Creating a sleep-inducing environment
- Turn the temperature between 60 and 72 degrees.
- Turn off the lights. Artificial light suppresses your body’s production of the sleep hormone melatonin.
- Turn down the noise. Wear earplugs if you have to, or consider investing in a white noise machine.
- Pick comfortable bedding. Avoid synthetic fabrics like polyester that trap heat and moisture.
- Invest in a comfortable mattress.
RELATED IDEAS
It's the key to a good night’s sleep. It means pinning your bedtime to the same time every night, even on weekends, and waking up at the same time every morning, even on weekends.
It's important to settle into a groove or a cycle that your body understands and responds to. Once you do this, you’ll sleep better, feel better, have more energy, and worry less.
- Try to go to sleep and get up at the same time every day;
- Avoid sleeping in, even on weekends;
- Limit naps to 15 to 20 minutes in the early afternoon;
- Fight after-dinner drowsiness. If you get sleepy way before your bedtime, get off the couch and do something mildly stimulating.
Don't eat any heavy foods within two hours of bed time.
If you get too hungry as bedtime creeps around, there are a few foods that are okay to eat before bed, and can even help you sleep—like bananas, oatmeal, and whole wheat bread, to name a few.
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