When you’re tired, it seems like your life is going in slow motion. No matter how hard you try to keep up, things just seem to be more difficult than they should be. Managing stress becomes seemingly impossible and you become more overwhelmed than you think you should be. And while all of this is nothing new to you, taking the time to sleep is something you need to consider when you’re trying to improve your stress management. Just as keeping your schedule loose and keeping your office organized helps you to feel less stressed, the more you sleep, the less stress you will feel, even if your day is packed.
Hitting You When You’re Down
Exhaustion seems to make everything more difficult. Even though being tired doesn’t actually change the way your day goes, it can impact the way you make decisions. For example, when you’re tired, you might forget about certain events you are supposed to go to, which then makes you more stressed when you realize that you’ve missed them, etc. When you have a full night’s sleep, you will be able to keep your brain clear. A well rested body and mind will be able to make decisions based on logic as opposed to making decisions based on how you are feeling at the moment, decisions you might soon regret. If you're unsure about your stress and/or how tired you are, use Stress Monitor to see ups and downs in your life in real-time. If you do not know how to relax yourself, use Stress Sweeper.
Your Body Needs to Process Ideas
When you sleep, you not only give your body a chance to rest, but you also allow your brain the change to process ideas. If you don’t give your brain some space, you will begin to have troubles remembering ideas and tasks. At night, the brain goes through all of the activity which occurred during the day. When the brain doesn’t get enough time to do this, it becomes muddled and you will begin to feel more stressed. Your stress management routine needs to include time when your brain can stop adding in new ideas and start sorting through the old ones. Stress reduction tools like Stress Sweeper help sleep better when used for 10-15 minutes before going to bed.
Fitting in Sleep is Essential
While sleep might seem to be unnecessary, it is crucial for your stress management. Try to get at least seven hours of sleep each night, even when you think you should be doing more work or completing other vital tasks. You need to make sure that you are also following a regular sleeping pattern, even on the weekends. The truth is that you can not catch up on lost sleep, so you need to get it now. Your stress levels will lower and you will become a more productive and often a saner person to be around. You don’t have to sleep ten hours a night, but you do need to make space for rest.
