Sleep Blog

It is 3 a.m. Before you have even decided whether you are tired, your hand is reaching for your wrist. The score says 61. Restless. Two hours of deep sleep, which sounds bad, though you are not entirely sure what a good number would be. And now you are properly awake. Millions of us now wear something to bed that grades our sleep every morning. Most of us started for good reasons — curiosity, or a genuine hope of sleeping better. But for a fair number of people, the tracking

We often hear how important sleep is—and rightly so. Sleep affects our mood, energy, focus, and overall health. But sometimes, this message gets amplified to the point where sleep becomes the explanation for everything. Did you feel tired after lunch? It must be because you didn’t sleep well. Feeling forgetful? Maybe your sleep is affecting your brain. More irritable than usual? That has to be sleep deprivation. While these connections are not entirely wrong, they can become

Many people with insomnia try to “get ahead” of a difficult night by going to bed earlier. The logic seems sound: if it usually takes an hour or more to fall asleep, why not give yourself extra time? In practice, this often makes sleep worse—not better. The extra-time trap I often see people who go to bed well before they feel sleepy. They expect to lie awake for a while, so they build in “buffer time” to still get enough rest. But this strategy quietly backfires. Instead of