Restrict your sleep - Deepstash

Restrict your sleep

  • Avoid napping during the day.
  • The first night, go to bed later than normal and get just four hours of sleep.
  • If you feel that you slept well during that four-hour period, add another 15–30 minutes of sleep the next night.
  • As long as you're sleeping soundly the entire time you're in bed, slowly keep adding sleep on successive nights.

634

2.22K reads

CURATED FROM

IDEAS CURATED BY

journeerr

Keeping my mind focused and my body in shape gets me through the day.

The idea is part of this collection:

How To Be Good at Parties

Learn more about health with this collection

How to network effectively

How to read body language

How to find common ground with others

Related collections

Similar ideas to Restrict your sleep

Relaxation

  • Keep yourself organized to eliminate unnecessary and preventable stress. 
  • Turn off the TV and listen to music.
  • Make time everyday, even if it’s just 15 minutes, for relaxation and reflection. 
  • Get plenty of sleep.
  • Allow at least 30 minutes of quiet relaxing ac...

Your sleep cycles aren't optimized

Your sleep cycles aren't optimized

Your sleep cycles are approximately 75 to 90 minutes each. Factors like stress levels and unstable blood sugar levels can throw off your sleep cycles regardless of how much time you spend in bed.

  • Get more sunlight exposure in the morning to help decrease cortisol levels later in...

Lower Your Body Temperature

Your body temperature naturally goes down at night when it's time to sleep. 

Two hours before bed, soak in the tub for 20 or 30 minutes. A shower is less effective but can work, as well.

Read & Learn

20x Faster

without
deepstash

with
deepstash

with

deepstash

Personalized microlearning

100+ Learning Journeys

Access to 200,000+ ideas

Access to the mobile app

Unlimited idea saving

Unlimited history

Unlimited listening to ideas

Downloading & offline access

Supercharge your mind with one idea per day

Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.

Email

I agree to receive email updates