I just found out how to sleep better, just by using another great app in my Iphone. Have you heard about Sleep Cycle? It’s free (I think still) and you can find it easily in the appstore.

Do you want to improve your sleep? Then you should try Sleep Cycle.

 

The capture is in Swedish (since it is from my Iphone), but you can choose language…

Their official website: http://www.sleepcycle.com/

How does it work then? Well, you put it under your sheet in bed just above your pillow and it will measure your sleep cycles by the way you move during the night. This can be very helpful, because it is not just the number of hours that determines how well you sleep and how rested you feel waking up. It can be a number of things that has influence over the quality of your nightly hours.

For me it has become a game changer in many ways. First of all, it gets your attention and make you more aware of an area in your life that affects everything else. Just by thinking about it makes you reminded of its importance. And if you take next step, it will make all the difference.

Next step is to start analyzing your sleep patterns. What makes a good nights sleep, and what makes it bad?

What i started to do was to compare the different kind of nights and see if there was any patterns. My first discovery was that I always had a better night if I got to bed at a reasonable time in the evening, no matter how I slept in the morning. My best night were always when going to bed around 11 pm. As soon as it got past midnight, the night was ruined.

Next thing I discovered was the evening habits and the effect they had on my sleeping patterns. If I were sitting in front of the computer just before getting to bed, I had a long time getting down to “deep sleep”. The same thing actually happened if I watched an interesting tv-program or read a good book just before sleep. But if I instead spent the last half hour preparing and planning for tomorrow and went over the next day in my head, clearing my thoughts, before attempting to sleep. The curve went straight down to good deep sleep in minutes.

As I have said so many times in previous posts, like the post about one of my favorite books “The slight Edge by Jeff Olsen“, it is the small things that makes the biggest result. Just try to get aware of the little things you can change in your life that really doesn’t take any much effort to do. It is just a way of changing the way you think and the way you take responsibility for your everyday life.

Another example of that is to skip added sugar in your tea or coffee every day, like I am doing in my “30 day challenge“. That sugar is so unnecessary and will only cause bigger risk for heart problems in your future.

Just to let you know, I am not bragging about my enormous life here. It is in just as much of a mess a yours. I am doing this to become a better role model for my kids, to grow more as a person so I can share more and to inspire you to do the same. You need to find a good purpose for your life. When you do that, everything will be much clearer. Try listening to Tony Robbins for inspiration, he is awesome. Here is an example:

And yet, I have saved the best part!

How do you feel waking up in the morning when your alarm starts to wake you? Not to good I guess. But now there is a solution to this. And you might have guessed where I am aiming? Yes the Sleep Cycle takes care of that too. You just set a time-frame of half an hour when you wanna wake up and the Sleep Cycle wakes you up when you are sleeping the lightest within these 30 minutes. Imagine waking up when you are half awake already instead of when your in deed sleep. It makes a huge difference. And you can set your favorite tune or song to wake you up as well. Can it get any better?

Take care and sleep well…

Sleep Cycle – your way to a good nights sleep