| If you're having trouble getting to sleep, or have periods | | | | exceptionally sedentary, it is no wonder that sleep has |
| of wakefulness or a fitful night of sleep that leaves | | | | abandoned you. You must begin exercising. Start with |
| you craving more when the alarm clock bleats its | | | | any type of exercise you enjoy. |
| incessant alarm in the morning, here are some things | | | | Working out with weights in a gym |
| you can do to get things back to where they should | | | | Walking on a treadmill |
| be. | | | | Swimming laps |
| Sleep is a mysterious and delicate friend. Many of us | | | | Doing houseword |
| take it for granted, so it can be shocking and dismaying | | | | Yardwork |
| when it abandons us for seemingly no reason. Usually | | | | The activity doesn't matter, just as long as you push |
| there are reasons, however, however strange and | | | | yourself when you're doing it. This is the kind of thing |
| seemingly unrelated they may be. One of these | | | | that will lead to a good night's sleep at the end of the |
| reasons can be stress. Today's modern world can be | | | | day. |
| full of stress, from that which comes to us from our | | | | Perhaps most importantly, however, is to make sure |
| careers, and that imposed on us from our families or | | | | you have prepared a place conducive to sleep. Take |
| financial situations. Much of this stress however, is fully | | | | a moment or two to examine your sleeping conditions |
| under our control. | | | | and think about a few ways in which you could |
| Perhaps not the sources, but how we let it affect us. If | | | | improve your bed. Is your mattress as comfortable as |
| you sense that stress is ruining your ability to get a | | | | it could be? Is there any way you could arrange your |
| good night's sleep, try to spend at least thirty minutes | | | | pillows that would help you sleep better? Is the |
| before bed thinking about anything other than the | | | | temperature setting at night as optimal as it should be? |
| causes of your stress. This could include reading a | | | | Another tip that can help with insomnia is to keep the |
| book, watching a movie, or simply thinking about more | | | | bed as a place only for sleep and lovemaking. If you |
| pleasant things. It is the real world equivalent to | | | | have taken to using your bed to do work, read books, |
| counting sheep. Use anything you can to clear your | | | | and watch television, try cutting this out and see if it |
| mind and bring yourself peace in the time before bed, | | | | doesn't improve your ability to sleep at night. It is very |
| and you will be much closer to bringing delightful, | | | | possible to produce a Pavlovian effect by treating our |
| untrammeled sleep back into your life. | | | | beds as a place for sleep only. If you only get into bed |
| It is well known that physical exertion is a great | | | | when you're ready to go to sleep, your body will |
| harbinger of sleep. If you're life has become | | | | naturally be ready to do so at that time. |