“There isn’t enough time for sleep”. I hear this. It’s a very real modern day barrier to getting enough sleep. It’s the number one barrier for exercise also.

There is so much to do. We are a busy species. Thankfully, research has examined this topic and can let us loose from this misconception. Sleep is worth our time.

Find out if I ate the cake my neighbor brought over to my house the other evening…

You don’t have to “fall behind” when the clocks change on Sunday. Anyone else show up an hour too early when you could have been sleeping in? Bummer!

Feeling groggy and “off” after the time change is to be expected.

We have been mislead. We misunderstand. But now we know...

7-9 hours is the “gold standard” recommended sleep for adults. The problem with this seemingly simple guideline is that some adults need all 9 hours. Not the bare minimum.

I often hear people say they don’t like sleeping too much because they feel groggy afterward.

What follows is often, “I don’t need a lot of sleep” or “See, too much sleep isn’t good for me”.

Too much sleep can be problematic, but only if it’s chronic over-sleep, like every single night for years.

There’s a misunderstanding of what your body is telling you with an acute episode of “too much sleep”.

There is a completely different energy when a day is shorter than the one before it vs. longer than the one before it. 

There are pros and cons to shorter days. I prefer to focus on the positive. Here it is.