Eleven Useful Sleep Tips For Better Snoozing

You can sleep without pills and still beat insomnia. The eleven simple-to-do tips below will help you get a better night's sleep.

1. Try to relax before bedtime. You can take a walk or read a newspaper. But don't do anything stressful.
   
2. Do paperwork or other work-related activities early in the evening.
   
3. Make sure your bedroom is quiet.
   
4. If your bedroom is noisy and you can't correct it, wear earplugs.
   
5. Think of places where you slept like a log in the past and try to copy those places by providing a similar atmosphere and set-up in your current sleeping room.
   
6. Check the medicines you're taking. If they're nervous system stimulants, you've just discovered one reason why you're not sleeping properly.
   
7. Make sure your bedroom is well-ventilated but not too cold.
   
8. Don't use too many or too few blankets.
   
9. Keep your feet free and unrestricted -- in other words, don't tuck your sheets in at the bottom of the bed.
   
10. Your mattress should not sag.
    
11. Try a soothing relaxation or sleep-inducing CD like my amazing NightTrain Sleep System.

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Chet Day
Editor, The Health Circus
http://chetday.com