Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
– William Blake
Many people have trouble sleeping. There may be a lot of reasons for this: physical passivity, mental problems, bad habits, inactive lifestyle and so on. Usually, if you have difficulty falling asleep and feel bad in the morning, there is some reason for this, and most likely even a few.
We are not used to paying attention to sleep preparation. We forget that the quality of sleep has a great influence on our mental health: it either brings it in order or destroys it.
Imagine a person (maybe even you) who went to bed at three o’clock on Sunday morning. He has to wake up at 7:00 a.m. in order to make time for work. Of course, the right breakfast is out of the question. He feels bad in the office and his brain isn’t functioning well. A person who has not slept well makes many mistakes. When he comes home at eight o’clock in the evening, he goes to bed and wakes up in two hours, and then falls asleep again at three o’clock in the morning as on Sunday. It’s a vicious circle.
Our sleep has a big impact on how we look like and how we feel. Our metabolism and our digestion, the health of our skin, our mood, our memory and our immunity depend on the quality and quantity of sleep.
In this article we offer you 5 tips for improving your sleep.
1. Take a shower and prepare fresh bed linen
Before going to bed it is really important that you wash off all the dirt and other people’s energy that you have collected during the day. In addition, the shower also has a ritual meaning, as if saying to your body: “I washed and I prepared for sleep.
2. Sleep in total darkness
Think of the cave, the night shelter of ancient people. Our body is adapted to modern conditions, but our physiology has barely changed in the last 100,000 years.
Melatonin (“sleep hormone“) has been proven to be photosensitive. Light prevents the release of melatonin whenever it touches the skin, but eyes are particularly important.
So when you go to bed, make sure it is dark enough in the room.
3. Avoid the stimulants
Coffee and sugar are the main enemies of good sleep. If you drink a cup of coffee in less than twelve hours before going to bed, you may have insomnia.
Nicotine is also a stimulant that interferes with quality sleep. Try not to smoke at least two or three hours before you go to sleep.
4. No food before going bed
Evening meals are the hardest thing to resist. We are used to eating while watching a movie, and this often happens just before bedtime.
If you eat late in the evening, your body will use your energy in your sleep mainly to digest food rather than to relax. You will do yourself a huge favor if you give up this bad habit.
5. Find out how much sleep you need
Seven to eight hours of sleep is a norm, but you may have other needs. The most important thing is that after waking up you feel alive.
It is also important not to sleep more than you need. Otherwise you will only lose time and feel bad.
The more advice you follow, the better chances of getting a good sleep you have.