When you’re trying to rest, but you associate your room with other activities, it inhibits your rituals, preventing you from getting the best night sleep that you can. Here are a few ways to minimize this, and to get better sleep.
- The only things that you should keep in your room are things that aid in your nighttime ritual. If you need to apply facial creme, or read before bed, that should be accessible, but unrelated things should not.
- Set a bedtime alarm. If you know that you’re going to be going to bed at the same time every night, this can help keep you on track, and create a rhythm in which friction towards sleep is minimized.
- Avoid spending time in your room when you are awake. This will help you rest because the associations are less ambiguous.
- Get blackout curtains. Light is a major thing that makes it harder to sleep. You want to minimize light in your room whenever possible.
- Eat at least two hours before bed when possible. When you just begin digesting, it’s harder to sleep. You want to have some space between consumption and rest.
What other tips would you add to get some better sleep?
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