How to sleep better for more energy and better time management

How to Sleep Better for More Time and Energy

What many people don’t recognize about time management is that it’s inseparable from energy management. In other words, there’s no point getting back time to yourself if you don’t have the energy to use it properly.

Many of us want to work out and get into shape, or we want to learn a new language, or any of many other things from hobbies to starting a business, unfortunately, we tell ourselves, we just don’t have the time to do those things.

This isn’t true though: if it were, then you wouldn’t have been able to watch that whole box-set recently!

The problem is energy,You come home from work, the job centre or work programme, or college and have no energy remaining. One way to fix this is by getting more sleep. Let’s take a look at how you can make sure you do that.

Have Half an Hour Before Bed

Before bed, take half an hour out in order to unwind and during this time make sure you don’t look at any screens. Phone, computer and TV screens produce a lot of light which causes the brain to produce cortisol, thereby keeping us awake and preventing us from sleeping.

At the same time, our phones and computers make us stressed. When we look at them, it causes us to think of work or to get excited by whatever game or TV show we’re watching. Reading on the other hand calms and focusses the mine, winding us down ready for bed. However, I admit I read many books on my Kindle fire tablet and for those of us who read on an e-reader, I do think this is equally as relaxing as a paper book ...I just try to not be tempted to check emails, Facebook and messenger once I have signed off for the night and gone to bed .

Have a Shower Before Bed When is the perfect time to wash? Before bed. Both warm and cold water have the effect of helping our bodies to regulate our internal temperature. Warm water also acts as a relaxant though and helps the muscles to release tension so that we can drift off into a deeper sleep.

Have a relaxing drink

In winter, I like so many others at bedtime enjoy hot chocolate, but in warmer weather cold milk if you can drink it makes a relaxing bedtime drink, or chocolate milk cold , also camomile tea makes an effective bedtime drink , but try to avoid tea and coffee for a few hours before going to bed . Go to bed at regular hours and sleep in a warm but well-ventilated room and aim to get up around 7.10 am ~ 7.40 as an ideal time .