Sleep Like a Celebrity Wake Up Refreshed With Sleep Syncing
We’re always looking for ways to boost productivity to accomplish more each day, week, or year. We’ve all tried simple productivity hacks, like removing distractions while we work, setting smaller goals, and planning our schedule ahead of time, but these don’t always help us accomplish what we set out to. When I met Warren Buffett in the mid-2000s, he talked with us about his productivity system, which I have since refined to work for my needs. Buffett, quoting David Allen, told us, “The human mind is great at creating ideas but not so great at remembering them. You need a system to record your ideas so it’s easier to work on them.” Every year, Buffett writes out 25 things he hopes to accomplish before the year concludes. He immediately crosses out 20 things on the list, only leaving the most important five. He absolutely will not work on Warren Buffett’s Simple Hack to Become More Efficient SUPERCHARGE YOUR PRODUCTIVITY
If one thing is for sure, Americans are not getting enough sleep. One in three people report not getting enough rest, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 40% of people admit to falling asleep during the day without meaning to at least once a month. Celebrities are no exception, which is why many stars use "sleep syncing" to ensure they get their beauty rest every night. And you can use it too! SO, WHAT IS SLEEP SYNCING? Sleep syncing aligns your circadian rhythm, your body's natural internal clock, with your daily routine. Unlike many celebrities, ordinary people don't have much control over what they do every day; things like work, appointments, children's schedules, and family duties more or less set our daily schedules for us. That's why the trick with sleep syncing is to align your body around that schedule so waking up for work or taking the kids to school feels natural. After a while, you may not even need an alarm!
any of the other 20 items until he has completed one of the first five. Working on them all at once is overwhelming, but only focusing on five is manageable for everyone. Buffett likes to make his lists on paper, but that doesn’t necessarily work for me. Instead, I prefer to utilize an app called Todoist to help me form
HOW TO START SLEEP SYNCING The first step to sleep syncing is
to create a consistent sleep schedule, which requires a
bit of self-research. Start by writing down the time of night you feel sleepy, when you fall asleep, and how many hours of sleep you need to feel rested. Collecting data may take a week or two, but once you know how much sleep you need and when you start to feel sleepy, you can choose your new sleep and wake times. Pick a
and manage my lists. I have everything I want to work on in the app and keep my lists separated by category. I have a list of the books I’m reading and want to read and a list for my work and personal goals for the year. I can give them a due date to ensure I accomplish them on time or leave them blank in case they aren’t one of the five top priorities. Once I create my lists, I don’t just leave them alone. I regularly check them to ensure my priorities haven’t changed. If I accomplish a task, I cross it off the list. At the beginning of every year, I’ll go through each list and make any necessary changes while setting target goals for when I want to accomplish each task. Achieving your goals and staying productive doesn’t have to be a challenge. When in doubt, start with small goals and always format them into a list so you don’t forget what you need to work on.
realistic morning wake time to get ready (no snoozing!), and then reverse engineer your sleep time. For example, if you need eight hours of sleep and must be up by 7 a.m., you likely need to be in bed by 10:30 p.m. to fall asleep by 11 p.m. The key to successful sleep syncing is to stick to your schedule — even on the weekends. With consistency and practice, you'll wake up naturally feeling more rested and ready to take on your day!
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