's the first time in my entire life that i go to bed and i wake up at the

and uh you know i'd alternate that with my business partner and then there was you know just the vacillations of being a 20 year old club promoter in the north of england so you know that was all of that stuff was happening and uh yeah that happened until i was 32 and then you know covid comes along and that's the first time in my entire life that i go to bed and i wake up at the

and uh you know i'd alternate that with my business partner and then there was you know just the vacillations of being a 20 year old club promoter in the north of england so you know that was all of that stuff was happening and uh yeah that happened until i was 32 and then you know covid comes along and that's the first time in my entire life that i go to bed and i wake up at the

Did you feel subjectively any, and be truthful, just- Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, look, for me, the single biggest determinant in my mood is my sleep. If I'm underslept, also if I've slept in, a lot of that's to do with the story that I tell myself. I think I wanted to start becoming a morning person. And I thought, oh, you know, genetic night, maybe we can get onto it.

Did you feel subjectively any, and be truthful, just- Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, look, for me, the single biggest determinant in my mood is my sleep. If I'm underslept, also if I've slept in, a lot of that's to do with the story that I tell myself. I think I wanted to start becoming a morning person. And I thought, oh, you know, genetic night, maybe we can get onto it.

Did you feel subjectively any, and be truthful, just- Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, look, for me, the single biggest determinant in my mood is my sleep. If I'm underslept, also if I've slept in, a lot of that's to do with the story that I tell myself. I think I wanted to start becoming a morning person. And I thought, oh, you know, genetic night, maybe we can get onto it.

Genetic night owls, early birds. I must be one in night owl thing. It's like, God. maybe, but also you've had to survive in this industry for the last 15 years. So maybe your body's just compensating for what it is that you have to do. But I found that the quality of my mood, the quality of my thoughts, my emotional regulation, these things took a marked...

Genetic night owls, early birds. I must be one in night owl thing. It's like, God. maybe, but also you've had to survive in this industry for the last 15 years. So maybe your body's just compensating for what it is that you have to do. But I found that the quality of my mood, the quality of my thoughts, my emotional regulation, these things took a marked...

Genetic night owls, early birds. I must be one in night owl thing. It's like, God. maybe, but also you've had to survive in this industry for the last 15 years. So maybe your body's just compensating for what it is that you have to do. But I found that the quality of my mood, the quality of my thoughts, my emotional regulation, these things took a marked...

turn for the better, I found myself being able to regulate my appetite more, what it was that I wanted to eat. Even if I was getting the eight hours, because I wasn't getting ripped around by basically doing shift work, that didn't happen. Yeah, a lot of things, my ability to introspect changed as well. Lots of things. Yeah.

turn for the better, I found myself being able to regulate my appetite more, what it was that I wanted to eat. Even if I was getting the eight hours, because I wasn't getting ripped around by basically doing shift work, that didn't happen. Yeah, a lot of things, my ability to introspect changed as well. Lots of things. Yeah.

turn for the better, I found myself being able to regulate my appetite more, what it was that I wanted to eat. Even if I was getting the eight hours, because I wasn't getting ripped around by basically doing shift work, that didn't happen. Yeah, a lot of things, my ability to introspect changed as well. Lots of things. Yeah.

And isn't it, it's almost like being in a room where the refrigerator compressor is turns off and it's only when it turns off that you realize it's been on all the time. Right. I just thought that was the same. Exactly. And it's only when you finally disengage from the brutality of that schedule, do you realize, my God, this is not me in my thirties.

And isn't it, it's almost like being in a room where the refrigerator compressor is turns off and it's only when it turns off that you realize it's been on all the time. Right. I just thought that was the same. Exactly. And it's only when you finally disengage from the brutality of that schedule, do you realize, my God, this is not me in my thirties.