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8 Hours Of Sleep
Although it is recommended that healthy adults should aim for seven to nine hours of sleep, everyone is different. There are people who need just three to four hours to stay alert.
If you’re not sure how many hours of sleep you need on a daily basis, experimentation is the best way to go. Try waking up without an alarm and figure out what your natural wake-up time is. Observe how adding or subtracting one hour of sleep impacts your productivity.
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Getting Sufficient Sleep
When you’re consistently not getting enough sleep, you get used to feeling tired, and your body adapts to function on that amount of sleep. But this doesn’t mean that you’re performing at your best on this amount of sleep.
Even when you don’t feel physically ti...
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“Catch Up” Sleep On Weekends
The harm of bingeing on sleep on Saturday and Sunday is that it makes it hard to get a full and well-constructed night of sleep on Sunday night, which then sends us off into the workweek on the wrong foot.
If you don’t try to wake up at a similar time at the weekend, it is s...
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Train Yourself To Be A Morning Person
Sorry, night owls, no amount of aromatherapy or hypnosis will make you fall asleep at 9 p.m. And early birds, it doesn’t matter how much coffee you drink–you don’t do your best work at night.
You’re born with one tendency or the other, so you might as well work it as ...
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Respecting your body's sleep cycle
It is imperative to sleep 7 to 9 hours for most adults.
An alarm clock or phone alarm can interfere with the body's sleep cycle to wake us up before a cycle is completed. It is healthier to sleep while not being simulated and wake up naturally.
Practice good sleep hygiene
- Try to sleep for seven to nine hours a night.
- Keep consistent wake-up and bedtimes.
- Keep the bedroom cool, quiet and dark.
- Avoid alcohol, caffeine, and exercise before bed.
- Turn off your screens 30 to 60 minutes before you need to sleep.
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According to sleepfoundation.org, healthy adults need seven to n...
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