All About Sleep

The final part of the DO section of our framework is to settle your sleep.

By this point, you’ve controlled how you move and filtered what you eat. Now it’s time to move on to something that’s hugely underrated. 

Sleep.

How well you sleep has a huge effect on your body. And yet a third of the population doesn’t get as much sleep as they really need.

Let’s look at what happens when people don’t get enough.

These are just a few of the negative effects:

- Increased risk of medical issues, which include heart disease, obesity, and diabetes.

- A shorter life expectancy compared to those who get plenty of sleep.

- The lack of focus and shorter temper that come with feeling fatigued or exhausted.

- Brain fog, which occurs after several successive nights of poor sleep. It’s hard to concentrate and your decision-making is affected.

Now, we could stick to the general recommendations when trying to manage this force.

A literature review by the US National Sleep Foundation tells us that adults need between seven and nine hours per night.

That seems like a decent starting point.

However, we like to dig a little deeper when dealing with this force. This is because the amount of sleep you really need depends on two factors:

- Age

- Genetics

You know that some people love the morning and others are complete night owls.

That’s a genetic issue. Our sleep/wake cycles vary from person to person. They’re governed by our internal biological clocks. If you find it difficult to get to sleep at night, or you just prefer being awake, there’s a genetic issue at play.

Age also has an effect on those functions. As we get older, we generally sleep less.

Our goal is to help you manage this force so you get as much sleep as your body needs.

Genetics, age, activity levels, and the foods you eat all play a role.

That finishes up the DO portion of our framework. In our next post, we’ll start looking at the three forces in FEEL.

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