Comments on: How To Sleep Better

By: FupDuckTV

FupDuckTV — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:21:35 +0000

Great advice… the two I believe in those most: Have a routine and use bed for sleep and sex.

Another piece of advice I recieved along time ago about slieep that I still use today: If you don’t fall asleep in the first 10 minutes of trying, get back out of bed. Staying there stewing over it only makes it worse.

By: Julian

Julian — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:41:51 +0000

Thanks for your comments Patricia, it’s interesting that everyone is different because I can’t really go to bed before around 11 and I have friends who regularly stay up till midnight.

Joshua that’s an interesting one, it’s what they do in places like Spain with the siesta. I like the idea but unfortunately it doesn’t work for me. I don’t think I could convince my boss of the merits of it either!

Thanks for your kind words Daphne.

Juliet, when I took part in the sleep survey they specifically said to only use the bed for sleeping and sex which I thought was funny too, I guess they’d had people asking if it was ok!

Tabita, I don’t know how you manage to get up at 4.30am every morning but I admire you for being able to do it!

By: Tabita

Tabita — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:11:21 +0000

I think evening routines really help. Waking up at the same time every day is a good one too, but hard during the weekends when you get up at 4:30 AM like I do.

By: LifeMadeGreat | Juliet

LifeMadeGreat | Juliet — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:54:33 +0000

crumbs, dilly me with the greeting. perhaps I need some sleep?

By: LifeMadeGreat | Juliet

LifeMadeGreat | Juliet — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:53:53 +0000

Hi Juliet

Some good tips.
I don’t suggest you pray for a good nights sleep – giggles
Use your bed only for sleeping (and sex)- smile and really interesting. I’ll pass this tip on to anyone battling.

Juliet

By: Daphne

Daphne — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:47:08 +0000

Hi Julian,

Wow, these are great tips, and so many of them do work! I’ve tried avoiding caffeine, aromatherapy, not using the bedroom for anything else, a bedtime routine, exercise, not napping etc. They all help. Now I’m trying waking at the same time everyday no matter what time I sleep. This seems to work too. Your blog is going to do very well with this quality of writing, Julian.

By: Joshua Moore

Joshua Moore — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:37:59 +0000

Some really useful tips here. One point I noted when reading a book recently was that you can reduce your average sleeping hours from 8 to 7 if you sleep for an hour in the early afternoon. This allows you to only need 6 hours of a night as you have already devoted an hour during the day to recoup lost energy. Just a thought.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:47:05 +0000

I find eating smaller and earlier so much better for me if I wish to sleep well, and the sleep I get before midnight is much more beneficial than the early morning go back to sleep cycle where I seem to wake up drugged feeling.

One of my children finds special music very soothing, but the best help for her was to sleep regular hours which is not possible in grad.school.

I think sleep is a truly profound healing system for the body
Thanks for coming by my blog and you write some very nice “stuff” here – Thank you