•Make sleep your main goal
•Decide the things you need to change to get enough sleep so
that you can stay healthy, happy, and smart
•Naps can help, if you plan them right. If an individual
chooses to take naps that are too long or too close to
bedtime, it can interfere with their regular sleeping patterns
•Get eyeshades or blackout curtains
•Make access to light in the morning so that you can signal your body to wake up
•Don’t take pills, vitamins or drinks for your sleeping issue
•Avoid have caffeine such as coffee, tea, soda/pop and chocolate late in the day so you can get to sleep at night
•Nicotine and alcohol will also interfere with your sleep, so avoid these unhealthy cravings
•Finalize a bed-time and wake-up time for you to stick to, and try to remain close to it on the weekends that it won’t be a pain to get used to it on week days