How I Improved my Sleep

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c18">Our fear of missing out is keeping us awake, ready to see the last picture from our idols, the last video from our favorite creator, reading the last tweets of a thread you are involved into. All of that is keeping our brain from relaxing and being able to get ready for going into a sleeping mode.</p><h1 id="3ba1">Go to bed early</h1><p id="200e">As kids we were forced by our parents to go to bed early. And as we grew up, and start making our own choices, we started going to bed as late as possible. It is a natural reaction of rebelion. This is now our call to make and only ours.</p><p id="aa89">Yet our parents were right, the reason being we need to have a minimum number of hours of sleep, the sooner the better. As we fight our body to stay up late, we are using so much energy to stay awake. This energy does not come for free, we pay the price with a bigger need to rest. Yet our waking hour rarely change depending on the time we go to bed, so it is not possible to pay our sleeping debt right away.</p><h1 id="de52">Wake up at a consistent a hour</h1><p id="2679">Another bad habit that I had was setting my alarm clock as late as possible. So my waking hour was changing during the week depending on the time I was starting school. Some days it was 7 o’clock, some other days it was 8 or 9 o’clock. How is my body supposed to know when to get out of a deep sleep cycle when my sleep schedule is always changing ?</p><p id="79fd">The answer is easy, it simply can’t. Some days my alarm clock was just gently waking me up at the right timing, but most of the time it was tearing me up right in the middle of a dream. That was the most painful way to wake up possible. Getting me in a bad mood righ

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t away, as we say waking up on the wrong side of the bed.</p><p id="872d">Now that I wake up at 4am six times a week, my brain knows when it needs to get out of a sleep cycle. It knows when the alarm is going to go off. When it comes to getting out of sleep, the gentler the better.</p><h1 id="62f8">Put your phone away</h1><p id="b5fc">I am not going to repeat myself from the first tip. This as nothing to do with it, and this is the one I found the most useful. Do you remember when I told you I was snoozing for half and hour before getting out of bed ? This is the solution I found to this problem.</p><p id="44d8">I use my phone as my alarm clock. So when I was turning the alarm off I was already on my phone ready to get some social media while still half asleep in my bed. I started to put my phone far away from my bed. Close enough to be able to ear my alarm (my place is not big enough to put it that far away anyway) and far enough from my bed so that I have to get out of it to turn the alarm off.</p><p id="e1ed">I am not gonna lie, it is pretty intense at first. Now I am used to it and I feel way better this way. It is like a kick start to my day. Now the first thing I want to do is not staying in my bed scrolling through my phone, it is getting a cup of coffee.</p><p id="41db">Sleep is a really complex process that scientists have been trying to understand for years. There are still so many questions that we don’t have answers to. Yet many tips are available to maximize our sleep. Some of them will work for you and others won’t. Either way it is worth trying, you could find life changing habits. Those are some that works for me and I hope it is going to help you too.</p></article></body>

Here are simple things I implemented to have a better sleep and feel more energized as I wake up.

I always wanted to feel great as soon as I wake up. Be ready to tackle some work and whatever was coming to me. It wasn’t realistic at all with the habits I had. I took so much time going to bed, scrolling through social media, waking up as late as possible and snoozing for half an hour.

So I started to change my behavior to see where it would take me. To be honest, there is no magic formula, we need to sleep and we will always feel tired from time to time. This are some tips to be a little better.

No screen before going to sleep

We all eared of blue light that is messing up with our sleep. And we were like, I have Night Shift on my phone so I must be ok. It might make things a little better, if you can do it, go for it, everything counts.

This is not the main reason you shouldn’t use your phone around an hour before bed. What we are doing on our phone is the problem. The social media anxiety is real and triggering it right before going to sleep is the worst idea. Seeing every beautiful picture on Instagram, watching YouTube videos, all of that is making our brain running at 100 miles an hour.

Our fear of missing out is keeping us awake, ready to see the last picture from our idols, the last video from our favorite creator, reading the last tweets of a thread you are involved into. All of that is keeping our brain from relaxing and being able to get ready for going into a sleeping mode.

Go to bed early

As kids we were forced by our parents to go to bed early. And as we grew up, and start making our own choices, we started going to bed as late as possible. It is a natural reaction of rebelion. This is now our call to make and only ours.

Yet our parents were right, the reason being we need to have a minimum number of hours of sleep, the sooner the better. As we fight our body to stay up late, we are using so much energy to stay awake. This energy does not come for free, we pay the price with a bigger need to rest. Yet our waking hour rarely change depending on the time we go to bed, so it is not possible to pay our sleeping debt right away.

Wake up at a consistent a hour

Another bad habit that I had was setting my alarm clock as late as possible. So my waking hour was changing during the week depending on the time I was starting school. Some days it was 7 o’clock, some other days it was 8 or 9 o’clock. How is my body supposed to know when to get out of a deep sleep cycle when my sleep schedule is always changing ?

The answer is easy, it simply can’t. Some days my alarm clock was just gently waking me up at the right timing, but most of the time it was tearing me up right in the middle of a dream. That was the most painful way to wake up possible. Getting me in a bad mood right away, as we say waking up on the wrong side of the bed.

Now that I wake up at 4am six times a week, my brain knows when it needs to get out of a sleep cycle. It knows when the alarm is going to go off. When it comes to getting out of sleep, the gentler the better.

Put your phone away

I am not going to repeat myself from the first tip. This as nothing to do with it, and this is the one I found the most useful. Do you remember when I told you I was snoozing for half and hour before getting out of bed ? This is the solution I found to this problem.

I use my phone as my alarm clock. So when I was turning the alarm off I was already on my phone ready to get some social media while still half asleep in my bed. I started to put my phone far away from my bed. Close enough to be able to ear my alarm (my place is not big enough to put it that far away anyway) and far enough from my bed so that I have to get out of it to turn the alarm off.

I am not gonna lie, it is pretty intense at first. Now I am used to it and I feel way better this way. It is like a kick start to my day. Now the first thing I want to do is not staying in my bed scrolling through my phone, it is getting a cup of coffee.

Sleep is a really complex process that scientists have been trying to understand for years. There are still so many questions that we don’t have answers to. Yet many tips are available to maximize our sleep. Some of them will work for you and others won’t. Either way it is worth trying, you could find life changing habits. Those are some that works for me and I hope it is going to help you too.