Sleep is terribly undervalued in the American culture. In fact, it's a badge of honor for a college student to pull an all nighter and adults that only get 5 hours of sleep are often looked at has high achievers. But getting more sleep is not for the weak, nor is it the enemy.
Sleeping is your body's natural way to recharge. As you sleep, your body is repairing, healing, and learning from all your interactions and activities throughout the day. Your body requires this time to process and prepare vital functions for the next day. We often think that if we put more hours into daytime activities, then we are "getting ahead" of those people who are asleep before us.
| The real truth is that the more sleep we get, the more productive and high functioning we are throughout the day and long term. When you sleep, your brain is taking what it has learned throughout the day and programming new neurological pathways to remember this information. This means the more sleep you get, the more time your brain has to program pathways. How you feel when you are awake is determined by how well you sleep at night. The more deep, less interrupted sleep you can get in a night, the better the results will be. | Sleep Affects:
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Sleep not only affects productivity but it also plays a role in your motor skill function, immune health, mood, weight management, and even chronic disease. The easiest way to remember how sleep affects all parts of the body is to understand that less sleep creates issues while a full night's sleep helps reverse and prevent these negative health problems.
Thankfully, our culture is beginning to shift how we view sleep. Forbes released an article in 2018 about how entrepreneurs are making sleep work for them. Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Neil Patel, Ellen DeGeneres are among some of these top business leaders and entrepreneurs that reported getting at least 7 hours of sleep each night. As we become more and more educated on the healing power of sleep, we can begin to shed the myth that "snooze, you lose" and embrace good healthy night's sleep.
Thankfully, our culture is beginning to shift how we view sleep. Forbes released an article in 2018 about how entrepreneurs are making sleep work for them. Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Neil Patel, Ellen DeGeneres are among some of these top business leaders and entrepreneurs that reported getting at least 7 hours of sleep each night. As we become more and more educated on the healing power of sleep, we can begin to shed the myth that "snooze, you lose" and embrace good healthy night's sleep.
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