Why is a daily routine important for a good night’s rest?🤔

This week, on Episode #121 of the Habit Thrive Podcast, we are answering this question to kick off our series of episodes on sleep.😴

1. Regulating Our Internal Clock.

Doing the same time at the same time every day can be challenging.😕 Kids, jobs, holidays, sickness … they all wreak havoc on our schedules.

But it is 💯% worth it to work to keep to a schedule!

Let’s say you are used to going to bed at 10pm but, for some reason, stayed up until after Midnight last night.🫣 Today was your day off, so you slept in, and in the end got the same 8 hours of sleep you are used to.

Why do you still feel sluggish and tired?😖

It’s because your internal clock has gotten out of whack, so to speak. You can recognize what you did differently that negatively affected your sleep.

1. Having a Routine that Our Body Recognizes Can Reduce Stress.

Our bodies are designed to follow a 24-hour cycle🕒 influenced by light and dark, which affects when we feel awake or sleepy.

Keeping a consistent cycle of producing serotonin☀️ or melatonin🌛 helps your body’s rhythm and allows it to “know” when you are almost ready or bed or need to wake up and get going.

If you are constantly changing your bedtime⌚, you are constantly forcing your body to adjust to the new cycle.

1. There is Potential for Better Sleep Quality When We Stick With Routines.

We are going to see this even more as we dive into daily routines this month.🙌

But it just makes sense that if you sleep better, you feel better.😌 And if you feel better, you let go into sleep easier.

Routines can help reduce the stress of feeling rushed or overwhelmed.

It can help prevent you from lying in bed at night, mind racing,😨 thinking of all the things you need to do or that you neglected.

Imagine instead that you wind down your day, complete your nightly routine,🥱 slip into bed at your normal time, and drift off to sleep quickly and easily. Waking refreshed the next day and ready to take on the world.💪

It’s not a dream (pun intended😜), it’s the future that is in reach for you!

Experiment, create your own routine, and stick with it!

Before you know it, you’ll be in a rhythm that brings peace, rest and renewal.😉

Lorrie xoxox

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