SWEET DREAMS

THREE SIMPLE STEPS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF YOUR SLEEP

LIMIT DISRUPTORS

If you find yourself constantly waking up in the middle of the night, try reducing activities that disrupt sleep, like excessive screen time, alcohol or too much caffeine late in the day.

TRAIN IN THE DAY Early-morning exercise is good if you’re snowed under and want to get it out the way, but it often means cutting into sleep time. On the other hand, evening training can harm your attempts to get to sleep, as your sympathetic nervous system becomes hyperactive. When possible, train in daylight hours – after a proper amount of rest.

KEEP NOTE

Anxiety and rumination can stop you sleeping well, so having a notebook next to the bed to ‘brain dump’ can help you take the worries out of your head and onto the paper to tackle the next day.