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Get Better Sleep The Easy Way

June 30, 2020 John Uncategorized No comments

These days good sleep seems like, well, a dream. But GenuLines wants you to “sleep tight.”

Rest assured that the following suggestions are designed to let you do just that.

Get Better Sleep The Easy Way

If getting good sleep is a challenge for you you’re not alone. It’s a common complaint of working people.

And stress due to lockdown and constant negative news reports doesn’t help either.

If you’re in one or more of these categories, here are some of the ways that can help make positive changes:

Develop better sleeping habits

Good sleep habits help you complete tasks. If you’re falling down in this area get to working on those habits.

You might start with daytime routines that include eating smarter. Avoid food that contains stimulants such as caffeine.

An afternoon nap can work, but don’t “over nap” and affect your sleep at night.

Daily exercise can help

Aside from health benefits, regular exercise also helps you get better sleep. This is because it lets the body do enough work to want to rest at night.

Consider simple exercises like brisk walking or light yoga.

Come up with your own personal sleeping plan

More than anyone you know your own body. If you’re having trouble sleeping, analyze what may be the problem.

If it’s something that you can handle, try to do the things that will help you overcome it. You can do this by coming up with a personal sleeping plan.

Decide on what you’ll do each night. If the specific plan doesn’t work today, try another the next night and then another one the next. By doing this, you can find the techniques that will work for you.

Create a good sleeping environment

An easy way to get good sleep is to create a comfortable, and cozy sleeping environment. Take a look at your bedroom.

Is there something there that keeps you awake? It could be time to re-arrange the space.

Check to see if your bed still suits the needs of your body and if not, try replacing it. Look for smaller items that catch your attention and make it hard for you to close your eyes.

If there are, try removing them for a while until you’re able to sleep better.

JohnK 6-30-2020

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Overheard: “There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep”

~Homer, The Odyssey

Let Your Daily Routine Move You Toward Success

May 28, 2019 John Uncategorized No comments

Spontaneity is a lot more fun than routine. It helps to mix things up and keeps life interesting.

But too much spontaneity can lead to an unstructured way of life. Some people love that, but most find would find that difficult to maintain.

Today GenuLines asks you to take a look at or set up your daily routine.

Setting Your Daily Routine

For starters, enough sleep is important for proper function. If you don’t have a routine, it’s not likely you will get the right amount of sleep every night.

Your body needs to have its internal clock set to the same sleep habits.

What if you don’t have those things in place? You might find it difficult to go to sleep at night.

Or you’ll wake up from time to time during the night.

To help you get to sleep faster, make sure you go to bed at the same time every night and get up at the same time in the morning. Try to avoid drinking too much alcohol as this will disrupt your sleep.

You may fall asleep easier, but you will not go into a deep sleep. That deep sleep interrupts your internal rhythm, and you may not be able to fall back to sleep.

Snoozing over screening

Try to limit the use of electronic devices before you go to bed. Studies tell us devices such as laptops and tablets stimulate your visual senses. This makes it tougher to sleep.

You should have a routine for your diet, too. If you don’t set up the right diet and eat at the same time daily, you will likely have digestion issues.

Your erratic schedule has a downside, too. That’s because your body’s inability to regulate can cause weight gain issues.

An article about routines would be incomplete if it didn’t cover getting exercise. Exercise is also the one element where many people have a problem being consistent.

But a routine here can be a stress-buster. And it can bring better sleep.

You don’t have to incorporate intense exercise. Take a daily or every other day walk.

Then you can check off a big part of your exercise need.

Find the routines that work for you, and work hard to stick with them. Routines are habits, and it takes some effort to develop habits to the point where you don’t even think about them.

There’s room for some spontaneous activity, which everyone needs once-in-a-while. Don’t try to make major changes all at once.

Small changes are best since it’s easier to succeed with them.

JohnK 5-28-2019

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