Get Enough Sleep Challenge

This is a 30-day sleep challenge to help you get 7-8 hours of sleep a night. I’ve also created a special IMPROVE YOUR SLEEP printable worksheet pack – This is available from my ETSY SHOP.

You don’t need the printables. They’re just something I’ve created if you want them as a bit of extra support.

Making sure that you get enough sleep is one of the best things you can do for your health, well-being and productivity.

When I don’t get enough sleep my life suffers (a lot). Here are some ways a lack of sleep impacts my life…

• I’m tired (obviously)
• I eat more and it’s usually really sweet foods I want when I’m tired
• I constantly want to eat to stay awake
• I’m irrational and can quickly get irritable and frustrated, especially with other people
• I can’t concentrate. When I’m working on my blog, something that would normally take me 30 minutes can easily take me 2-3 hours when I’m tired, simply because I find it so much harder to stay focused and concentrate on what I’m doing
• I feel less positive about myself and I’m much more likely to do that rubbish, negative self-talk
• I don’t want to exercise
• I do want to lay on the sofa and eat!

Ger 7-8 hours sleep a night

Years ago when I was routinely living on around 5 hours a night sleep and sleeping badly, I watched a video from Brian Tracy.

I’m a big fan of Brian and over the years I’ve really benefited from his advice. In the video, Brian says we should get 8 hours of sleep a night.

I remember thinking there’s no way I can do that. Then I thought about it and realized that what I was doing wasn’t working.

I was burnt out, really unhealthy and not really enjoying life at all. So, I decided that I would give it a go and made a commitment to be in bed ready for sleep 8 hours before my alarm would go off. I did just that and my life got better and better.

Of course, there are nights when I don’t get 7-8 hours sleep a night but I’d say at least 95% of the time I do get that amount of sleep.

This is the video from Brian Tracy – How To Stay Energetic Throughout The Day

Get Enough Sleep Challenge

• This is a 30-day challenge aimed at helping you to build a positive sleep habit
• Every day throughout the challenge be in bed and ready for sleep (not reading and definitely not scrolling through your phone), eyes, closed and ready for sleep – 8 hours before you need to get up
• Track your sleep time (roughly)
• Track how you feel

I have a download for you to print to track your sleep for the 30-day challenge. Download your SLEEP TRACKER SHEET.

The SLEEP TRACKER download is a 2-page PDF where you can track how much sleep you get each night for 30 days and there’s space to write how you feel the next day.

Track the amount of sleep you get

Each morning track how much sleep you’ve had. You don’t need to be super precise. For example, if you know you switched the lights off 8 hours before you needed to wake up, and you know you fell asleep quite quickly, write 8 hours.

If you wake up in the night, have a rough guess to the nearest 15 minutes. Note that we naturally wake during the night.

So if you feel like you woke up briefly for a few minutes, you don’t need to track this. It’s really only if you’re awake and then it takes you quite a while to get back to sleep that you need to track it.

Also, if you don’t get the 7-8 hours still track it as this will help you to see how this impacts your life.

Track how you feel

Make a note of how you feel when you wake up and anything you notice throughout the day such as your energy levels, productivity levels, your mood, eating and exercising, motivation… Anything that you notice that you feel could be down to your sleep habits.

Affirmations for Sleep

I love using affirmation whenever I’m trying to make positive changes in my life. Check out my collection of SLEEP AFFIRMATIONS

Sleep Challenge Affirmation – I get 7-8 hours of sleep every night and I feel great.

Sleep Hypnosis Downloads

I absolutely love hypnosis downloads and whilst there are downloads specifically to help you sleep, I actually find most of the downloads, whatever the topic, help me to sleep. I usually put a download on, close my eyes and I’m asleep before it finishes.

They’re so relaxing. Obviously, you don’t want to go for something like an energy-boosting download that’s designed to wake you up and give you more energy.

I talk about hypnosis downloads a lot on my blog. I genuinely love listening to them and they’ve helped me personally in so many ways over the year. Check out my Hypnosis Blog posts.

Please note that I am an affiliate of HYPNOSIS DOWNLOADS. I’ve been using their downloads for years to help me in all areas of my life and business.

For specific downloads to help with sleep, check out the Hypnosis Downloads for Sleep.

Final notes – Sleep Challenge

I really hope you enjoy this sleep challenge and whilst it’s a 30-day challenge, I encourage you to make this a part of your life.

I think when you don’t get enough sleep regularly, you don’t realize how bad it is for you and your health, well-being and productivity. Making this change has totally changed my life. I know it sounds dramatic but it really has. I have the energy to exercise, I eat better, I’m more productive (way more productive) and my overall mood is so much better.

I’d love to hear how you get on with the Get Enough Sleep Challenge.

• IMPROVE YOUR SLEEP PRINTABLE WORKSHEETS including the sleep tracker.
• AFFIRMATIONS AND EFT TAPPING SCRIPTS FOR SLEEP

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