subject: Handle Stress For A Better Sleep [print this page] Control your gadgetsControl your gadgets. Although every new, more multifaceted electronic device that appears in the market promises to make the logistics of our lives a snap, they might actually tie us into many never-ending webs.
First we have to pay for them. Then we have to learn how to use them. Next we have to show off them by getting contact with our friends and business associates. Certainly they will respond in kind. Being able to keep in touch with our kids is a boon to working parents. We have to keep two things separate, save discrete times in the day to receive and answer business e-mails, and learn to refuse to use the cell phones call after 6:00 P.M. It goes for the entire rest of the evening. It would not also hurt if everyone in your family powered off their device for a dinner without stress. And under no circumstance should you check your e-mails right before bed.
Deal with less. According to one poll 4 of the top 10 stressors we experience are related to money, how we get it and how we spend it. Given that, does not it make sense that if we desire less and are satisfied with less such as the much smaller houses, much fewer gadgets, and much simpler forms of transportation --- our stress will also reduce?
Perhaps that need to fit for our career choice. Do you really desire to work yourself to death to be the woman control the world? Or will only being in charge of a small portion of it make you glad and happy and let you sleep well? A recent poll of nearly 2000 Americans reveals that 22 percent tend to declined a promotion or refused to find one because they considered the job would be too stressful.
Give a nod to a nap. It is doubly unfortunate that stress makes it hard to fall asleep because the antidote to stress in sleep. It is because when you are asleep, your levels of stress hormone cortisol drop and your levels of growth hormone will be opposite number.
Unfortunately, if you are getting the typical working woman's six hours of sleep a night, you are sleep deprived on a chemical level.
Here is a means to get a hit of growth during the day. And it is by taking a nap.
It is true that a few naps during the day, especially after dinner, will reduce your ability to fall asleep at your usual 11:00 P.M. bedtime, but studies find that one snap of up to 90 minutes between the 1: and 4:00 P.M. can not interfere. In fact, that can every person more energy.
