My weather struggle: Sleepless

This time, I posted my messages for a friend who just moved to Pakistan for a job..and she was facing the same thing: weather struggle. Especially winter.

I was facing the problem of sleeping at night. It was too cold. I didn’t know how to choose the best temperature of the room heater. If I choose lower, it will get too cold. If i set up to higher level, at mid night I wake up and feel exhausted..lack of oxygen…and the room will be so hot! The next day my skin will be so dry..and the face and lips started to ‘crack…crackkk’..

The normal lotion can’t help to reduce my itchy skin all over my body.

I can’t move my body easily because of this strange weather. Even I can’t open my book to study (this is true!). My hand was too shaky because of the cold and i felt all the bones got stiff 😥

Then I found the answer from a friend who married and stays in Iceland. She is professional in facing cold now.. (She was my friend in junior high school)

So the main answers in short are:

  1. Sleep with mini nighty..or if you want, sleeping naked is best (seriously, i was like…’WHAT!?)
  2. Use the blanket made from feather, goose down, (gladly I was given this kind of blanket by a friend for free) or wool comforter
  3. Apply body lotion regularly, especially after a warm or hot shower
  4. Apply products special for winter time with moisturizer for your face and lips

and..it’s time to post the discussion here 🙂

Mel, ta kasih info soal tidur biar nyaman di musim dingin. Blanketnya kalo gak wol, pake yang bulu angsa. Mbak pake yang bulu angsa..nyaman banget, gak pake penghangat bahkan disuhu -20 kmren. Bukan cuma bulunya yg ngangetin, tapi pas tidur jangan pake baju bahan katun..apalagi piyama. Pake yang mini aja, kalo mau..tidur naked lebih anget (ini saran dari tmn mbak yang nikah ke islandia). Tapi pake pakaian yg minim aja cukup kok angetnya.

kenapa? alasannya karena struktur bulu yang dipake akan nge-trap udara dingin dan menahannya di dalam..tapi dengan sirkulasi udara yang tetap stabil (gak ky bahan plastik, yang menjebak udara..trus tanpa sirkulasi). Suhu tubuh kita akan memanaskan udara yang ditahan oleh bulu tadi. Jadi emang pas masuk ke blanketnya bakalan dingin..tp lama kelamaan anget banget! dijamin. Klo malah tidur dgn pakaian tebal, proses penghangatan udara yg terjebak tadi jadi terhambat oleh pakaian yang kita pake.

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hahaha.. ya mbak, teori “telanjang” itu memang winter 101 survival guide… di sini aku pake mink blanket, cukup anget sih. Krn di kamar juga ada carpet heater, jadi penghangatnya dari bawah … ntar winter sekali lagi, coba deh beli blanket yg bulu angsa .. thx for the feedback

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mbak malah gak tau itu mink blanket, hehe..  ini juga dihadiahi sama org jerman yg nikah ma org indo, dua-duanya udah jadi temen skrg.

Tapi bener bgt, terbukti tuh teorinya. Malem2 penghangat ruangan beneran ta matiin!

** Itu tadi tips dari saya untuk tidur nyaman di musim dingin. Tidur tetap hangat dan gak perlu pake selimut listrik, karpet listrik..atau lainnya yang kalo dipake terus-terusan bisa mengganggu kesehatan **