Sleep, how many of you have ever lost sleep at night? 

For those who does not know what we are talking about, according to us, you have got it all figured out. Days activities just come natural to you and your days probably filled with the things you want and have done!

Most of the time, when we think of bedtime, we usually would look at our clock and say ‘Oh….. its time for the bed’; mind you, some would be 11:00 pm, or others maybe 1:00 or 2:00 am in the morning.  9:00 – 9:30 pm schedules for the SLEEP TRAIN have seemed to cut back their services.

The Internal Clock; Sleep Train ticket

This might have been shocking for some of you; IT IS NOT THE CLOCK ON THE WALL but it is the clock INSIDE of you (Internal Clock) where these Sleep Train tickets are to be sold.

Our internal clocks are the operators toward buying the tickets to our sleep trains.  They can be affected by many factors that one would incur during the day; many have to do with the amount of light exposures at different times of the day. The science (serotonin and melatonin among others) behind this could be complicated but the efforts of getting on board the train takes only a practice.

Here is some import tips that might help you get on the right TRACK.

1. Avoid using the bed for anything else.

Treat your bed as the passenger seat of your sleep train you would be riding on every night to your dream destinations. Many of us, especially when we are living in a small studios or apartments where there are  limited spaces for fun and games (physical or not), we tend to use our bedroom areas, especially beds; mats (exercise, gymnastic or whatever), as gyms or play areas. The idea is that we are training ourselves to activities and games on the bed. No wonder some of our minds would  think it is a playtime when we actually wanted to sleep on our beds.

2. Don’t go to bed hungry or full.

This goes without saying; plan your meal to avoid eating within 2 hours before bed. We want to keep ourselves comfortable during the ride like in the movies, don’t want to get up too often to the restroom and miss out on the show.

3. Avoid watching TV

should we said using our smart phones, iPads, laptops, gadgets that emitting lights towards our eyes or exercise right before our bed times.

4. Have a wind down period.

We may think we can just work till we drop to sleep. For some of you, this would come natural; good for you!, but many of us just need that extra time to calm down before we are off to our dream lands

5. Control your stress and anxiety before bedtime.

Many times our worries would want us to miss our rides right after the trains take off because the stress likes to have you sit on the bench and keep waiting. Put down your worries and delegate them to your next shift of your brain cells that are responsible for the solutions, they would work best at the time when you woke up in the morning!  

Focus and relax

The list could go on….. but just to keep things simple, focus on of these few tips for a start and find yourself relaxed when you woke up after a great night sleep.

Remember practice makes perfect, may you wake up to a HAPPY (the song by Pharrell Williams would help) DAY!

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References:

External Factors that Influence Sleep: http://healthysleep.med.harvard.edu/healthy/science/how/external-factors

What is serotonin and what does it do : https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/kc/serotonin-facts-232248

Good Sleep Habits: https://www.sleephealthfoundation.org.au/good-sleep-habits.html