2020 goals: Sleep improvement

We sleep a third of our lives on average (or at least should do that). Most do not get enough sleep. The number of people who visited the doctor for sleep problems in the UK doubled between 1993 and 2007. In short, the demand and the market is huge, but technologies that improve something significantly are only emerging (or not?)

There is a plethora of start-ups and established players tackling the problem (Apple Watch, Oura, Beddit, Nyxoah, Calm etc.)

I will share with you my personal experience in improving sleep, you can share yours so we can all sleep better :))

Some of the proven methods (still have to try them all):

1. Moderate physical and intellectual stress. Go to the Gym, write a LinkedIn post, then you sleep like a baby.

2. Try not to commit to impossible deadlines, do not take unnecessary loans. The worst thing you can do is buy a gadget for sleeping on credit :))

3. Do not drink too much at night. The alcohol can put you to bed, but not for too long.

4. Fresh air. Ventilation. Get an ionizer or/and humidifier if necessary.

5. Walk a lot. Spend a lot of time outdoors. Hard to implement when you have to work 25/24

6. The quality of your bedding: mattress, bed sheets, pillows – all play a role. There are solutions to cool or warm up a bed. They say it improves sleep – haven’t tested.

7. Follow a schedule to go to bed. Even if you go to bed late, wake up later. Equip your room with black-out curtains.

8. Do not overeat for the night. Lose weight. Minus a few extra kg and the sleep is much better - verified.

9. Turn-off phone and TV. Hard to do oftentimes but necessary.

10. Do not drink coffee before going to bed.

As you can see, there is not a single new breakthrough technology on my list. I might try a few in 2020. If you know of any sleephacks share in comments.

P.S. I just wanted to write a LinkedIn post but it turned out it needs to be an article as there is a 700 character limit for posts :))