Sleep tips

In a heated conversation of yesterday, I was explaining to someone how much I love to sleep and all about how I cannot function well without my siesta. Some people cannot sleep during the day or are very light-sleepers, I am certainly not one of this kind.

I came across a bunch of useful tips to help you get a good night’s sleep, and here they are:

1- Don’t take sleeping pills. This includes over-the-counter pills and melatonin.

2- Don’t go to bed until you’re sleepy. If you have trouble sleeping, try going to bed later or getting up earlier.

3- Get up at the same time every morning, even after a bad night’s sleep. The next night, you’ll be sleepy at bedtime.

4- If you wake up in the middle of the night and can’t fall back to sleep, get out of bed and return only when you are sleepy.

5- Avoid worrying, watching TV, reading scary books, and doing other things in bed besides sleeping and sex. If you worry, read thrillers or watch TV, do that in a chair that’s not in the bedroom.

6- Do not drink or eat anything caffeinated within six hours of bedtime.

7- Avoid alcohol. It’s relaxing at first but can lead to insomnia when it clears your system.

8- Spend time outdoors. People exposed to daylight or bright light therapy sleep better.

This is the source (Live Science), let’s hope nobody sues me this time.

Pills – checked, alcohol – checked, but no worrying and no bedcentric-ness?