AI Mark shares three ways to reset your sleep schedule: keep consistent bed and wake times, shifting bedtime gradually by 30 minutes each week; make your bedroom dark, quiet, and cool (around 66-67°F); and exercise during the day, not at night, to regulate your rhythm.
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November 22, 2022.
About 66–67 degrees Fahrenheit.
About half an hour earlier per week.
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Let's talk about the simple ways you can reset your rhythms. And it's not really as hard as you might think. First of all, schedule when you go to bed and get up every day. If you can have the same bedtime and the same wake time, your rhythms will naturally start to go back into balance. It's not always possible, I know, but try to do it as best as possible. So if your bedtime now is midnight, but you want to go to sleep at 10, you can start dialing back by, let's say, half an hour earlier for a week, and then another week, another half hour earlier until you get to when you want to be. The next thing is really create a great sleeping environment. And that means dark. And I use blackout shades. Some people use those eye masks, make it quiet, cool. The body sleeps best, probably 67, 66 degrees in the room. I know that sounds cold, but you need blankets and the better you'll sleep. Use earplugs, make sure there's no noise if you can so really create a great ideal sleeping environment. Exercise is great, and that's going to give you more energy in the day. It's a wonder drug. It actually helps boost melatonin production. Basically, just don't do it late at night, and it's better for your body, natural rhythms to sort of slow and calm down in the evening.