29/01/2023
Z= zzz(sleep)
Sleep keeps us healthy and functioning well. It lets your body and brain repair, restore, and reenergize.
Getting enough sleep will help to:
· Be sick less often.
· Stay at a healthy weight.
· Lower your risk for serious health problems, like diabetes and heart disease.
· Reduce stress and improve your mood.
· Think more clearly and do better in school and at work.
· Get along better with people.
If you don't get enough sleep, you might experience side effects like poor memory and focus, weakened immunity, and mood changes.
So what can you do to get a good nights sleep?
Here are some suggestions which may help you to sleep:
· 30 minutes before going to bed, turn off all electrical equipment (or put on charge)
· Check in with your body. How are you feeling? Squeeze and release hands, feet etc
· In your journal, write 3 things you are grateful for
· Write 3 things you have learnt today
· Write about 1 or 2 people you really appreciate and why
· Brain dump – if you are struggling with a head full of thoughts/worries, either try meditation and/or write down all these thoughts down so they are no longer in your mind.
· Read a chapter or two of a good book
· As soon as you feel your eyes dropping, close the book and turn of the light
· Make sure there is no light pollution from phones etc