Friday, March 9th, 2007...11:58 am
10 ways to improve your sleep… Or not
The following list was taken from Cracking the Sleep Code, and was originally published in The Standard newspaper in the UK.
My notes are in bold.
Ten top tips to an improved night’s sleep:
1. Take a hot bath. ***
As a heterosexual male I can not in good conscience take a bath. It goes against the code you see.
2. Stick to the same bedtime.
4am every night? If you say so, you are the expert.
3. Take a hot, milky drink.
Umm… Hot and milky you say. Not happening. See #1.
4. If you feel stressed or worried about something, write down your concerns or pen an action plan.
And in the morning you can organise a subcommitee to discuss your concerns and the feasibility of said action plan.
5. Your bed should be for “sleep and sex” and nothing else. Do not watch television in bed.
What, no masturbation?
6. Sleep in a completely dark and quiet room.
But if I’m afraid of the dark. That’s when the evil one comes for my soul!
7. Eat at regular meal times, and eat in the evening at least three hours before going to bed.
Define regular.
8. Avoid caffeine and alcohol in the afternoon or evenings.
My precious! You can’t take my precious!
9. Eat bananas (they are high in the amino acid tryptophan).
Shouldn’t this be before #3? First the banana then the hot milky drink. I think the poor girl’s a little confused.
10. Always settle any arguments before going to sleep.
With this I agree, but be sure to shower before going to bed. Knives can be messy and you don’t want to ruin the sheets.
***The BBC reports that hot baths may reduce men’s fertility.
10 Comments
March 9th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Hi,
So true on the “blog or die” I always feel guilty when I miss a day. God forbid you go blogless for 2 or 3 days—-at that point you can feel yourself slipping off the blog wagon.
About your blog on “10 top tips…” by the Standard. They were written a little corny but I thought the premise was good. After reading your comments, I like them even more… had a certain David Letterman quality about it.
Stephanie
March 9th, 2007 at 7:22 pm
Hi Stephanie. My sleeping patterns are actually pretty messed up at the moment. I really should be trying the things on this list
I think I’ll have to visit your blog more often.
March 10th, 2007 at 5:05 am
[…] manieren voor een betere nachtrust en de reaktie daarop van een echte man. Met veel van zijn reakties kan ik het eens zijn. Soms zou ik ook wel wat tips kunnen gebruiken […]
March 10th, 2007 at 7:31 am
Your comments really made me laugh. Thank you - just need to mop up the tea I’ve spat all over the laptop now!!
March 10th, 2007 at 7:33 am
Haha, sorry about that Jen
March 10th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
I’ve got to say, your personal response to #9 is a classic.
That and thanks for stopping by WH.
March 11th, 2007 at 12:32 am
Dude this’s just made my morning .. too damn funny
March 12th, 2007 at 9:06 am
I’ve been struggling with semi-insomnia forever, last time I checked with the family doctor he actually said “Well, maybe you should just accept that you’re sleeping patterns are different from the rest of the world.”. Gives rule nr.2 a new meaning.
Nice blog you got here.
March 16th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
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March 25th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
Pssh…bedtime at 4am? Rookie
I have a pretty wacky sleeping schedule as well. If I’m lucky I may start yawning around 7am or so.
The one thing I didn’t see on this list which probably outweighs all the others would be “Turn off your computer and slowly back away.”. But I just can’t. I’d miss that comforting, soothing whir provided by my six dusty case fans…and besides I can’t blog while I’m sleeping.
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