If You Love Yourself, Then You’ll Get Enough Sleep Tonight

We all know how important sleep is. Without it, we feel a lack of energy and mental clarity the next day. So if you love yourself, then you’ll get enough sleep tonight.

That’s exactly what I’ve been telling myself lately.

Over the last few years, I haven’t been getting quality sleep. I’ve also been lacking quantity — meaning, I’ve kept up a routine where I haven’t been sleeping enough.

But that changed last month, when I decided to make sleep a top priority in my life. I’ve been progressing slowly, but with consistency.

I usually track 8–9 hours of sleep per night. And if I happen to skimp on my nightly slumber, then the next day I’m sure to take a nap in the afternoon to offset my sleep debt.

I formed bad habits in my teens and early twenties like many people, which carried over for the next decade. These habits are hard to break, especially when you’re trying to advance your corporate career or working on a side hustle (i.e. my writing).

To break this habit, I’ve had to willingly, with purposeful awareness, tell myself I can do this one thing tomorrow. That one thing could be reading a book, watching a favorite TV show, or replying to a few more work emails. It can be anything that has latched onto my concentration…