The Self-Care Handbook

10Go to Bed. Get to Sleep

Do you get enough sleep? Or, like so many of us, are you sleep deprived? What's keeping you up?

Just as we procrastinate when it comes to work, exercise, or other activities, it's easy to put off going to bed at night and not get the seven to nine hours the National Sleep Foundation recommends for the average adult.

Part of the problem is that the things we're doing in the evening are activities that suck us in. Our 24/7 work and entertainment culture and access to social media can all contribute to staying up later than we should. Even when you tell yourself, ‘That's it, I'm going to bed at 10 p.m. tonight’ 11 p.m. rolls around and somehow you're still up, watching another episode, or scrolling through Facebook, ...