MikeThomasSmith.com » improve sleep http://mikethomassmith.com/blog Ramblings from a 32 year old guy about nothing in particular Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:27:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 So You’re Still Awake… http://mikethomassmith.com/blog/2008/08/27/so-youre-still-awake/ http://mikethomassmith.com/blog/2008/08/27/so-youre-still-awake/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:45:52 +0000 Mike Thomas Smith http://mikethomassmith.com/blog/?p=67

Good evening everyone.   Mike Smith here again and I would like to take some time and discuss a very important issue that affects over three quarters of our popluation.    That is lack of sleep.   I once wrote an article on this very subject that has been very popular on the search engines and blogs.   You can read it here,

The truth is there are very simple things that we can all do to start sleeping better tonight.   For example I got rid of my bedroom TV.   It seems when I was younger I could go to sleep watching “the box” but lately it just keeps me up.   I once read a Men’s Health article that the lights and noise keep your sensory glands heightened therefore never letting your body begin to rest.   What’s your take on this?

If this link between TV and lack of sleep intrigues you I encourage you to check out http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-477733/Sleepy-Spend-time-internet-watching-TV-say-scientists.html for a great article on this very subject.

There are also some great sleep tips at http://www.wikihow.com/Fall-Asleep.

I encourage everyone to participate in this discussion.    I believe we can all learn from each other.

Mike

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Here is the final installment in this series:

Get More Sleep

Sounds a bit obvious, doesn’t it? But over 81% of adults do not get enough sleep. As a matter of fact 70% of aduts average less than 6 hours nightly, which is 2 hours less than needed.

It’s usually the first thing people sacrifice, but it so important for your overall health. Think about how much better your day rolls when you get the suggested amount of sleep. Which is about 8 hours of sleep for adults and as much as 11 hours for small children.

Lack of sleep keeps you from thinking straight, fatigues your muscles and just puts you in a terrible mood. I know I am a lot more tolerant when I have had my sleep.

While most people see no harm in missing 1 hour a night, truth is doing that for a whole week has the same effect as staying awake 24 hours straight once a week.

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