Sleeping Through Daylight Savings

With Daylight Savings right around the corner, it's a good idea to start getting yourself prepared for longer nights and shorter days. A lot of people look at this time as a bonus because you get an extra hour of sleep but forget about it getting dark at 5 p.m and not being light until 8 a.m. Even though you get that extra hour of sleep, a lot of people report having a poorer quality of sleep and end up being groggy for the first few weeks until they get used to the transition. Keep reading if you want to know ways to avoid being a zombie for the first few weeks of Daylight Savings.

Take Your Time

When it is Daylight Savings, most people just turn their clocks back an hour before they go to bed and don't think anything of it. What you should really be doing leading up to turning your clocks back an hour is going to bed 15 mins earlier in increments until it adds up to an hour before you would normally go to bed. This will help your body to make a smoother transition; your internal clock isn't meant to make sharp adjustments so be kind to your body and ease into it.

Don't Waste Your Time

College students especially look at Daylight Savings weekend as a time to spend an extra hour at the bar; this shouldn't be the case. You're actually doing yourself more harm by drinking for that extra time. Drinking too late into the night actually leads to poorer quality of sleep, and even if you do get that extra hour, you will still be running at a sleep deficit. Alcohol actually disrupts your sleep architecture, and later on, in the sleep cycle, you will experience a restless sleep.

Nutriair

Nutriair Sleep is a great way to help you through the first few weeks of Daylight Savings. This great tasting and easy to use device has melatonin, chamomile extract, and passion flower extract to lull you into a restful and deep sleep. Taking 3-5 inhalations before bedtime will be sure to make you drift off to sleep quickly so you can get the most sleep and be able to make the most out of the next day.

Even though we know that Daylight Savings is coming and we should be able to prepare our bodies for it, it gets harder every year. It seems like the days get shorter than the years before and the winters are longer and get darker. Finding activities to help you get through the chillier months will help them pass quicker and get us back to the longer and warmer days.