To regulate your sleeping schedule and get the most out of your time in bed, consider the following guidelines:
- Figure out how much sleep you need every night. We’ve always heard that we need eight hours of sleep per night, but in reality, everybody’s sleep needs are different. My husband is a bona fide nine-hours-a-night kind of guy, whereas my friend Bruce insists he doesn’t feel well if he gets more than seven hours of sleep. The amount of sleep you need is whatever it takes to make you feel rested, refreshed, alert, and ready to face the day. Once you know what you need, organize your life to make sure you get it.
- Go to bed and get up at the same time every day. This may be harder than it sounds. If you have to drag yourself out of bed at 6:30 every weekday morning to get to work on time, you’re probably not going to want to get up at that hour on the weekends. But if you let yourself sleep until 8:00 or 9:00 A.M., you’ll be throwing off your body’s internal clock. Because you won’t feel tired, you’ll probably end up going to bed later than you should on Sunday night (or lying in bed for hours unable to fall asleep). And on Monday, chances are good that you’ll develop a headache due to fatigue. Try to stick to a regular sleep schedule, even on weekends. If you’re tired, take a short nap in the afternoon, but go to bed and get up at your usual times whenever possible.
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