How to: Sleep better and feel rested

Hello!

Recently I have slept very well. Have you ever realized how awesome your day is when you have a good night’s rest? Everything seems okay. Sleeping is very important! My son usually sleeps 12-13 hours straight at night! Amazing no? Of course he is ready to go in the morning and everything is a-okay. Many times I thought I should take him as an example and do the same. Maybe not go to bed at 8pm and sleep until 8am but even this is sometimes a good idea. We all do remember the college all-nighters right? You didn’t study for your exam and then on the last day and night try to cram everything in your head. Then you take the exam in the morning. Fail! 🙂 But why? Well, I don’t want to give any study tips today but you know that this usually never works.

I did work night shifts a lot in my previous job and my body and system were pretty confused at points. Is it day? Is it night? I don’t think that it is too healthy to work at night. This is the normal time for you body to rest. No matter what anybody says. Today I would like to share some tips on how I  sleep better and get more rest at night. If you have a routine at night, your body transitions easier into night-mode. Again, my son is the best example here. He knows his program at night and he gets tired. Washing, brushing his teeth, pajamas, story and bed. I think to stick to a routine is key here. To get your body in some type of rhythm makes it easier to rest and make you relax.

My husbands bedtime routine: Lay down, close your eyes, focus on a black dot and nighty night. He seriously falls asleep in two minutes. Amazing. My bedtime routine: Thinking, thinking and trying to figure things out. Then get up, write a bit about a new idea, then go back to bed and try to sleep again. Try to focus on this damn black dot…. black dot, what kind of black dot? Is it big or small? Do I stare at it with my eyes closed? You get the point here. I just have so much on my mind and it runs free. I love to solve things at night. Problems that are not really problems maybe?

Here are some tips that work for me these days. Again, I am not an expert by any means and if you are suffering from insomnia or any other sleep related illness you are better off consulting a medical professional.

Set up a schedule on what you need to get done. There should be some type of deadline. You stop working after 9pm for example, if possible. Just turn your phone, computer, and every other gadget you may have off. I understand that it might not be always possible, but this might help. Right now I am not working but still, at some point I have to stop writing or reading and just call it a night. If you have a time when you turn your gadgets off, the body will react to it and start to relax and calm down. You know this constant vibrating and buzzing of the phone just bothers at some point.

I tell myself now that things can wait until tomorrow. This calms my brain down and the thinking at night has gotten a lot better. Tomorrow is another day and the problems will be taken care off then. Simple as that. It usually works pretty well. Another things I found to help me relax at night is definitely reading. A cup of decaffeinated tea – I love peppermint tea at night or a hot shower. I used to take a Yoga course late in the evening  at Mang’Oh Yoga in New York. It was very well done. With candles and calming music – just awesome. If you get a chance, definitely check it out. I am going to bed now. Rise and shine tomorrow when I take a 9:00am Yoga class. 😀

Thank you for reading my blog. And have a good night! 



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