The Wind Down: Sleep Physician Funke Afolabi-Brown, MD

8:50 p.m.: It’s a Thursday night time. We simply completed our household time with the children (we learn and talked about our days). I end up some leftover work and replace my subsequent day’s to-do checklist. 

9:00 p.m.: My reminder goes off on my telephone to wind down in case I made a decision to sneak in any further work! I reply to posts on social media, texts, and any ultimate calls. Scheduling restricted time to do that has been life-changing in terms of setting boundaries! 

9:10 p.m.: I seize a glass of water, activate the dishwasher, and head upstairs. I pop into the children’ rooms to verify they’re asleep and their telephones are charging within the charging station. I convey out my scrubs for clinic the subsequent day! 

9:15 p.m.: I begin my routine by brushing my enamel, taking a pleasant sizzling bathe, and doing my skincare routine. 

9:30 p.m.: I develop into inaccessible to the world, aside from shut relations and people on my VIP checklist (in case there’s an emergency!). I’m sitting in my recliner within the bed room close to a dim lamp, and my blue light-blocking glasses are on. I often an actual ebook however generally I do use my Kindle. Right now I am studying The Pumpkin Plan.  

9:50 p.m.: Pray, meditate, and journal on gratitude. If I’ve much more on my thoughts, I might have to increase this just a little longer. This follow actually helps me offload any worrisome ideas lingering in my thoughts earlier than mattress. 

10:05 pm: Get into mattress, put my sleep masks on, tuck myself underneath the covers, kiss my hubby, and out I am going. He tells me I’m asleep inside minutes.

5:19 a.m.: Get up. My alarm is about for five:30 a.m. nevertheless it hasn’t gone off but. I quietly lay there to look at how I really feel: rested. My subsequent ideas have been about if my daughter was properly sufficient to go to high school. I responded with, “There’s nothing I can do about it, stated a quiet thanks Lord and provide you with my cares.” I acquired up and did some stretches to get my circulation going. 

I most likely ought to have gone to mattress about 10 minutes early since I fell asleep inside minutes with my head hitting the pillow. I’ll strive that tonight and wrap up my studying just a little earlier.