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Some of the issues that I often hear about from clients are higher levels of stress, worry, anxiety, and lack or restful sleep.
Neuroscientists are highlighting the importance of good sleep as a critical physical activity for achieving improved productivity, and better overall physical and mental health.
How can we sleep better by turning off our brain’s daily on/off switch in a world that is constantly changing?
At the end of the day, how can we wind down, lower our stress and worry when we are inundated by messages, responsibilities, goals, and challenges, all of which demand our constant attention?
Practice journaling. Although this idea, of course, is not original, here is the 7-step framework I’ve developed that has been proven to be highly effective.
1. Pen and Paper
Before you are ready to sleep, get a notepad, not a notebook. No television, tablet, phone, or video. The electromagnetic fields of electronic devices have been shown to interfere with the brain’s ability to shift into a restful mode and can cause sleep disruptions.
2. Summarize and Outline
Write a brief summary of your day. For example, this morning I did this, in the afternoon I met so and so, etc.
You can also outline specific problems and challenges you may be experiencing like a work problem, family pressure, an issue with a client etc. Although you could explore, in writing, solutions to these issues, you don’t have to.
By writing, in a sense, you are unloading your brain from all the weights it has accumulated during the day and placing them on paper.
3. Express
Describe your emotions, whatever they are, and how you feel about things. The less you hold back here, the better you will feel. The physical activity of writing these down can help lower the pressure, worry, stress, and anxiety that may be dancing uninvited in your brain while you sleep.
4. Success and Progress
Jot down any successes, even small wins, and the ways you have progressed. Our brains love progress!
5. Lessons
Write the lessons you learned, if any, and/or things that you could have done differently.
6. Next Day
Write a summary of your next day’s schedule. This can help prevent you from waking up in the middle of the night thinking about your 10:00 A.M. work meeting.
7. Express Gratitude
Write down at least one thing for which you are grateful. It helps shift your focus to something positive that is good for your brain.
This practice of journaling may help you, like it has helped numerous clients and friends, lower stress and worry that have been accumulating in your mind throughout your day.
And you will likely sleep restfully while improving your productivity the following day.
To better sleep, improved productivity, and overall wellness!
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