5 Ways To Train Your Body To Sleep

I am one who often has difficulty falling asleep and/or staying asleep.  I like staying up late, but I also like getting up early. Those two don't work too well together.  My work day absolutely flies by, and then when I get home, I want to kick back and watch the tube or catch up on news, or enjoy some activity with the family.  Before I know it, it's already bed time....SIGH! The when the alarm clock goes off, I'm like..."Are you kidding me?!"

Reader's Digest has listed 5 ways to train your body and its biological clock to sleep better. 

1. Wake at the Same Time Every Day. A good night's sleep actually starts in the morning.
2. Hit the Sheets Only When Sleepy.  No, not just tired. Sleepy, as in your eyes are droopy and you keep losing track of what people are saying to you.
3. Get Up. If you wake at 2:00 A.M., get up and go read a book in the living room.
4. Give Yourself an Hour. The one right before bed.
5. Beware Sunday Night Insomnia. Staying up late on Friday and Saturday nights and sleeping in on Saturday and Sunday mornings is frequently the gift we give ourselves on weekends after a hard week at work. Yet that little gift -- small as it is -- is enough to screw up our biological clocks.

Reader's Digest

Comments

[Mikes Air Conditioning Repair]

#3 is a good one I do that sometimes and I seem to feel better but I did not know that there was any science to it

[Mikes Air Conditioning Repair]

Good advice I need the help

[Do it yourself home security]

I'm like you. Stay up late, get up early. I don't know if I'll be able to give those Reader's Digest tips a try. If I wake up at 2:00 am it's best for me to try to go right back to sleep. If I actually got out of bet and did something I would never get back to sleep. Then my normal 5 to 6 hours per night would be more like 2 to 3 hours.