15 Healthy Habits for Today, This Week and This Month
Good music every day. Making time for good friends every month. Get hooked on a few simple-sounding but always powerful new routines.
Create a Nighttime Ritual for Better Sleep
It's your greatest energy source—and most of us are deprived. Firstly, prepare your room for your body's rest. Dim your lights several hours if possible to avoid artificial light pollution—TV, computer, etc—the less stimuli the better. Decide when you want to wake up and count backward about seven hours. Now take about a 15-minute period before that to start your slowdown process. That means taking five minutes to finish up must-do chores, followed by five minutes of hygiene stuff (flossing,washing your face and so on) and five minutes of relaxing into your sleep state through things like meditation.
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Published 03/30/2011
