8 weeks to better sleep
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January 01, 2021 21:26 IST
The biggest takeaway from 2020: the importance of a good night’s rest. As more of us turn night owls, battling stress, isolation and work, here’s some help to reboot your routine.
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Sleepless nights? Time for a reboot
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The biggest takeaway from 2020: the importance of a good night’s rest. As more of us turn night owls, battling stress, isolation and work, here’s some help to reboot your routine.
Last year, we lost sleep: working at odd hours, worrying about the future, about falling ill, about financial security. The time we saved on the commute or evenings out didn’t always translate into better work-personal life balance. Instead, confinement and anxiety turned many of us into night owls.
You call out to your best friend, but thereâs no response. You shake them and gently nudge their shoulder before it dawns on you that theyâre not sleeping. Theyâre lifeless. Dead. You reach for them again but the distance between you grows until they become one with the fog.
You wake up with a profound sense of loss yet strangely unburdened. Youâve had a common dream about someone dying â but in all likelihood, it has nothing to do with your friend or literal death.
Read on as we take a closer look at dreams about dying, what they mean, and if thereâs reason for concern.
Always Running on 6 Hours of Sleep? Experts Explain Why You Should Aim For More
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With a massive to-do list of personal and professional obligations, it s common to sacrifice sleep in an effort to get it all done. A 2019 study published in the
How Much Sleep Should You Be Getting?
Rebecca Robbins, PhD, an instructor at Harvard Medical School and sleep researcher, told POPSUGAR that a large body of evidence overwhelmingly shows that between seven to nine hours of sleep per night is beneficial in terms of optimal health, well-being, performance, and longevity. Dr. Robbins said it s important to note that, because it takes the average person at least 15 minutes to fall asleep, someone who thinks they re getting seven hours of sleep each night may actually be sleeping much less.
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