The first 10 minutes after you wake up matter.
Before you touch your phone, get light in your eyes and water in your system. Your brain reads that as a signal.
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Sleep gets better when you stop guessing and change the small signal your body reads every day.
Move the heavy meal earlier.
If dinner sits heavy, sleep gets lighter. Your body cannot fully downshift while it is still working hard.
Alcohol has a second half.
Alcohol can make you sleepy, then wake you up. That second half is the part people forget.
Cool the room first.
A warm room tells your body to stay alert. A cooler room makes the sleep signal easier to hear.
Nap before the day borrows back.
A nap can save the day or steal from the night. Timing is the difference.
Move the hard workout earlier.
Exercise helps sleep, but hard exercise too late can keep the system humming.
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