People often sleep to get rest but Dr Saundra will say that sleep is the product of rest. The more I thought about this, the more I agree with it. Here is some of my experience.
My sleep is greatly impaired on the days I feel stressed. I feel that there is so much to do with little time. I tell myself “if only I spend 1 more hour to finish up something”, and so on. When my mind races this way at bedtime, sleep is difficult and not fully refreshing. Sleep instead feels like a necessary evil. Little wonder that type of sleep doesn’t feel good.
Also when I am so busy that I haven’t paid attention to my emotions, bed time is when those emotions and thoughts come up. As I try to sleep, I remember how I felt when something happened or how I treated someone else.
Focusing so much on work that I forget other areas of my wellbeing means I’m not promoting restfulness. By the time, bedtime comes, my mind attempts to use this opportunity to address all the neglected aspects. This negatively impacts sleep.
As I read somewhere I’ve now forgotten, getting a good night’s sleep begins when the moment you wake up. How is your day’s work sabotaging your night’s sleep?
Everything Shola 