If you are currently getting less than 8 hours of quality sleep a night, you are at serious risk of being impaired in your day to day life. Some symptoms include diminished language processing, diminished awareness, increased stress, heightened emotional states, a shorter temper, diminished memory, and the list goes on…
Discussion
I believe you, I sleep most 6 hours straight but hardly can
Yeah “quality” sleep is the tough part.
Some things that have helped are:
- No caffeine 6hrs before bedtime
- Have a bedtime (routine is key to good sleep)
- No blue light (phones, tvs, etc) 1hr before bed
- Warm shower before bed (relaxes the body, mind and your clean)
- Keep sheets clean, and excess stuff off the bed (You don’t need 10 pillows and two phones and 2 charging cables in your bed)
- Workout during the day
- Go on a 20min walk outside when you wake up
- Have good airflow (small fan? and practice 4 count breathing)
- Have good silence (mute phones, put battery in your smoke detector, etc)
There is more… but you get the idea.
Treat your sleep like a ritual or psychedelic experience. Mindset and Setting.