The Atomic Habits Of Great Sleepers
Can you implement certain aspects to induce great sleep performance?
Successful people live by a code.
One code or more codes. There is one thing noteworthy, they follow a repetitive cycle.
What’s your code?
When mentioning the word: “Code” You ought to believe that it’s a pre-programmed given. Like in a way your genetics are…
A base code exists, like bios of a computer is already preset. Still, a code can also be:
- An additional layer
- An extra line
- An adjustment
- A re-route
- A new synaptic connection
A copy of something already existing, something which you are certain of that gets you results. Some upgrade on top of your DNA. It’s often referred to as epigenetics.
All of us are different in a way, at least we look different, respond differently, act differently, absorb information differently… Therefore one person is preset with a certain advantage to perform better at a given sport, with better looks, with better sight, better auditory system… You name it.
Anyways, there are principles to follow which can optimize you in the best possible way. In a way to improve your shortcomings, your genetic disadvantage.
“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity.”
-James Clear-
Well-integrated habits are not a guarantee. Still, it provides you with the best possible indicator to create a winning system.
“Habits are here to induce success.”
If you don’t sleep well and you think you are the victim of your DNA. Subjected to bad genetics. You might want to overrule your base code.
Shift your identity from a not-sleeper to a great sleeper.
Here are some Atomic habits that will kick you asleep:
Prioritize sleep, don’t let anything stand in your way.
This is the single best advice to follow, yet most struggle with it. Prioritizing sleep means eliminating all possible interference that delays your bedtime! It’s something that only requires your focus for the last few hours of your day.
If you want success at sleep, you need to set your alarm to go for bed, make it strict, make it consistent.
Possibly that’s why most struggle when you’re not focussed on that precise goal, chances are that you allow yourself to become easily distracted and guided away from that precise goal.
Prioritize sleep!
-Jeffrey P. Bezos-
Establish a healthy activity level
Being active is great for overall health both mentally and physically. Being active makes the body crave for rest and will induce sleep easier near the evening.
Successful sleepers acquire a healthy weight. A healthy mind is a healthy body. But it works both ways, when your body is healthy, you’re more likely to maintain a healthy mind.
BMI that’s within normal health markers. People with higher BMI tend to suffer from insomnia easier, especially women than that is. Further, high BMI correlates with OSA.
People with active lives, let’s take the Rock for instance. He’s an actor, bodybuilder, businessman. He does the things he loves, If you follow successful people on the net you can tell.. Doing something you love, makes you happy and satisfied.
Happiness and satisfaction are two things that induce sleep hormones. When achieved a state like that by the end of your day, sleep is guaranteed.
“Wake up determined. Go to bed satisfied.”
- Dwayne Johnson -
Daily outside exposure
Absorbing outside UV-light synchronizes your circadian clocks. You set your bio-clock up for a natural rhythm. Besides light, getting in contact with nature helps your body to balance itself out. Fresh air and senes of nature induce have a profound effect on your biochemistry.
“You want early sunlight exposure soon as you wake up.”
-Andrew Huberman-
Stable routine
Consistency predicts your outcome. Adaptation takes place after a certain period, the longer you can maintain a tight routine, the better your body will adapt. Therefore it protects you against vulnerable threats.
A disrupted clock is the mother of all maladies and conversely in most chronic diseases.
- Dr. Satchin Panda -
Hypnotize yourself by giving daily cues
An easy way to hypnotize yourself is by suggestions. You don’t need an app for this easy-to-apply trick.
The repetitive suggestion given at appropriate times is a great way of hypnosis. When are you most suggestible? This depends on your brainwave state of course. When you just wake up, and when you just want to go for bed near darkness often you find yourself in the most suggestible states.
The method:
Since you aren’t sleeping well, I assume chances are big you’re hyper-connected to your Not-So-Smartphone. For this, you are allowed to use it, just turn on your blue light filter!
Set a notification alarm at times you think you are most suggestible, enter the phrase: “You are a great sleeper.” Moreover, make it personal, enter the phrase like how you would tell it in your own voice, it can even be phrased in your dialect. In that way, it will sink in deeper into your subconsciousness. You can set this alarm multiple times during your day. Make it stick!
It will hypnotize yourself up with a sleepers mindset.
“Believe you are a good sleeper, and you’ll be one.”
-Sven Vandenberghe-
Absorb, Read, Write, Sleep, Exercise, Thrive!
Thanks for reading this post, I hope some of these habits help you out!
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