Are you someone who starts getting sleepy around 10pm, but find you’re sat on the sofa at 11pm scrolling through social media? If so, you could be doing your sleep a disservice.
According to a new report commissioned by eve Sleep – the sleep and mattress experts – there are certain things that add up to give you a good night’s sleep. These include the right time to go to bed, the benefits of a cooler room and why it’s important to switch off before bedtime.
Stop using your phones 37 minutes before closing your eyes
Go to bed at 10.39pm
Ensure your bedroom temperature is 16.1°C
Put on clean bedding
Make sure the room is dark
Have a room painted white
Make sure your bedroom is tidy
Wear pyjamas
Read a book – not an e-reader!
Curl up on your right side with your legs curled up
Avoid cuddling with a partner
The survey also revealed popular – and unpopular – sleeping habits. Almost half of people believe they sleep better without their partner in bed, while the majority of people sleep on their right hand side with their legs curled up.
Just under 25% of people surveyed said they sleep naked and the same amount said they can’t remember the last time they had a good night’s sleep. Many attributed this to feeling too hot to sleep or a partner’s snoring. 20% of people believe sex before bedtime is one way of guaranteeing a good slumber.
According to the Mail Online eve Sleep’s CEO, Jas Bagniewski, said:
‘We’re on a nationwide crusade to encourage people to join the sleep rich – that army of people who start the day looking and acting well rested and full of energy.
‘This poll confirms that as a nation we’re wise to the basics, like getting a solid eight hours.
‘It still seems though, that we have some way to go towards actually putting this knowledge into practice.
‘While we all know that looking at our phones isn’t helpful for example, almost a third of us are still doing it less than 10 minutes before trying to drop off.
‘With the nights drawing in there’s no time like the present to perfect both your sleep environment and your bedtime habits.’
While it might be hard to put all of these sleep tips in to practice at once, and sleep isn’t a one-size-fits-all thing, why not take a few away to see how you get on?
