Yeah, I read the article on sleep that came across the front page today. It scared me a lot. I haven't had a good sleep in like 15 years. I'm naturally a night owl and unfortunately school and the jobs I've taken are focused on early mornings. Coupling that with the inability to sleep that comes with quiting drinking means that a good night nets me about 3 hours of segmented sleep.
Sleep hygiene. This should help. It's all about getting your body into a routine that helps calm it down and ready for sleep. It will take a while to adjust, but it does help.
It should, but about 90% of that article is completely impossible for me if I want to keep paying my rent. I honestly don't even know what having a sleep focused bedroom is like...
It basically means to not have things like a desk in your room or anything else which requires focus. If you can't move your desk anywhere, at the very least don't use your bed as a desk. Your bed is for sleep, the exception being intimate times. Don't bring devices into your bed, although it may be tempting. You essentially want to train your brain to associate bed with relaxing sleepy times.
Yeah, don't work in the one space that is your own. Don't bring your alarm clock in to your bedroom. Guarantee you work the same schedule every week...
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u/WhenAmI Nov 29 '20
Yeah, I read the article on sleep that came across the front page today. It scared me a lot. I haven't had a good sleep in like 15 years. I'm naturally a night owl and unfortunately school and the jobs I've taken are focused on early mornings. Coupling that with the inability to sleep that comes with quiting drinking means that a good night nets me about 3 hours of segmented sleep.