Hello, welcome back to Tuesday Magic, the very last episode of 2024. I can't wait to share this episode with you because it's literally about something I've learned today on the very last day of 2024. Let me just quickly light up one of my favourite candles. It's called number 11, Amber and Moss, soy candle. Just bear with me.

Mmm, it smells so good. Right, let's carry on. In today's podcast, I'm going to share three things. Number one, what happened? Number two, what I've learned. And number three, some thoughts on what I've learned. Right, coming up was the first section.

what happened. So, as you can probably tell from my voice, which is quite raspy, by the way, it spells R-A-S-P-Y, I picked up on some comments saying they want to know how to spell a certain word, and as I don't really have a transcript, I think it might be better to spell it out just right here when I'm talking to this microphone. Right, so R-A-S-P-Y, meaning

horse h-o-a-r-s-e meaning your voice sounds quite tired or strained usually from shouting but I didn't shout it's just because I've been having a cold that's all right so that's the background information I've been having a cold for a couple of days and I've been feeling quite tired or under the weather so this morning when I was going to work I was in the lift I was trying to hold up

a really strong urge of cough because you know when you're in the lift it's such an enclosed space that I feel really bad if I sneeze or cough because I don't want to pass on the virus to anyone around me but because I was holding the urge so hard that I cried

and when i felt the tears dripping down on my cheek i was like what what is going on and that was when i started to feel that i'm feeling physically strained because of the cold

But anyway, I carried on with work. I finished the invigilation. I talked to one of my students about her dissertation. I ran some errands and then I came back home. But on the way home, I started to feel irritated at the tiniest little things. Like when one of the drivers was trying to change his or her lane into mine, I got really irritated.

I don't know, I think I overreacted. I didn't do anything but I felt the urge of anger literally bursting. And then when I got home I was absolutely flamished. I didn't eat much this morning because I had to travel to work early. And long story short, I was trying to get a little bit of rest so I went into my bed and ended up sleeping for three hours.

It's quite unbelievable for me to sleep for three hours, like, in the early afternoon, I hardly ever do nap. And the amazing thing that happened was that thanks to that three hours sleep, I felt like a different person. I was happy again, the world seemed like a much better place, and I messaged people who I was talking to before the sleep,

I said I'm so sorry I might have sounded a bit more irritated than usual. And when I was trying to figure out what happened, I was pan frying some dumplings. And when I was tucking in the lovely lovely pan fried dumplings, which is one of my favourite things, it suddenly came to me, you know, a realisation that was quite profound. I was literally

lacking sleep and food. Because last night I slept for only four hours and a half and this morning I had a tiny breakfast because I had to travel early for work. But I didn't really think about it that way because normally I don't sleep that much. Five hours, six hours, you know, that that should do. And breakfast, I usually have big breakfasts but

you know, on a working day I could do with a smaller portion of breakfast. So in other words, sleep and food have not been something I prioritise, if that makes sense. But because I'm having a cold and also I'm on my period, sleeping and eating suddenly become so important to me.

having enough food and having enough sleep have completely changed me into a different person and all it took was three hours three hours sleep and some lovely dumplings it might sound like oh my god what a boring thing to share

walk with me, okay? Bear with me. The thing is, you don't realize something is necessary until you realize you need it. Like when my body is crying for sleep, for rest and for food. Because my body is busy tackling with viruses. The thing is,

A lot of us, I'm sure you can relate because I noticed that with lots and lots of my students whenever I have 8am classes they would come into the classroom looking super sleepy and grabbing some quick bites within the few minutes before the class starts and I don't really think that's good for their health to be honest. I mean I'm not judging because I mean I can relate

But I never realized the importance, the significance of having enough sleep, having enough food until today. I feel better physically and I feel that I'm in a better mood. So I've done some research. Moving on to part two. Does it really matter to have good sleep and good eating? By the way, I got all these details from CDC.

Good sleep is essential for our health and emotional well-being. I didn't realize how important it is for emotional well-being. By that I mean you feel better, you don't overreact, you don't get angry for no reason. It is actually quite shocking that when I was going through different authorities related to, you know, well-being, health,

The first thing that comes up when it comes to benefits of sleep is always improved mood. I didn't realize that. I didn't realize how important it is. And in English, sometimes I hear a word called hangry, meaning hungry, H-U-N-G-R-Y and angry, A-N-G-R-Y. Now, I looked up the word again.

According to a gastroenterologist, I know that sounds like a long word, G-A-S-T-R-O-E-N-T-E-R-O-L-O-G-I-S-T is from the word gastronomy or gastronomy. If you pronounce it as tron, it's because, well, it's a French word, means it's related to food, like gastronomy, basically good food.

So naturally the word gastroenterologist means a doctor who is specialized in your stomach or your lungs. Anyway, so according to a gastroenterologist there is a psychological reason why some people get angry when they are hungry. So it is a real thing, it's not something

Just like a clever combo of hungry and angry. It is something that happens and something that people experience. I mean, I would self-categorize myself into this category of feeling hungry. I would feel bad-tempered and more likely to...

overreact to tiny things when i am lacking of sleep and food so yeah that's the second section what i've learned on to the third part god i've been rambling on for almost 10 minutes now so

I know it is the end of 2024 and it's always time to make new resolutions. People tend to have grand resolutions. For example, getting something done, traveling to a country, getting a degree, pass a certain exam. You know, these are all fantastic. These are all good.

But I literally just want to share with this tiny little podcast to you that the basis of everything that you want to do is a really healthy body and mind. And the foundation of that is good sleep and good food. When you are well fed and we are well rested, things will probably become easier because I also found the benefits of good sleep includes

focused minds and better memory which are absolutely conducive for passing any exam or any important interviews so I really want to plant the seed of having good sleep and good food in your mind and

at the beginning of 2025. You need to take care of yourself and that's something I've learned the hard way in 2024 and 2023. I do hope that you can realize, achieve all your new year's resolutions but please have enough sleep

only feed yourself good food. I once heard of a saying that is treat your body like a temple meaning is holy you can only put good stuff pure stuff in your body so feed yourself with good clean healthy food and when you have done that for a while like I have been doing the past few months you would naturally shy away from

Well, I don't want to use a negative word, but you know, when you have deep fried stuff or you have like too oily stuff, you know, you just wouldn't want them anymore. I used to be a big fan of fried chicken. God, I loved fried chicken. But now I wouldn't eat it even if I was given the chance to. But I would have a bite if I'm in the mood. Anyway,

Please take care of yourself and thank you for being with me in the past year for my podcast journey. I can't believe this has been the 12th one and marking the first anniversary of Tuesday Magic. I look forward to having you all in the podcast in 2025. Happy New Year and take care. Bye.

By the way, at the end, I would like to add on a little bit of my new year's resolutions. I would like to be more of an academic person in 2025 and hopefully I can get an offer to do a PhD in the coming year or, I don't know, two years. Anyway, wish me luck and let's see

What I am doing in 2025. Bye.