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Sleep is one of the important factors in one’s daily life. Interference with your sleep can affect you badly and have negative impressions not only on your body but your lifestyle too. In the present scenario of busy life, recurring meetings, and schedules with tensions and worries, people find it quite difficult to cope with their sleep problems, if they come across with. To help you with this, we have brought you 12 habits that can help you sleep well and make you fit and fine.
1. Stick to the same sleep schedule
Rather than switching your sleep schedule and timings, stick to your same preferred time. It helps your body to make the habit of sleeping regularly at the same time. It would be a bit tough for a few days but you will eventually end up having a good habit that will automatically help in your sleep and wake cycle.
2. A good and balanced diet
This is not a big deal and everyone meant it too! A good, proper, and balanced diet will always help you in curing every problem. Promise yourself to give a proper diet a shot every time rather than fulfilling your appetites and desires with items having a lot of sugars, salt, and oil. Nuts like almonds and pistachio, fatty fish, and fruits like kiwi can help you to sleep well.
3. Avoid daytime naps
Most people find it quite relieving and easy to sleep in the day or afternoon. They find it a good time to fulfilling their sleep. For good sleep, you should avoid having daytime naps. Once you get habitual to rule number 1, rule number 3 will eventually get lost.
4. Protect yourself from tensions and worries
It would be ridiculous and meaningless to tell anyone to stay away from tensions, problems, and worries in today’s time because no one can! Everyone has his circumstances and problems which gives a negative impact on the sleep cycle as well. But they can try to avoid negative thinking as much as they can.
5. Have a comfortable environment
Make sure to live in a cool and dark place if you are having trouble with sleep. Avoid all the light-emitting gadgets at the night to automatically let you feel sleepy.
6. Listen to music
Pleasant, soothing, and relaxing music will help you in coping up with sleep problems. Just put the volume up, feel the music and leave all the worries behind.
7. Avoid taking pills and medicines
This is a complete NO to taking any sleeping supplements, pills, or medicines. They can, although help you but on the other hand, can have adverse and drastic effects on your body and mind.
8. Avoid alcohol and smoking
Alcohol and smoking have never helped anyone in any way. They are known to ruin everything in your life, be it your close ones, money, success, or anything. It will not only affect your sleep cycle but will give you hundreds of other problems.
9. Avoid liquids before bed
Excessive urination during the night which is Nocturia can affect your sleep quality and quantity. Avoid taking liquids 1-2 hours before going to bed.
10. Say NO to caffeine before bed
Caffeine has numerous benefits but it is the best advice to say NO to caffeine before bed. It stimulates your nervous system and makes you constantly, focus and give energy but taking it before bed can result in interference with your sleep.
11. Meditation, yoga, and exercise
MEY are the other options that can help you to have a good sleep. Yoga poses like Balasana and Uttanasana with some meditation and breathing exercises are known to give positive vibes to one’s body and mind. Just spend 20 minutes of your day meeting with MEY to have good results.
12. Consult a doctor
Don’t hesitate to call a doctor when it’s time to even if you are having good food, a good lifestyle, and thinking. A small issue can result in a big difference and consulting a doctor is not a big task in that scenario.