This document lists 100 solutions for getting better sleep, such as avoiding caffeine, eating dinner early, exercising regularly, avoiding screens and stress before bed, using relaxing scents like lavender, and developing a consistent sleep routine. It suggests relaxing activities like taking a warm bath, reading, or listening to calm music. It also recommends keeping a comfortable sleep environment in terms of mattress, pillows, temperature and avoiding light, noise and uncomfortable clothes.
Ultraviolet (UV) rays are an invisible form
of radiation. They can penetrate your skin and damage your skin cells. Sunburns
are a sign of skin damage. Suntans aren't healthy, either. They appear after
the sun's rays have already killed some cells and damaged others. UV rays can
cause skin damage during any season or at any temperature. They can also cause
eye problems, wrinkles, skin spots, and skin cancer.
To protect yourself:
-- Stay out of the sun when it is strongest
(between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.)
-- Use sunscreen with an SPF of 15 or higher
-- Wear protective clothing
-- Wear wraparound sunglasses that provide 100
percent UV ray protection
-- Avoid sunlamps and tanning beds
Check your skin regularly for changes in
the size, shape, color or feel of birthmarks, moles and spots. Such changes are
a sign of skin cancer.
Ultraviolet (UV) rays are an invisible form
of radiation. They can penetrate your skin and damage your skin cells. Sunburns
are a sign of skin damage. Suntans aren't healthy, either. They appear after
the sun's rays have already killed some cells and damaged others. UV rays can
cause skin damage during any season or at any temperature. They can also cause
eye problems, wrinkles, skin spots, and skin cancer.
To protect yourself:
-- Stay out of the sun when it is strongest
(between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.)
-- Use sunscreen with an SPF of 15 or higher
-- Wear protective clothing
-- Wear wraparound sunglasses that provide 100
percent UV ray protection
-- Avoid sunlamps and tanning beds
Check your skin regularly for changes in
the size, shape, color or feel of birthmarks, moles and spots. Such changes are
a sign of skin cancer.
We as human being, has a potential to decide our quality of life. if we live a tasteless life, it does not mean that life is really dry but we have yet not found of our purpose of being born as a human being?
How you feel when you wake up says a lot about the night you had and the day to come. Sleep plays an important role in our physical and mental health. Some of the benefits of sleep revealed by recent researches is mentioned here.
We as human being, has a potential to decide our quality of life. if we live a tasteless life, it does not mean that life is really dry but we have yet not found of our purpose of being born as a human being?
How you feel when you wake up says a lot about the night you had and the day to come. Sleep plays an important role in our physical and mental health. Some of the benefits of sleep revealed by recent researches is mentioned here.
More than 100 solutions for Sleep because StressJanetMelchor
The Creative Team
The problem:
It is said that stress is the main cause for not sleeping.
One of nowadays most frequent sources of stress is the Crisis: due to economic problems, unemployment.
Solving these issues could be quite a useful challenge. Make people happier in hard times.
Crash Course of Creativity - Stanford University
This is an assignment for the online course "Crash Course on Creativity" by Tina Seelig.
The purpose of this assignment was to find solutions for people that stay up at night studying and it has become a habit for them. As a result, they cannot sleep as they wish.
1. 100 SOLUTIONS FOR GETTING ENOUGH
SLEEP
For people lacking sleep due to work related issues
2. 1. Avoid having more caffeine
2. Eat at-least 3 hours before going to bed.
3. Little alcohol.
4. Include more carbohydrates in dinner
5. A glass of Warm milk without/with less sugar
3. 6. A warm water bath
7. Body Massage
8. Use blue or purple color ambience for bedroom
9. Maintain a cool temperature in the room
10. Watch a pleasant movie before bedtime
4. 11. Read a bedtime story
12. Leave the lights on/off according to one’s comfortness
13. Meditate
14. Listen to pleasant instrumental musics
15. Use a comfortable mattresses
5. 16. Use one/two pillow according to convenience
17. Cuddle your partner/pillow
18. Wear a comfortable PJ
19. Use a eye shade
20. Avoid smoking after dinner
6. 21. Eat cherry
22. try lying sideways
23. Follow a sleep ritual
24. Think about happy events and avoid thinking about issues
before going to bed
25. Stay put if woke up unintentionally
7. 26. Exercise regularly
27. no electronics
28. Pray
29. If stressed about something before u go to bed write it on
paper so u let it out and don't let it bother during the night
30. Go for a walk after dinner
8. 31. counting sheep
32. Drinking camomile tea
33. loose sleeping socks in order to keep the body temp in
wintertime
34. Imagine peaceful place
35. lavender flavoured room
9. 36. Avoid horror movies
37. Build a garden room
38. Have Sex
39. a glass of wine
40. Marijuana
10. 41. Melatonin
42. 3 deep breaths
43. Accupunctutre
44. use the bathroom before u go to bed
45. Avoid sweets and fruits before bedtime
11. 46. Ear plugs
47. Window blinds
48. body oil or lotion with lavender
49. Dont tie hair (if have long hair)
50. Head massage
12. 51. No undergarments
52. Listen to the ocean sound or rain
53. tea bags on the eyes to soothe and relax
54. Aleo vera on the eyes
55. Pretend that u r sleeping
13. 56. dont keep clock near
57. Avoid afternoon naps
58. look at moon and stars
59. Get some fresh air before going to bed
60. eat carrots
14. 61. eat bananas
62. Don't eat cucumber
63. sleep with partner who doesn’t snore
64. Make ur bed very comfortable, so u go to sleep with
pleasure
65. Sing ur fav song if this calms u down
15. 66. stomach rub
67. wiggle ur toes
68. sleep with head facing north
69. use a white noise
70. visualise happy moments with loved ones
16. 71. read something boring
72. goto bed by 10 for quality sleeping
73. Have kingsize breakfast, medium lunch and paupers dinner
74. 2 drops of sesame or castor oil on ur feet and eyelids
75. soak feet in warm water for 10 mins before bedtime
17. 76. blue colored lamp will calm down the brain ans will give peaceful
sleep
77. himalayan salt lamp will clear the vibrations in the room.
78. Use the bed only for sleeping
79. Dont think about work
80. Compare yourself with people who have more worries than you.
18. 81. Sleep in couch to feel if change is needed
82. Practise sleeping while sitting(For people who work in
uneven times like flight attendants)
83. Imagine yourself as a character in your favourite movie
84. Have a fish aquarium in the room
85. Read your kid’s fairy tale
19. 86. Listen to a story as audiobook
87. Do a short and simple activity that you can win, so you will feel
happy and sleep better
88. Dream about something with eyes closed and try to get
immersed in it.
89. Tell yourself sleeping is preparing for tomorrow
90. Develop ownership of your sleep time
20. 91. Place smiling baby photos in the room
92. Use a fan to feel mild breeze
93. Logout from Facebook...:P
94. eat yogurt rice in dinner
95. Develop a sleep pattern accommodating the work timings
21. 96. If using company transportation/public transportation sleep while
travelling (Done by most IT employees in india).
97. If hate someone at work, fantasies about hurting em or even
killing them to make yourself happy
98. Try to change the office timings
99. If nothing works, try changing the job itself
100. Read the above 99 suggestions again..:P