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Home » Waking Up Early and Refreshed

Waking Up Early and Refreshed

April 29, 2014 By Shaz Fisher Leave a Comment

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wake up happyMillions of people suffer from insomnia or other sleeping disorder, and if you’re one of them, then these suggestions might help you – as they’ve helped me. After struggling for years with trying to fall asleep and getting a good night’s rest, I finally found a few things that help me get to sleep at night and wake up feeling refreshed. Receiving a good night’s rest is incredibly important; it makes a big difference in the way you feel throughout the day, and it can have an enormous effect on how productive you are with your time.

Personally, I simply couldn’t fall asleep quickly, and I would toss and turn with my spinning thoughts on overdrive. Many nights I would simply give up trying; instead I’d come downstairs and work on my computer or play a video game. After I made some adjustments, I’m now falling asleep much more quickly, and I feel much better in the morning.

Pressing Issues:

Pressing real-life issues are a major contributor to a lack of sleep, and this was one of my hurdles. If you have real-life pressures and stress, as most of us do, try to complete reasonable tasks throughout the day. Focus on the most pressing issues that are causing you excessive stress. I was stressing over a debt that I owed, so instead of stressing out about it, I made a phone call to this person and made a small payment. It was all that I could afford at the time, but when I placed my head on my pillow that evening, I wasn’t stressing nearly as much, and I fell asleep much more quickly. Make a list of pressing issues, and deal with them throughout the day, instead of worrying about them at night. Track your progress, and cross items off of your list as you go.

Physical Exercise:

Physical exercise throughout the day can make an incredible difference in your energy level at bedtime. If you set up a morning or early afternoon exercise schedule, you’ll burn excess energy and be more physically tired in the evening when it’s time to sleep. Evening workouts are not recommended for people with sleep issues, it can keep you wound up when you should be sleeping.

Food and Beverage:

If you’re having difficulty falling asleep, try to avoid eating a late dinner. When you eat dinner at a reasonable hour, you give your body the digestive time that it needs, and it won’t interfere with your sleep. Additionally, you can drink a warm glass of milk or other relaxing beverage before bed.

Overstimulation:

About an hour before you plan on sleeping, don’t over stimulate your mind with video games or television. Instead, try reading a book or magazine. This has helped me to fall asleep quickly because it makes my eyes tired. Video games tend to keep the brain on high alert, and this is not what you need when it’s time to rest. A warm shower is a much better way to spend your time before settling into bed for the night. It relaxes your muscles and allows you to enter your sheets nice and clean. Make yourself as comfortable as possible before going to bed, put on comfortable sweats or soft pyjamas.

Waking Up:

The method in which you’re awoken in the morning has a lasting impact on your day. Instead of using an out-dated alarm clock system that blares its obnoxious noise and jolts you out of your sleep in the morning, try using a wake up light instead. The wake up light imitates a natural early morning sunrise using a halogen light that gradually increases with intensity, simulating a natural dawn.

Since each individual has a different sensitivity level to light, the wake up light features 20 different light level settings. The lower setting will be more a gradual wake-up process, while a higher setting provides shorter wake up times. You can also choose to add natural sounds as well. You’ll wake up much more pleasantly with the soft sound of wind chimes or morning birds than you will with an annoying alarm clock blaring in your ear. The wake up light is backed by extensive clinical research, and it’s recommended by the National Sleep Foundation.

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