Day 144! Sleep Secrets Working for Me to get 8 Hours Nightly!

How would you feel with a great night of sleep each night? Hear what works for me to consistently get 8 hours of sleep nightly including falling asleep, staying in REM and deep sleep, and waking up feeling restored! The simple truth I see is that people getting good sleep are consistently happier, healthier, and more productive than those waking up frequently, functioning on small amounts of sleep, sleeping sporadically, and struggling to get a good night of sleep. Does the insanity of day time life translate into the same for sleep? Is not the battle to get good sleep a tool to gain motivation for fixing the rest of problems in daily life? For me, the most unhappy parts of my life also found me with the most disrupted sleep. I start by sharing what my life looks like today with balanced energy throughout the day matched with the ability to relax and sit on the couch watching a masterclass by deadmau5 for 40 minutes before getting up to write this. At night when I get in bed, I consistently fall asleep fast without the torturous hours I used to endure of tossing and turning or without the handicaps I used to depend on like alcohol to pass out instead of fall asleep. What works for me today to help avoid waking up early and be calm when I go to bed? Listen to the stories I share to see how blacking out all sunlight in my bedroom helps me stay sound asleep longer and how having 2 HOURS of pre sleep routines ensures that my brain is prepared to let go instead of worry and obsess when it comes to bed time. One family member inspire me to make this because they have struggled for more than ten years to get healthy sleep routines. In my experience, adjusting sleep routines should be simple if I am living healthy but when I am living an insane life, it is impossible to truly change anything in my life from diet to sleep to alcohol or sex habits. I rely on support from hundreds of others from authors to a 12 step recovery program to spending time with my family and advice from strangers, counselors, friends, and family members to help with the insanity. I share how for more than ten years myself my life was so filled with being insane that I could never make any progress on areas like getting better sleep and staying healthy without complete outside control. Today I am grateful that making changes in my life is simple because I focus on being of service to you each day. My exercise for today is to remember my gratitude for the THOUSANDS of people that have shared their life experience ranging from seemingly completely unrelated areas to direct tips like black out curtains which have helped me today to consistently get a great night of sleep. Thank you very much for reading about day 144 of Happier People podcast and I hope you enjoy it!