Happy weekend, everyone! Saturday rolled around, you had (likely) a chance to sleep in. When did you wake up this morning? Was it a wildly different time than during the week? Yo, we all do this, to some degree. And having a flexible system that can - sometimes - respond to different wake/sleep times is a sign of a healthy body. However...by doing this regularly, you are subjecting your body to "social jet lag", the equivalent of having travelled several time zones. And it takes quite a while for your circadian rhythm to return to regularity (before you, alas, do it again next weekend). You're essentially putting your body through unnecessary stress each weekend, which will reflect on your ability to be and stay energized during the week. If you have exceptionally healthy sleep, no need to worry about this. But if you even occasionally struggle with falling asleep or staying asleep, you could GREATLY benefit from anchoring your wake time throughout the entire week (+/- 30 min), regardless of what you have going on during the weekend. So...how different is your weekend wake time vs. your weekday wake time? ⬇️

Cold room. No caffeine after noon. Blackout curtains. Same bedtime every night. Did all of it. Still stared at the ceiling at 1am. Turns out sleep hygiene was never built to fix what most chronic insomniacs actually have. It manages your room. It does nothing for the part of your body that's still on guard duty for no reason. A new video is up, in the Free Library of Sleep & Dreams, on why that checklist stops working and what's actually happening instead. Which sleep hygiene tip did you follow religiously and it still didn't work? Comment it, I want a tally.

Nearly asleep on the couch. Wide awake two minutes after getting into bed. Your body did that on purpose, in a way. Tired and sleepy aren't the same thing. One's how drained you are. The other's whether your nervous system actually got the memo that it's safe to power down. The second one wins every time. New video explains why, and why "just tire yourself out more" usually backfires. Can you fall asleep anywhere except your own bed? Couch, car, a friend's place, no problem, your bed specifically, nope. Comment if that's you.

...but have no clue where to start? A while back, I did a 40-day Dreamwork Challenge with the community members here. Every day was dedicated to one post that highlighted and laid out one technique that helps you: - remember your dreams - get your unique interpretation of them - create more vivid dreams - learn to lucid dream (become aware that you're dreaming as you're dreaming) - improve your sleep health so that dream recall is more available I compiled those posts as permanently free knowledge that lives on the Classroom tab. Find it here! When you find a technique you'd like to try, tag me on that particular post. I would love to follow you as you explore and experiment!