The missing piece

It's a weekday evening. You've had a long day and collapse on the sofa. 

Suddenly, it's 11pm and you've spent the last few hours wasting a valuable opportunity to get an early night. 

Next day, you're waking up feeling groggy and pretty annoyed with yourself. "I must get into bed in good time tonight," you tell yourself.

And yet, when the evening swings around, the pull to get into bed isn't there. Last minute emails, a long WhatsApp exchange with a pal, a Netflix episode (or three), a deep dive through the Insta feed of someone you went to uni with...

Oops, 10.30pm.

Why do we do this to ourselves?! We KNOW sleep is fundamental, but there's this bizarre sabotage that's finally become clear to me. 

Mel Robbins did a fantastic podcast all about decision fatigue that crystallised the issue. 

She explained that research shows that the average person makes 35,000 decisions a day before going to bed. 

I had to rewind and listen again to make sure I'd heard that stat correctly. Thirty five thousand?! We should give ourselves credit - that's ALOT!

The cumulative effect of making all of those micro choices means that as the day goes on, we're less equipped to make the right call. 

This is where autopilot is really helpful. Remove the decision, with a rinse and repeat routine. 

Of Mel's five tips (see below), I found the reminder that bedtime is not the same thing as when you actually fall asleep insightful. 

Which one speaks to you?

NB xx 

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