How to Buy a Sleep Mask: Fit, Material, and Features to Look For
When testing it out, lie in your preferred sleep position and move around a bit—if the mask feels restrictive or shifts when you do, you may need to adjust the tightness. Material Benefits Photograph: Artur Debat/Getty Images The material affects the thickness and the opacity of the sleep mask against light. You should also be […]
How to fall asleep in five minutes
Our circadian rhythm thrives on routine, so aim to wake up and go to bed at the same time each day, which makes waking up – and falling asleep – easier. “More research is needed, but anecdotally relaxing oils, such as lavender, also improve sleep and can be a helpful part of a bedtime routine,” […]
Why do I keep waking up during the night? Here’s how to improve your winter sleep
If you’ve noticed yourself waking up in the middle of the night more often as the months have become cooler, you’re not alone. Even subtle changes like less daylight hours and a drop in temperatures can affect your sleep. Here’s why and what you can do about it. Why do I keep waking up during […]
How to Fold (and Store!) Your Sheets
You need to fold the fitted sheet carefully to create nice clean lines. I like taking a few seconds to create pointed corners out of my fitted sheet before I start folding; you can use the corner seams to find the corner, and flatten it out for a sharper corner than you’d usually get when […]
How to Track Your Sleep Using Your Fitbit
With your Fitbit purchased and charged up, you can simply place it by your phone, then open the Fitbit app for Android or iOS, and you should see a prompt to connect the device—provided Bluetooth is enabled on your phone. All of your physical activities will then start to be logged and synced automatically to […]
We lose an hour of sleep to daylight saving 2024. Here’s how to prepare to spring forward overnight.
Tips to prepare for Daylight Saving Time sleep loss Tips to prepare for Daylight Saving Time sleep loss 02:07 Ready or not, daylight saving time for 2024 is almost here, which means we’re set to lose an hour of sleep this weekend. On Sunday, March 10, at 2 a.m., clocks in most of the United […]
How to make sure your brain is performing at its peak
Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock THOMAS EDISON is said to have held a steel ball in each hand as he prepared for a nap. When he nodded off, they would drop, waking him and allowing him to capture the ideas he had in the moment just before sleep – a period he believed to be one of the most […]
Sleep tech: How to take control of your dreams to boost learning and creativity
WHEN an ancient Egyptian sought an encounter with Bes, the god of fertility and childbirth, they would draw an image of the deity on their hand, wrap that hand and their neck with black cloth, and then settle down to sleep. This practice, described in a papyrus that dates to around 1350 BC, is the […]
Why you can’t sleep – and how to fix it
You’re not still suffering from bad sleep are you? Insomnia is so 2023. In 2024, there’s an app for that. Or an orthopaedic mattress. Or a light-therapy lamp… “The sleep economy has increased dramatically in recent years,” says Dr Guy Meadows, founder and clinical director of Sleep School, an organisation that supports people struggling with […]
How to Use Your Phone as a Bedside Alarm Clock With StandBy and Bedtime Modes
Whether you use your phone as an alarm to get up in the morning, like to listen to podcasts or sleep sounds as you drift off, or simply want to be sure the battery is full come morning, a nightstand charger is a handy gadget. We are big fans of wireless chargers. Android phones and […]