Lastly, stop using your phones and laptops! To quote Mark Sisson’ s in-depth article on how light affects sleep:“ Blue light regulates our secretion of melatonin, the sleep hormone. Exposed to blue light, we limit the production of melatonin, and we stay alert and awake; in the absence of blue light, melatonin production ramps up, and we get sleepy.” For us, the most distracting thing is browsing our Instagram feeds and checking our Snapchat stories, to simply avoid this complication we turn off our phones and computers once we are ready to start winding down. If you can’ t turn off your computer for some reason, at least block access to distracting sites with an extension like‘ StayFocusd’ or you could also reduce the temptation to start sending Snapchat‘ streaks’ by using an app named‘ Forest’.
Through this article, not only did we want to help you identify where there may be a fault in your sleep schedule but to more importantly portray what big fans and avid sleepers we are. We think this article is a great testament to that, delving into world of science to pin that tail on the donkey as to how we actually sleep and why we may have trouble sleeping. Sleeping provides a safe environment for dreamers to dream and for those dying to get a move on to the next day, sleep helps to refresh your body to conquer the world. So the next time you’ re staying up until 2am cramming in for an assessment, just think,‘ am I not supposed to be in bed?’. Although you would probably continue to study, it is important to feel guilty about it later and make changes so that you don’ t find yourself in the same situation in the future.