21/10/2024
6 Sleep Secrets to Survive the Clocks Going Back
No 1: ‘Ditch the Tech’
Earlier this year, I took a much-needed tech break for six months. I detoxed myself from posting on social media and the adrenaline-spiking constant flow of endless messages and notifications that has become our modern ‘always on’ life.
The benefits? A calmer mind, deeper rest, and quality time to enjoy living in the present.
Q, What will you do with your ‘extra’ hour on Sunday?
As we prepare for the Autumn UK clocks to ‘fall back’ on Sunday, 27th October, giving us an ‘extra hour in bed’ - I invite you to try spending it ‘tech-free’, ‘screen-free’, particularly in the evening, and indulge in some wholesome ‘you time’ on Sunday.
Read a ‘non-digital’ newspaper, a magazine or a book with real pages that you can turn as you read.
And whatever the weather on Sunday, use the ‘extra’ hour you’ve been given to get more ‘real’ morning daylight outside or sit near a bright window, as daylight helps your brain adjust faster to this Autumn’s clock change for winter.
Start preparing your brain’s pacemaker or body clock, SCN, which regulates circadian timing and rhythms in all your body systems by sensing external daylight from your eyes.
This week, I recommend getting up 20 minutes earlier each day and going to bed 20 minutes earlier each night.
It can help to set a clock/timer/alarm to tell you when to wake up earlier, and when to go to bed earlier.
This will help you adjust to the clock change much faster, particularly next week.
Welcome to British Autumn, GMT.
