If healthy living is your goal, you can’t neglect sleep hygiene. Sleep (or the lack thereof) can affect cognitive functioning, mood, mental health, heart health, and metabolic health. Getting a good night’s sleep can keep you from getting into workplace and vehicle accidents as well. 

Poor sleep has been associated with disease, diabetes, obesity, hypertension, cancer, and more - so it’s in our best interest to get the right amount and quality of sleep every night.

Bad sleep habits can look like:

• Taking your phone to bed and watching Netflix until 3 AM
  
  
• Doing an aerobic workout at the gym just before bedtime
  
  
• Allowing too much light into your room
  
  
• Going into your room too much

Here’s my question: what’s something you can do tonight to make your room a more pleasant and welcoming place to sleep?

 

Quote of the Week

“The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep.” - E. Joseph Cossman

 

Mindful Living Tip

Your nights will be better spent counting sheep than recounting personal failures. (In my experience, anxiety is all too happy to take the place of a good night’s rest!)

Here’s how to coax sleep into becoming your new best friend:

Keep it dark. Blackout curtains can help.

Use white noise. Box fans or white noise machines will do the trick.

Your room is for sleeping. Avoid using your room as a hangout. 

Start a routine. Every night, prepare for sleep by putting on PJ’s, brushing your teeth, and removing makeup. 

Unplug. Stop using electronics an hour before bedtime. (Read instead!)

Drink less coffee. Caffeine can make you stay up at night. 

Exercise and eat early enough. Food and exercise are good things - just do them early enough in the day so that you can rest at night. 

Keep your room cool. A cool bedroom helps you snuggle in with ease. 

Here’s to better rest and happier homes!

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Author Bio

This piece was written for Flowering Phoenix by Jennifer Wallace, a writer and homeschooling mom who loves beauty and creativity.