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Tip #33. How to Sleep Less and Stay Healthy

Added: 8/31/2007 07:25:28 AM

My today’s tip is up as a guest post at Pick the Brain blog. It’s about sleeping less time by improving the quality of your sleep and changing your sleeping habits. Head there to read full story, as well as many other great articles on self-improvement, productivity and motivation.

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Jeremy Hobbs says:
8/31/2007 5:29:15 PM
Even nights when I have amazingly restful sleep, I still need ten hours. Other folks manage fine on 8, I wish I could as well.

Louiss says:
9/2/2007 9:48:25 AM
erm, basically I have read up the full stories on another blog. But what is the differences between read a book and watch TV before sleep? As I know watch TV is one of the way to relax myself.

Kristie says:
9/2/2007 1:11:22 PM
I'd have to agree with Jeremy. I just see to need more hours no matter how well I sleep. Being 8 mos pregnant isn't helping right now, but even under better circumstances, I'm still a big time sleeper.

Lisa says:
9/5/2007 9:20:51 PM
I seem to find I can get by pretty well on around 5 hours sleep. More is better. But 5 seems to be the minimum.

Derek says:
9/8/2007 4:35:30 PM
I manage to get 5-7 hours of sleep per day because I am a student....
Ill try change some of my habits so I can sleep better at night.

Thanks for sharing this

babyblue says:
3/5/2008 2:03:24 AM
I'm an insomniac who has a difficulty sleeping at night..That's why i can't get the right amount of sleep one should have..Thanks for the tip and I'll try to apply it to myself.^_^

Get Better Sleep says:
3/6/2008 10:35:04 AM
Well the amount of rest you're getting is proportional to the quality of sleep you have. So you might just need to get better sleep, then naturally you will need less sleep.

Ron says:
3/12/2008 4:08:02 AM
I've found that when I work out regularly, I need less sleep and feel more alert during the day (assuming I didn't over do it on the workout - when I'm doing manual labor, I often need extra sleep).

Ron
www.triumphdining.com

Randy from Calgary says:
3/13/2008 8:13:16 PM
I work construction during the day. On the really hard days, I find I need at least an extra hour of sleep. The whole thing really is very dependent on a lot of individual situations. I know if I'm on days off, I usually can get by on a little less.

Roberto says:
5/5/2008 6:50:33 PM
You know, I think it really depends on the person -- how active you are and how much energy you naturally have, and also how motivated you are to spend time on whatever it is you're doing, work or play.

David says:
5/19/2008 10:16:44 PM
I think a lot of people can sleep less and remain healthy but I would definitely recommend getting a good amount of excercise while trying to do this as well. My body always seems to fall into a deeper sleep, more quickly after a good workout.

Kristian Liebrand says:
6/3/2008 5:13:01 AM
Basically less sleep will make your day stressful actually an average sleep per night should not be less than 6 hours. So, anything less than that will make you restless. And if you are sleeping in the afternoons 15 minutes of the sleep is equivalent to 1 hour sleep of night.

Sports Psychology Degrees by Jack says:
6/19/2008 4:51:04 PM
I usually sleep 11-12hrs a night, so I'm not sure if sleeping less is something I'd ever consider. I love sleep like candy. But I realize that if I only slept half the time that I do, I'd be able to watch a whole lot more Youtube and take the kids to school etc. They're almost at an age now where the government is going to show up at my door and take them away.

Tummy Tuck Cost NJ says:
6/19/2008 9:52:01 PM
I only get 6 hours of sleep a night...I definitely need to start sleeping at least 8 to function at peak capacity.

Personal Trainers says:
6/21/2008 5:51:20 PM
I sleep about 6 hours a night as well. I can totally function on 6 hours sleep but I am such a happier person when I get a full 8.

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