Some good friends recently told me about a sleeping programme they participated in during the pandemic, and how one of their big learnings was to not stress about sleep—the quality, the amount, the timing.
Stressing about sleep creates anxiety, and it’s one of the things that can prevent us from getting a good night’s rest.
It’s better to give ourselves a window where we can get the required amount of sleep (i.e., 7-9 hours), but to not stress about falling asleep quickly or staying asleep. Rather trusting that our bodies will know what to do, and what it needs.