4. I'll get ready in 5 minutes

1. Read for 15 to 30 Minutes.
2. Exercise for 30 to 60 Minutes.
3. Get outside for 30 Minutes.
4. Socialize with a gregarious friend for 15 to 30 Minutes.
5. Do nothing for 30 Minutes...

Set aside 30 minutes before sleep for reading. This habit helps to relax you for better rest. You will also have read a lot of books by the end of the year.

If you read 25 pages a night, you can finish more than 30 books a year with this time alone.

The National Sleep Foundation recommends a snooze lasting 20 to 30 minutes. That’s long enough to grab a dose of that energizing Stage 2 sleep, without the risk of being plunged into the slow-wave sleep that can make you groggy.

A famous 1994 NASA study found that long-haul pilots who nappe...