Sunday, June 6, 2010

must.. sleep.. to.. function..

(I hope you read the title to this post as if a zombie was saying it). You know that feeling when you are laying in your soft bed in the morning, cozy in your blankets, you open your eyes, take a deep breath in and go 'aaaaahhhhhh' and feel completely relaxed and refreshed from a great nights sleep? Yeah, that hasn't happened to me in about two weeks. I wake up with my back feeling like I was lugging heavy luggage uphill, laid a couple ton of bricks then rolled down a gravel hill. Thus, making my neck just as painful. It feels awfully stiff and kinked. I don't even have dreams anymore so the time I sleep isn't worth it! Honestly, I wake up feeling more exhausted than I did before I slept. It's funny to me how stressful and exhausting sleep can be.

I've started to see how this lack of comfortable and effect sleep is effecting me. People have had to deal with the super stressed version of Kaleena. So I did some research of my favorite search engine, Google.

Tips for a better night sleep:

1.Go to bed and get up at about the same time every day, even on the weekends.
2. Don't eat or drink large amounts before bedtime. 
3.Avoid nicotine, caffeine and alcohol in the evening. 
4. Exercise regularly.
5.Make your bedroom cool, dark, quiet and comfortable. 
6.Start a relaxing bedtime routine
7. Avoid watching TV, eating, and discussing emotional issues in bed.

I'm going to give these a try. I'm not too hopeful... considering I already do everything on this list. Cheers to a better night sleep. 

Also, if anyone has tips of their own, or has any experiences they had similar to this, please share! I need some help. Some serious help.

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