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The habits around the eight hours that decide their quality.
7 fixes, drawn from 16 peer-reviewed sources.
The fixes
- A drink before sleepSkip the drink before sleep. On any night you want to sleep well, stop using a drink as the thing that gets you to sleep.
- Caffeine too lateCount back eight hours from the time you actually go to bed.
- Morning light and your body clockTake something you already do in the morning.
- Phone in bedPut your phone across the room, not on the nightstand.
- Pulling an all-nighterSleep the night before a day of studying, and sleep the night after it too.
- Short sleepWake up at the same time every day, even on weekends.
- Sleeping with the light onWhen you lie down to sleep, turn the lights off.