In several other cultures, it’s quite common to see people taking afternoon naps.
Well-Rested couples are happy couples.
If the snooze button is your partner in crime, then you need to part ways – literally.
Here’s a surprising little benefit for those who don’t like extended house guests: if you need your separate sleeping spaces to get your shut-eye, then you have an excuse not to have overnight guests. Or at least not those who stay for long. Many of our friends and family now know that we sleep in separate rooms, meaning that we don’t technically have a guest room. So if they’re looking for somewhere to crash for a week-long visit, they know to ask other friends or family before us. Some just book a hotel if they can afford it, rather than risk staying with us, putting us in one room together, and dealing with our grumpy, sleep-deprived *sses for the whole stay.
Some people just accept a little sleep deprivation as a part of life, but sleep is an important healer.
I don’t love having guests visit—the kind that arrive with suitcases and stay in the guest room for days. As an insomniac, having overnight guests is stressful. They wake you up in the morning wandering around, trying to find cereal and coffee. You feel like they think you’re a bad host if you sleep in late (not knowing you didn’t fall asleep until 4am).
Consider getting two twin mattresses, and putting them side-by-side inside a queen frame. Between two mattresses and two blankets you will never disturb each other’s sleep. But you can still roll over and snuggle.
This will only help those who don’t have a lactose-intolerance, of course. But calcium and dairy both boost the production of sleep-inducing melatonin. So if a cup of warm milk isn’t your thing, put some cheddar on some crackers.
Pain relievers are a regular part of a complete breakfast for many people around the world. If you only wake up with a headache, but it manages to subside throughout the day, you may not think much of it. It’s certainly a pain (literally) to deal with during those first couple hours of work, but […]
Bedtime is a sacred time. You probably have your routines to make sure you are fully relaxed and ready for a good night’s rest. You likely have your hygiene routines, too. Maybe you do a little tidying up around the apartment or house because you hate to wake up to a messy home. Whoever you […]