{"id":46834,"date":"2020-08-16T00:00:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T00:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lovehappensmag.com\/blog\/?p=46834"},"modified":"2021-09-03T16:21:10","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T16:21:10","slug":"how-has-a-good-nights-sleep-become-the-ultimate-luxury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lovehappensmag.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/16\/how-has-a-good-nights-sleep-become-the-ultimate-luxury\/","title":{"rendered":"How Has a Good Night\u2019s Sleep Become the Ultimate Luxury?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

How often do you hear\nthe phrase \u201csleep is overrated\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And on the other hand,\nhow often does someone exclaim \u201csleep is so underrated!\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadly, modern society\nstarted viewing sleep as a superfluous and cumbersome pastime at some point,\nand we haven\u2019t been able to shake it off since. The majority of people still\nperceive sleep as something that can be eliminated and sacrificed whenever the\npace of our high-gear lives demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet the more we make this sacrifice, the more we realize how important a good night’s sleep actually is, and begin to lament our misguided choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How Has a Good Night\u2019s Sleep Become the Ultimate Luxury?<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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First, why is a good night’s sleep important?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Sleep has a positive impact on a whole host of bodily functions. It helps boost our immunity<\/a>. H<\/span><\/font>elps us lose weight. Improves our mood<\/a>. Keeps our bones healthy and strong. Helps us grow our muscles. Improves our focus and productivity, and it helps our memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we don\u2019t get enough sleep, all of these aspects of our bodies, minds, and lives<\/em> begin to suffer. Even as little as one night of poor sleep can hinder our wellbeing. Compound this with several nights of poor sleep and this also increases our chances of snoring<\/a> dramatically, ekkk! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The less sleep we\nconsistently get, the more pronouncedly worse we will feel. So why, then, do we\nchoose to lose it?
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A history of sleep<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Sleep has evolved<\/a> in step with humanity. We have adapted our sleeping habits to be able to work the land, to work in the very first factories, to modern city life where the night no longer brings darkness and where we can do anything at any time \u2013 work and shop, sleep and eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet it seems we have never actually been as careless with our sleep as we are now. Perhaps it\u2019s the constant availability of everything that is keeping us awake at night? When we know there are so many choices available to us, and when we are acutely aware of all the things we can do in a day, are we tricked into sleeping less to be able to achieve more?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choice paralysis<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Human society has\nnever been as advanced and evolved as it is at this very minute. We can do more\nthan ever before, but this ability is likely robbing us of precious sleep. And\nit\u2019s causing all kinds of harm to our bodies and minds as a consequence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the fact that\nwe can choose to do more and sleep less, only when we choose to apparently do less and sleep more<\/em> will\nwe actually be able to achieve what we are looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without sleep, our\nability to perform at the top of our game is compromised, so our work will\nsuffer. We will be moodier and our emotions will be all over the place, so our\nrelationships will suffer. We will be dazed and hazy, so even the entertainment\nwe seek will not be as enjoyable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s time to start looking at sleep not just as the ultimate luxury, but a luxury that is available to all of us every day \u2013 and one that we should indulge in above all others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to attain this ultimate luxury<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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There are plenty of\nthings you can start doing in order to get more and better quality sleep. Here\nare some of them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n