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Resist the urge to sleep in too late.good idea in the groggy moment, but sleeping in—more than an hour past your usual wake-up time—throws off your“Circadian rhythms are biological rhythms that fluctuate across the 24-hour day and that regulate most of our physiology and behavior, including when we feel sleepy or alert,” Dr. Barwick says.
“Also, as soon as you get out of bed, you start building your sleep drive, or sleep ‘appetite,’ for the next night,” Dr. Barwick adds. “Sleep drive is the biological pressure that builds as we’re awake and active, allowing us to fall asleep more easily at bedtime and wake up less during the night.” The longer you linger in bed and the more often you hit the snooze button, she says, the less sleep pressure you’ll accumulate and the less ‘hungry’ you’ll be for sleep that night.
and no longer, Dr. Barwick says. “We typically have a natural ‘dip’ in our energy level at some point between 12 and 6 p.m., and a brief nap during that time can leave you feeling refreshed, but a longer nap can interfere with sleep the coming night,” she explains.
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