{"id":54767,"date":"2018-01-16T19:37:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T03:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/?p=54767"},"modified":"2018-06-22T11:32:03","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T19:32:03","slug":"how-i-went-from-insomanic-to-the-best-sleep-of-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-i-went-from-insomanic-to-the-best-sleep-of-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Went From Insomniac to the Best Sleep of My Life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sleep. Some of us can\u2019t get enough of it, while others are in a love-hate relationship.<\/p>\n

For many years after\u00a0starting my Spanish lessons<\/a>\u00a0and tutoring company, I was the latter. Like every human, my mind and body needed sleep to function. The problem was, I had trouble actually falling asleep in the first place.<\/p>\n

Now, I will say that there are variances of how one would define an insomniac. I wasn\u2019t suffering from chronic insomnia that could do serious damage to my well-being. However, there were many periods when I would only get two to three hours of sleep during the week.<\/p>\n

If mild and periodic insomnia is something you face, or even chronic insomnia, read on. As my work, relationships, and overall energy began to decline further, I took serious action to research and \u2018self-experiment\u2019 on fixing my insomnia for good.<\/p>\n

I won\u2019t bore you with the full journey, but rather give you the top 5 actionable tips that had the most impact in my sleep quality. Hope it brings you value.<\/p>\n

1. Choose your ideal sleep cycle<\/h3>\n

I had no idea that there were different sleep cycles you could experiment with. My entire life, I just assumed that people sleep 7-8 hours then remained awake for the rest of the day.<\/p>\n

I found that there are four main sleep cycles that are well-known:<\/p>\n