Length of Shower: 15 minutes--Today I woke up very early because of an early appointment. I don't like to wake up early. I like to sleep until I naturally wake up because my body and mind have gotten enough sleep. This is also the reason I don't like to use snooze. Snooze seems to defeat the purpose of sleeping. Snooze, by it's purpose, it a sleep interrupter. Why would you want to interrupt your own sleep? I have no idea, but still snooze exists, and this morning I used it.
Which lead me to think about the length of time that snooze is automatically set. 9 minutes. Why 9 minutes? Where in the world does 9 minutes come from? Is there a science to it, or is it just random? I think it's just random. I understand the power nap of 20 minutes because I read somewhere that 20 minutes is the least amount of sleep you need to go through all the sleep stages and therefore make the "nap" worthwhile. But then what the heck is snooze set at 9 minutes for? Why not an even 5 minutes or 10 minutes? And why not an actual EVEN number like 8 or 6? Someone please respond and tell me where the 9 minutes of snoozes come from. Really, someone please tell me....I'll give you, um...9 minutes to respond.
9 minutes comes from the basic concept of wanting 10 more minutes of sleep, but if you sleep for 10 minutes you will be late to whatever your endeavor is that day. If you sleep for only 9 more minutes, you will be right on time. You know when driving your car and you set the cruise to 4 over the speed limit or 9 over, because the next level of a ticket is at 5 and 10. Same concept.
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