It’s the first time I let this happen, but I missed my blogpost yesterday so I’m writing two today.
Yesterday has been day 24 of my challenge to get 8 hours of sleep for 30 days straight.
Friday night’s sleep was well needed. I managed to sleep 8 hours after being completely exhausted after last week’s consistent sleep deficit.
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 24: 8hrs 17min
I reached my goal.
Due to a bug in Fitbit’s system that day the screenshot is a little strange with “0hrs 0min” in the background but the overlay part is what’s true: 8hours and 17 minutes.
I worked the whole day, after the super short sleep the day before, and was completely worn out, developing a cold..
I managed to drag my ass to Terneuzen for a photoshoot after work and returned home at 10PM.
No more screens, 1 hour before bedtime
I did not reach my goal.
I was on my phone about 30 minutes before going to bed, you know, kind of catching up on emails, messages and my agenda.
Go for a 15 minute walk
I reached my goal.
Me and two colleagues took a nice walk during lunchbreak, even a little over 15 minutes!
No coffee after noon
I reached my goal.
I did go out to the café near the train station in Sint Niklaas for an espresso before noon, but I managed to get by without giving in to the temptation after noon.
I was muuuch more tempted to get one later during the day because I just felt so tired and worn out. At that point I thought anything was gonna help me: sandwiches, bread, and all the carby, hearty things. Spoiler alert: they don’t help, they actually make you more tired in the end.
Be in a place of gratitude
I did not reach my goal.
Friday night was good as I was enjoying the photoshoot and the time I spent with the hairstylists and photographer and other models but I did not take any time to reflect, before going to bed.
So, no goal, but not bad 😉
