1 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura, Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: Today's tip is about a new way to think about 4 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:19,920 Speaker 1: sleep that just might have you going to bed on time. 5 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,760 Speaker 1: I've long enjoyed Julie Morgan Stearn's books on organization and 6 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: time management. I recently read her latest book, Time to Parent, 7 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,319 Speaker 1: and came away with all sorts of great ideas for 8 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: upgrading the time I spend with my kids, some of 9 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: which we'll talk about in later episodes. But one of 10 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: the most memorable tips had more to do with adult 11 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:43,840 Speaker 1: life than kid life. We all know that his life 12 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:46,840 Speaker 1: gets busy. Sleep can be one of the first things 13 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 1: to go. We know the day will start when it starts, 14 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:53,480 Speaker 1: but we stay up later trying to cram in one 15 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: more thing. Julie no is a good way to tackle this. 16 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 1: Here's an interesting question I ask clients who stay up 17 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 1: too late, She writes, do you think of sleep as 18 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: the end of one day or the beginning of the next. 19 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: People who think of sleep as the end of the 20 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: day often have trouble letting go at night, Like the 21 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: kid who refuses to leave a party for fear of 22 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 1: missing out. Try flipping your thinking. When you viewed sleep 23 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: as the start of the next day, you feel excited 24 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: to charge up your batteries and fill your fuel tank 25 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: for the next day's adventures. I think this is a 26 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: great mindset shift. The day doesn't begin when your alarm 27 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: clock goes off in the morning. The day begins when 28 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 1: you close your eyes and start surrendering to sleep. If 29 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: you want to get a jump on the next day, 30 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: you get into bed. You're not admitting defeat at the 31 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: end of the day. You're charging up to prepare for 32 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: the day to come. Indeed, if you think about it, 33 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: this is the way our clocks and calendars are structured. 34 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,559 Speaker 1: The new day begins at midnight, not at some point 35 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,559 Speaker 1: in the morning. Most of us spend the first six 36 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: hours or so of each new day asleep. Rather than 37 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: think that's strange, we're probably better off thinking that's the 38 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: way it should be. Sleep is a necessary first part 39 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: of the day, not an afterthought or a waste of time. 40 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: And the more valuable we consider sleep, the more likely 41 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: we are to put away the phone, turn off the TV, 42 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: and get into bed. We invest in starting the next 43 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: day in the strongest way possible. Do you think of 44 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: falling asleep as the end of the day or the 45 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: start of the next one. Please let me know. You 46 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: can email me at Before Breakfast podcast at iHeart media 47 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: dot com. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for 48 00:02:50,800 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: listening and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody, 49 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me 50 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just connect with 51 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 1: me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at Before Breakfast pod 52 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 1: that's b E the number four, then Breakfast p o D. 53 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 1: You can also shoot me an email at Before Breakfast 54 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,080 Speaker 1: podcast at i heeart media dot com. That Before Breakfast 55 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: is spelled out with all the letters. 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