Five Tips to Help You “Spring Forward”
National Sleep Awareness is this week and Daylight Savings Time is Sunday, so here are some helpful tips:
1. Reset Yourself- Be sure to reset all of your clocks so that your body can adjust to the time change. Doing so over the weekend with fewer social time constraints will ease you into Monday.
2. Hit the Sack- Adults and children alike should go to bed a few minutes earlier each night to help adjust to the time change. Those extra minutes can make a big difference!
3. All Natural- Limit caffeine and avoid alcohol for a few days leading into and after Daylight Savings Time to ensure your body can naturally fall asleep.
4. No Interruptions- To help ensure uninterrupted sleep, consider a mattress that reduces motion transfer and adapts to your personal body shape, weight and temperature.
5. Increase Vitamin D Levels- Spending more time outside to soak up vitamin D nutrients from the sun has positive effects on regulating sleep/wake cycles. Just don’t forget the UV protection.
Don’t forget to put your clock forward an hour.
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