Today has been day 10 of my challenge to get 8 hours of sleep for 30 days straight.
Every day I’ll share my FitBit Surge sleep data.
Aside from that, I want to document how I’m doing in terms of changing my habits:
- No more screens, from 1 hour before bedtime.
- Go for a 15 minute walk during the day.
- No coffee after noon.
- Use my thoughts to get to a place of gratitude before I go to sleep and when I wake up.
Day 10: 8hrs 19min
I reached my goal.
I went to sleep at 1:05 AM, after having spent the night talking and laughing with a good friend in Antwerp.
We drove back to Holland after that (yay for carpooling!) so it was already past midnight when I got to my hometown.
I had planned to Skype with my dad in Saudi Arabia in the morning and do 1 thing for a freelance project and finish it at night but I also wanted to get 8 hours in. So I set an alarm after 9, put in my newly delivered earbuds made for sleeping and went to sleep.
Anyway, I got 8 hours!
No more screens, 1 hour before bedtime
I reached my goal.
Since I was enjoying my time at night with a friend and going to bed straight after I got home, I was able to stay clear from my screens.
It’s definitely a challenge to not go and “just check Facebook or YouTube” for 10 minutes, but it helps if I’m really tired and feeling well after a long day to just forget about that and go to sleep.
Go for a 15 minute walk
I reached my goal.
It was “just another day at the office” so I went outside for a walk during lunch break with some colleagues.
It was easy, once again.
No coffee after noon
I reached my goal.
Not a problem.
Be in a place of gratitude
I reached my goal. (!)
Meeting up with a good friend of mine and having real conversations really made me become very present and I felt very grateful for that moment and other people, choices past and future…
It’s amazing to notice how much I thrive on real conversations and real relationships.
