Improving Sleep

Daily writing prompt
What do you do to improve your sleep?

This is surprisingly a tricky question because I am still trying to figure out how to get a full night’s sleep myself.

Obviously I know that drinking caffeine and energy drinks in general, too late in the day can mess up your sleep. My problem throughout the day is that I start getting quite tired when I should not be. I typically engage in more relaxing past times throughout the day once everything important gets done which has a tendency to make me sleepy obviously. It is a bit of a double edged sword.

I also know it is not good to expose your eyes to electronics right before bed but sometimes I have to read or watch ASMR videos to fall asleep..

Even when I am able to fall asleep rather quickly, I am constantly waking up throughout the night. Either it is my husband waking me up when he gets up throughout the night, or I wake myself up from snoring or being in a really uncomfortable position. I have a really bad habit of sleeping with my arms crossed so I wake up with my hands and wrists totally asleep and tingly lol.

Beyond these things even, my anxiety has a tendency to wake me up as well. Just last night, I woke up an hour and a half before the alarm went off so I had to read a bit in order to relax myself once again. It truly is a wonder I can even wake up in the morning sometimes, not going to lie.

Ultimately, I think getting a decent night’s sleep depends on each person. Just try to alleviate naps throughout the day and if you feel like you need a coffee or something, do so earlier in the morning.

I am definitely not an expert in this regard lol.

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Hello! I am Ashley and I simply love to read, and hope you do to!
I am currently 28 years old and living in the state of Texas, USA.

My favorite genres to read and review include romance, fantasy, mystery, and many subgenres of those as long as it is clean. I mainly get my books from my Kindle Unlimited membership, but I also found myself checking out library books on Libby as well.

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