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System: Fitness: Sleep: SP Strategies


Success Strategies
(Choose and use whichever strategies fit your goals and situation the best.)

A SLEEPFUL ENVIRONMENT

Reduce disturbing noise with ear plugs
Use nose strips for snoring
Make the room as pitch dark as possible
If the air is too dry - a common winter heating problem - use a humidifier or open a window, if possible.
Use fewer pillows, ideally just one

RIGHT, CONSISTENT AMOUNT

Go through a Sleep Camp
Don't go off schedule for more than two days in a row

DAILY SLEEP-FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES

Don't wear your bedclothes around the house

PRE-SLUMBER

Don't go to bed hungry, have a healthy snack
Drink herbal tea
If you have a headache, sinus trouble or cold, take medicine to mask the symptoms.
Avoid tomato-based or spicy food
Ask (nicely) for a massage

IN BED

Sleep on your side or back, not your stomach
If sleeping on your back, use a small pillow under your knees to take pressure off of the spine.
If you don't fall asleep after 20 minutes or so, get up, go in another room and do something relaxing like light reading or listening to music.
Keep a "Worry Book" by the bed

 
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  Goal Recommendations
·Avoid bright light before bed

·For an energy burst, take a short nap

·Get up right when the alarm goes off


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