I think most of us intuitively understand that sleep is critical for optimal health, but for me at least, it's always been something hard to measure and keep on top of with regular consistency. However, now that I have the Whoop I can actually see in metrics how my sleep quality is impacting my recovery and my day to day life. Seeing my sleep in quantifiable numbers and in an objective manner instead of just resorting to how I feel, has helped me greatly as I can see how my daily lifestyle, routines, habits, and schedule impact my overall sleep. What I've learned is that quality sleep is not something that can be improved by implementing change just a couple hours before sleep, but in fact preparation for good sleep begins from the moment you wake up and how you conduct yourself throughout the day, and how you begin to taper off as you get ready to sleep in the evening. Therefore, I would also agree in that I too have more room for improvement, but I now have a better understanding and knowledge of how to achieve quality sleep on a consistent basis.
What’s one thing you actively try to improve on?
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Hmm, I've learned that improving sleep quality is quite multi faceted, therefore, I am actively trying to improve and look for aspects of my life to improve during wake time in order to better my sleep. The one thing I struggle to maintain consistency in is limiting screen time after a certain hour at night. By 11PM I aim to completely get off any sort of screen in order to calm my brain and body down, but I fall prey to watching a video, or scrolling through SN or something else. I do wear blue light glasses from around 8, 9PM but even then I would like to improve on staying disciplined when it comes to turning off all screens by 11PM, because I have noticed I'm able to fall asleep faster when I do so.
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I didn’t know blue light glasses is a thing! Will ask my optician the next time I change my glasses
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