June is Sleep Month!!

I've officially declared June as SLEEP MONTH on my blog! Many nights I don't sleep well. A lot of times it is because Hubby is snoring, sometimes I'm agitated and my brain is in overdrive and other times, well I don't know why, but I just don't. So I stay up late (and blog!), and then I'm tired the next day. If I'm able to I catch a nap, but then that begins a vicious cycle because often I can't sleep at night because I'm not tired enough, and it starts all over again!

SLEEP MONTH doesn't mean I'm going to stop posting the rest of June lol! It just means I'm going to dedicate Saturdays in June (I know it's Sunday today, I thought two posts yesterday was enough already, I didn't want to overwhelm all of you) to posts on how and/or why you should be getting a better sleep and resources to help you do that!

I found some insanely scary facts over at U.S. World & News Report in their Living Well section on what can happen if you don't get enough sleep!

Heart disease is at the forefront of my mind a lot, for a couple of reasons, both my in-laws died because of it. Did you know that heart attacks are 45 percent more likely in women who sleep for five or fewer hours per night than in those who get more?

Or how about that 20 percent of serious car crash injuries are caused because of sleepiness (that are not alcohol related)?

There are more facts and statistics in that article and I urge you to check it out.

U.S. World & News Report has a whole area on sleep in their health section. Some of the articles are really fascinating to read. There is one that has 10 Ways to get a Better Sleep.

A couple of the ideas are; to create a "safe room", a room you go to when you can't sleep but you don't "do" anything in it. No lights, tv, books or music. Just chill out there and see if you get sleepy. The purpose is, to not associate your bed with frustration. Another idea is to make sure you don't exercise too close to when you go to bed. Again if you have trouble sleeping and need some more tips, you may want to read the sleep section at usnews.com.

I'm hoping that by the end of June all the discoveries I make that I share with you will help all of us have a more beneficial sleep. Make sure you read this coming Saturday's post (June 13th), where I'll introduce you to a website that could help you sleep at night!

Comments

[Becca]

I have found doing something relaxing before bed really helps me. I like to read or do word puzzles (I don't know why word puzzles are relaxing). If I don't do something relaxing, it takes me WAY longer to fall asleep!