
The importance of sleep and how to get more of it
When it comes to the compromises we make in our daily lives, cutting down on sleep has to be one of the most common ones. Whether it’s to work a couple more hours, squeeze in an early AM workout, or to binge one more Netflix episode, sometimes it seems worth feeling tired the next day. However, ongoing sleep deprivation has serious health implications. It is a major mental health stressor, it can raise your blood pressure, it can mess with your metabolism and it can dull your thinking abilities. It’s also bad news for your skin, which performs most of its repair work when you’re asleep. So, how to start racking up some extra hours spent slumbering? We have some suggestions. Stop scrolling Ever lain in bed in the middle of the night, aimlessly scrolling through Instagram or Twitter? Us too. But all those images, opinions and blue light will fire up your brain, giving it too much work to do. If you can’t shake your social media habit, make it a daytime treat. You can also set a daily timer on Instagram, which will remind you once you’ve spent, say, 30 minutes on the app. If you must use Twitter at night, it offers a night mode, which cuts...