How to Improve Sleep
Welcome to tips for living a healthier life: the Healthy for Good Program (HFG). This week's tip (#8) is to Be Well.
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Sleep Hygiene
How to Sleep Better
Is your phone keeping you up at night? Whether it is the screen brightness or the anxiety that comes with a late-night text, improve your sleep hygiene with a few simple tips when it comes to using your technology before bed.
Tips on how to sleep better:
- Move it. Charge your device as far away from your bed as possible. The distance may help you feel less overwhelmed in general
- Dim it. Dim your screen or use a red filter app at night. The bright blue light of most devices can mess with your circadian rhythm and melatonin production.
- Set it. Try setting a bedtime alarm to remind you that it's time to wrap it up for the night.
- Lock it. If you've got a scrolling habit you need to kick, try an app-blocking app that makes it impossible to get lost in after-hours emails, social media or gaming.
- Block it. Put your phone on "do not disturb" mode to block it all out when you're trying to sleep.
HFG is a partnership with the American Heart Association.