Re-establishing Sleep Schedule: How to Get Enough Sleep and Why It’s Important
Sleep is important for health and well-being, but it can also be elusive.
Work and social lives can play havoc on people’s sleep schedules, and it is important to be able to adjust in order to maintain an acceptable amount of rest for the mind and body.
COVID-19 lockdowns disrupted many people’s sleep cycles, allowing those who might not usually sleep in-because of their lengthy commute to work or routine for getting ready to go out-a few more minutes to hours of rest. As the world returns to office work and in-person socialising, many people are struggling to re-establish a sleep schedule that co-operates with their new daily routine.
Shifting Your Sleep Schedule
In an email to The Epoch Times, the Director of the Centre for Sleep Science at the University of Western Australia, Jennifer Walsh, PhD, said that light is the best way to reset the sleep schedule.
“If you are trying to shift your sleep time to later in the evening, you should expose yourself to bright light in the evening hours,” Walsh said.
“If you are trying to shift your sleep time to earlier in the evening, you should set your alarm to wake closer to the desired wake time and expose yourself to bright…
