World Sleep Day: How To Focus On Quality Sleep, Not Just Quantity

The goal of World Sleep Day is to increase public knowledge of the value of sleep for physical and mental health. So many people are aware that they aren’t getting enough sleep but aren’t taking the right measures to get good sleep hygiene and habits.

Sleep is the foundation for your physical and mental wellbeing, it helps you to tackle tasks and go about your day with a clear mind and maintain your everyday routine. However, when people tend to get busy the first thing they will do is reduce their sleep hours but lack of sleep may give you more hours in the day but your productivity levels will drop. The best thing to do to improve your sleep hygiene, both in quantity and quality, is to make consistent lifestyle changes.

We believe that to improve your sleep hygiene you must enhance your surroundings and bedroom to include quality and comfortable bedding. In this article, we will look at the importance of sleep quality and healthy habits to include in your night time regime as well as the best bedding to help you gain restorative sleep.

Nearly all of the factors that may influence the quality of sleep are reversible. Daily struggles like stress and anxiety, caffeine intake late in the day, excessive alcohol consumption, digestive problems like gastroesophageal reflux, or a noisy bed partner can all have a negative effect on sleep quality.

However, over time you can change and alter your diet so that it doesn't impact the quality of your sleep and put sleep practices in place to counteract a loud partner-using earplugs- or light meditation to reduce stress from the day.

We must treat the quantity and quality of our sleep with the same seriousness that we do other aspects of maintaining our everyday health. You need sleep for everything in your mind and body to function at its peak levels but many adults and teenagers believe that getting enough sleep is a waste of time that could be spent working or having fun with peers. Sleep should be an immovable, non-negotiable activity even when you are busy.

We might be a better-rested, healthier, and more creative race of people if we reframe sleep as a separate activity, which it is.

Other methods for enhancing sleep quality and quantity include minimising ambient light and background noise, keeping rooms cool (68 degrees Fahrenheit is optimal), and avoiding using any electronic devices for 60 to 90 minutes prior to bed. It's beneficial to avoid all forms of caffeine after 2 o'clock, including caffeinated cocoa, caffeinated tea, and coffee.

Both adults and children can suffer from chronic sleep deprivation, but there are many things we can do to better sleep, which will have a huge impact.