4 “shut-eye” strategies that have been working for me {#ad #ic}

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We are OFFICIALLY back from vacation now and I am BACK on social media and here on the blog. I’d love to say I missed it, but honestly, it was SO refreshing and very much needed to skip it for a week. I did miss you all and talking to you all in comments and on our social media, but this break was not only great for me, but my family. Being a blogger means having very strange hours of work. I am not one to put my kids to the side in the summer hours so that I can get in front of the computer. That means it’s a lot of late, late nights. Good and bad. I’m a night owl, for sure. But it’s sure nice to be a night owl and be sitting on the porch with my hubby. Or reading books side by side on the couch. Not necessarily working…

But, back to the break I took. You want to know the most amazing thing? We were in bed around 10 every . single. night. I don’t know if it was because we were scared of when the children would wake in the week hours of the morning, or if it was because we COULD as there were no distractions pulling us away from our beds…like work. I have never felt more refreshed though!! 7:00 am rolled around and I was shocked at how refreshed I felt. I didn’t necessarily want to roll over and crawl under the covers and hide. I LOVED it!!

I definitely think the fact that I wasn’t working or on social media (we had NO signal where we were staying) or if it was the fact that we were so active during the day. All I know is that it was awesome. So, that being said, I wanted to share with you a few things that I think can help you go to sleep and stay asleep…after experiencing it first hand last week! 🙂 Also, to dig in and do a little more research, you can always check out WantToSleepMore.com. There you can read more about how to achieve a full, uninterrupted night’s sleep.

4 “shut-eye” strategies ::

1. Get up and at em early! That means getting to bed at night, right? But, if you can gradually switch over your schedule, you will feel great as you start getting up and active early. It does a body good!
2. Get comfy and relax your body, mind and soul! RELAX is the key word here. Stop thinking, stop doing late night activities. Instead, take a bath, read a book, etc.
3. Get off tech! For real… For at least one hour before you plan to go to bed, sign off. It’s amazing how different your brain will feel lol!
4. Close the curtains and turn down the lights. Tell your body ‘it’s getting sleeping…very, sleepy!’ When it’s dark, it tells your body to get tired, in a nutshell. It’s just like when it’s light out, it tells your body to be awake. Work with mother nature the best you can to get the best sleep you can. Now, if you are on 3rd shift, I don’t know how you can tweak this one other than room darkening curtains maybe?

I’ve taken some advice from you all since my first post too and am figuring it out. At least, I feel I am! 🙂 I am trying not to be one of the nearly 4 million Americans who suffer from insomnia. I hope these help you too. But, again, in case you missed the first post (linked in this paragraph), tell me what tips you have for me! I’m listening! I’m being accountable here and will continue to take these in to account.