How I Work Improve Your Sleep with the Pre-Sleep Task Dump: A Key to Productivity and Well-being
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Nov 22, 2023 Discover a strategy called the pre-sleep task dump to improve sleep. Explore the impact of future thinking on falling asleep and the effectiveness of a to-do list. Learn how writing down tasks before bed can enhance sleep and well-being.
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Brain Reminders at Bedtime
- Our brains annoyingly remind us of unfinished tasks right when we want to sleep.
- For example, the brain may remind you to buy dishwashing liquid or to use limp broccoli just as you try to fall asleep.
Future Worries Disrupt Sleep
- People often have trouble falling asleep because they ruminate on things beyond their control.
- Notably, worries about the future at the start of the workweek disrupt sleep more than past events.
Study on Writing To-Dos vs To-Done Lists
- Associate Professor Michael K. Scullen studied sleep by dividing people into two groups before bed.
- One group wrote future to-dos; the other listed past completed tasks, to see how it affected sleep speed.