Bad Sleep Habits
Bad sleep habits rarely feel bad in the moment: one more episode, one more scroll, one more snooze. The cost shows up the next day. The good news: sleep responds faster to habit change than almost anything else. Most people feel a difference within two weeks of fixing one keystone habit.
Napping
Actually fineSleeping briefly during the day, typically in the early afternoon.
All-nighters
Worth breakingSkipping an entire night of sleep, usually to study, meet a deadline, or game.
Caffeine after noon
It dependsDrinking coffee, tea, or energy drinks in the afternoon or evening.
Hitting snooze
It dependsRepeatedly delaying getting up with the snooze button, often for thirty minutes or more.
Irregular sleep schedule
Worth breakingGoing to bed and waking at widely different times from day to day.
Oversleeping
It dependsRegularly sleeping well beyond nine or ten hours, or far past intended wake times.
Revenge bedtime procrastination
Worth breakingStaying up late scrolling or watching shows to reclaim personal time, despite needing sleep.
Screens before bed
Worth breakingUsing phones, tablets, or laptops in the hour before sleep, usually in bed.
Sleeping in on weekends
It dependsSleeping hours later on weekends than on weekdays.
Sleeping with the TV on
Worth breakingFalling asleep to a playing TV or show and leaving it on through the night.
Breaking a habit sticks when you track the replacement.
Decide what you'll do instead, then track it daily. A visible streak turns one good decision into a system.
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