For some of you, what I am about to say may seem like I want to make your life boring, but believe it or not you cannot keep doing the same thing over and over and expect different results. So here is what you need to do, if you really want to improve the way you sleep:

You need to have a regular schedule, EVERY DAY! This means Monday through Sunday, and even on vacation. You need to go to sleep at the same time and wake up at the same time every single day.

So you may ask “But why can’t I wake up late, if I go to bed late? I am still sleeping the same amount of time”. Well, true; maybe you are sleeping the same amount of hours. However, your body has something called the circadian rhythm which regulates many body functions, including sleep patterns; it is like a fixed clock. And every time you change your sleeping hours, you tell your internal clock to change and reset to new hours. Problem is, it doesn’t reset right away; it takes days (just think about how long it takes to completely get over jet lag).

So if you constantly change your sleep hours, you are constantly asking your internal clock to change and reset to new hours, which it can never do and never stabilize, which results in you having sleep problems.

Your circadian rhythm doesn’t really care how many hours you sleep; what it really cares about is what time you go to sleep so it can prepare to start releasing Melatonin and what time you wake up, so it knows when to start decreasing the Melatonin level. Does this make sense to you?

So figure out how many hours of sleep are optimal for you, get on a regular sleep schedule and stick to it. This in turn will set your internal clock, regulate proper hormone secretion and optimize your sleep pattern.

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