You perform best after adequate rest.
As a kid, we detested and fought against naps, and 8:00pm bedtimes. As a college student, we took advantage of all nighters and overdosing on mountain dews to keep us awake as we crammed for an exam through the night. And as adults, there’s a different struggle… social media is the world that never sleeps.
It’s the channel that’s always on and we don’t want to miss out. So we scroll and scroll and scroll… “just 5 more minutes” we whisper and 2 hours later, we look up and it’s almost midnight. But we still have emails to wrap up, proposals to finish, and other stuff to do like taking a shower and brushing our teeth.
“Ahhh… I have no time!” we think as we rush to get things done, and race to get to bed to hopefully get some sleep but we’re wired and at the same time exhausted & excited. Make it make sense!
So while we’re laying down in bed trying to get sleep, we pull out our phone to take another scroll down the world that never sleeps… we see someone posted about a celebrity death, and we have to find out how they died. Then, someone else posted about something outrageous a politician said, and we have to see what stupid thing they said today. And someone else shares something funny and we watch it 10 times to get rid of the stress.
After we laugh our faces off, we see a post that says, “you have the same 24 hours as Beyoncé” and we feel guilty, log off… and try again to doze off to sleep.
Our alarm goes off the next day, we yawn, hit snooze and think “why am I so tired? I need more sleep not working out this morning. I need a few more minutes in bed.”
Is this accurate or is this accurate?!
Okay maybe this isn’t exactly the scenario for you, but if you’re honest — we (as in you and me) spend far too much time doing unimportant things (this isn’t limited to social media, it could be Netflix, snacking when not hungry, over working, etc.), and not enough time getting proper rest.
You already know sleep is important.
There’s a plethora of scientific studies that show how sleep can prevent, and heal diseases, how it impacts your energy, etc. and I won’t be citing that research here. However, I highly recommend an audiobook called, “Sleep Smarter” by Shawn Stevenson. It’s the best book I’ve ever read on the topic. He makes it simple, gives easy actionable steps, and his voice is really soothing.
If you follow me on Instagram @MelodeeForbes, you know I’m doing a 30 Day Sleep Challenge — you can find more details of that at #MFSleepChallenge on Instagram, but to summarize. I’m committed to being in bed asleep by 10:00pm CST. You’re welcome to join me.
Without further ado, here’s. . .
Listen, your first attempt will not be perfect, and you will likely miss it in some capacity. That’s okay. We’re human beings not machines, and perfection isn’t our destination.
Don’t give up if you don’t make your bedtime the first time, keep going. It takes 21+ days to make a new habit. Commit for 30 days. See what happens.
Thank you for taking your time to read this post! I hope it was useful to you!
What hack are you excited to try first? Are you a Sleeping Queen what else would you add? Let me know in the comment box below!
category ten
category nine
category eight
category seven
category six
category five
category four
category three
category two
category one