Tips to sleep better when you’ve been home all day

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One of the issues of being at home all day is not being able to sleep well. I think that most of us have lost control of our routine and schedule and this is because we are not used to spending so much time at home.

Even if you are not able to control all the factors that interfere with sleep, you can still adopt habits that promote better quality of sleep. Start with these simple tips.

1. Don’t take naps

I know this is a difficult one and that’s why I want to start with it. Is simple, If you are not getting tired enough because you are at home and on top of that you take a nap, it will be difficult for you to sleep at night.

I don’t want you to think that taking a nap is wrong, but you should do it as long as it doesn’t represent a problem later. For example, it’s good for the mind to rest and if you spend all the morning working or studying and you need to rest to keep doing stuffs, you should do it:

1. - For no more than 15–20 minutes (Trust me, is enough).
2. - Before 3:00pm, so it won’t be a problem later.

But if you don’t have to work or study, and you only take naps because you are bored, you probably are not going to sleep later.

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