Want to accomplish more in your day? Handle everyday stress better? Improve your memory? Perhaps you need more sleep.
Lifestyle choices, stress, and sleep disorders have turned America into a culture of sleeplessness. Although most American adults sleep less than seven hours daily, research shows that eight hours offer more benefits. In addition, preliminary medical research suggests a lack of sleep may be linked to heart disease, hypertension, lowered immunity, obesity, and neurological disorders.
Sleep tight starting now—it’s National Sleep Awareness Week.
To get the benefits from a full night’s sleep:
- Make your surroundings sleep friendly: darkened quiet room, comfortable surface and pillow, cool temperature.
- Move more during the day, but not too close to bedtime. Exercise “pumps up” your metabolism for several hours.
- Time any stimulants. If you’re caffeine sensitive, avoid caffeinated drinks for six to eight hours before bedtime. Skip smoking, too.
- Skip a late-night drink. Alcoholic drinks before bedtime interfere with and may interrupt deep, restful sleep.
- Get into a sleep routine. Go to sleep and wake up at the same time every day.
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