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Discussion on: How Do You Sleep (Better)?

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Pierre Olivier TRAN

Sleeping is good. In fact, it is so good that it should be seen as any other important activity in your day: you have to take it seriously, and you have to be honest with yourself about it. Find out how many hours of sleep you need, and build your schedule around it. I'm lucky enough that I only need about 6.30 hours of sleep to feel good.

Here are a few golden rules I try to apply.

  • Keep your phone away from where you sleep
  • Your body is a beautiful machine. If you are tired, it will tell you so. Listen to it.
  • Do not eat too much before going to bed. Ideally, do not eat anything for 2 hours prior bedtime.
  • It is WAY easier to be productive by waking up earlier than by going to bed later at night.
  • Physical activity will help tremendously

Also, I suffer from severe anxiety disorder, and sometimes it keeps me up at night. When I was a student, all I had to do was to get wasted on alcohol, but no more. I started breathing exercices, it helped a bit, but then I discovered than focus-inducing games helped me a lot to clear out my mind. Games such as Candy Crush, Bloons TD, anything that will keep you highly focused for a short amount of time.