How to Prepare for Daylight Saving
American clocks will be jumping ahead for Daylight Saving on March 14, but there are ways to adjust your sleep to prepare for the lost hour of sleep.
Experts suggest going to bed 15 minutes earlier than usual every night leading up to Daylight Saving. The goal is to make sleep more of a priority this coming week.
As far as after Daylight Saving, it is recommended that people get outside as much as possible and to keep their homes extra dark to limit light from affecting sleep.
And if none of these things work? It is suggested that you should just take it easy on yourself-your sleep schedule will eventually work itself out again.
Cone Health also recommends these three tips to prepare ahead of Daylight Saving
- Get exposure to daylight as soon as possible. Once you’re awake, step outside and get some sunshine. Daylight helps us wake up and helps prime our brains for a normal circadian rhythm, which determines our waking and sleeping patterns.
- Avoid drinking caffeine too close to bedtime.
- After eating, allow 2-3 hours to go by before you go to bed.
- Turn off all screens at least 30 minutes before you go to sleep.
Katherine Viloria is Beasley Media Group's Fort Myers Digital Content Manager. She loves to write, snap photos, and watch Grey's Anatomy. Connect with her on Instagram @alittlethisalittlekat
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