I hit a point where I am too tired to function properly anyway, and that’s when I shut it all down. I might not check a list, but I find just shutting down my computer usually does it.
Getting away from the computer is certainly a big part of it. Hope you have a great week!
I need a shut down routine. I tend to wake up at least once in the middle of the night and my brain won’t shut off either.
Isn’t that awful? Sometimes it’s just better for me to give up sleeping and get up for the day.
What a great, and important, topic, Elizabeth! There’s so much research that suggests the vital necessity of enough sleep. Yet, we get so busy that we forget our brains and bodies need time to make the switch from ‘alert’ to ‘rest.’ I like the idea of backing away from electronics in the last while or so before going to bed. Studies show that lighted screen can actually keep us awake longer, and make rest less, well, restful.
That’s one reason I have a Kindle that isn’t backlit…no lighted screen at night!
My sleep improved dramatically once I started keeping my phone out of my room when I went to sleep (and it seems to be even better if I keep my phone off for several hours before that). Getting writing and planning done by 7 or 7:30 is important if I want to be able to get to bed by 10, but my best practice of all seems to be cuddling up with a good book :)
I would love to do that! With my son in college, I feel I have to have the thing next to me overnight in case of an emergency.
I like your best practice!
I sleep terrible too and for years like you. I’ll try your routine to see if it helps shut down my brain, especially when I’m super busy.
Hope it helps! Good luck.
I am a great believer in having to-do lists. Started doing it when I was teaching and still do it now that I’m retired. (Need it even more now because time can fill up quickly with all those things retired people do! Ha!) I also have a little notebook by my bedside so that when something occurs to me at bedtime I can write it down. If I wait until morning, I’ll forget what it was. Thank you for your wonderful website, Elizabeth.
A notebook by the bed is a great way to keep from worrying about those tasks that wake us up at night!
Thanks so much for the kind words about the site!
” I shift anything that didn’t get finished that day to the next day’s to-do list.”
This is the key to marching toward your goals without feeling scattered.
I suffered from sleeplessness until I started scheduling the next day’s activities before going to bed. Simply listing the tasks sends a message to my brain that everything is in order, even when my schedule is frenetic. It’s truly strange.
It makes sleeping so much easier when our minds are at rest! So glad that you’re resting well now. Thanks for coming by. :)
Hi Elizabeth – exactly what should be done for helpful management of self … let alone sleeping better, something I don’t suffer with … but getting life in toe for the morning would be helpful. Thanks for the reminder – good for post Christmas and New Year resolutions/plans for 2018 … cheers Hilary
Sleeping well is a gift! Glad you’re blessed with it, especially with your recent move. Merry Christmas to you!
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I hit a point where I am too tired to function properly anyway, and that’s when I shut it all down. I might not check a list, but I find just shutting down my computer usually does it.
Getting away from the computer is certainly a big part of it. Hope you have a great week!
I need a shut down routine. I tend to wake up at least once in the middle of the night and my brain won’t shut off either.
Isn’t that awful? Sometimes it’s just better for me to give up sleeping and get up for the day.
What a great, and important, topic, Elizabeth! There’s so much research that suggests the vital necessity of enough sleep. Yet, we get so busy that we forget our brains and bodies need time to make the switch from ‘alert’ to ‘rest.’ I like the idea of backing away from electronics in the last while or so before going to bed. Studies show that lighted screen can actually keep us awake longer, and make rest less, well, restful.
That’s one reason I have a Kindle that isn’t backlit…no lighted screen at night!
My sleep improved dramatically once I started keeping my phone out of my room when I went to sleep (and it seems to be even better if I keep my phone off for several hours before that). Getting writing and planning done by 7 or 7:30 is important if I want to be able to get to bed by 10, but my best practice of all seems to be cuddling up with a good book :)
I would love to do that! With my son in college, I feel I have to have the thing next to me overnight in case of an emergency.
I like your best practice!
I sleep terrible too and for years like you. I’ll try your routine to see if it helps shut down my brain, especially when I’m super busy.
Hope it helps! Good luck.
I am a great believer in having to-do lists. Started doing it when I was teaching and still do it now that I’m retired. (Need it even more now because time can fill up quickly with all those things retired people do! Ha!) I also have a little notebook by my bedside so that when something occurs to me at bedtime I can write it down. If I wait until morning, I’ll forget what it was. Thank you for your wonderful website, Elizabeth.
A notebook by the bed is a great way to keep from worrying about those tasks that wake us up at night!
Thanks so much for the kind words about the site!
” I shift anything that didn’t get finished that day to the next day’s to-do list.”
This is the key to marching toward your goals without feeling scattered.
I suffered from sleeplessness until I started scheduling the next day’s activities before going to bed. Simply listing the tasks sends a message to my brain that everything is in order, even when my schedule is frenetic. It’s truly strange.
It makes sleeping so much easier when our minds are at rest! So glad that you’re resting well now. Thanks for coming by. :)
Hi Elizabeth – exactly what should be done for helpful management of self … let alone sleeping better, something I don’t suffer with … but getting life in toe for the morning would be helpful. Thanks for the reminder – good for post Christmas and New Year resolutions/plans for 2018 … cheers Hilary
Sleeping well is a gift! Glad you’re blessed with it, especially with your recent move. Merry Christmas to you!