Calming the mind before going to sleep

Arriving at night altered, under the influence of stress or anxiety, can significantly affect the time we take to fall asleep and the quality of our sleep. The successive emotional loads that we receive during the day, added to the bad habits of subjecting ourselves to stimuli before going to sleep, act as a catalyst of the bad emotional state that we have just before going to sleep. Calming the mind is probably one of the most efficient mechanisms we have to prepare ourselves for a good period of deep and restful rest.

To take care of our mental health, it requires a lot of discipline and work in order to condition our daily routines to combat stimuli and organize our workdays to achieve a time dedicated exclusively to rest. During the development of this guide, we will be delving into some of the most important elements related to this topic, so that you can deepen your knowledge regarding the measures to follow to ensure an adequate period of sleep.

Do not mix work time and rest time.

Learning to separate work time from rest time is essential for our mental health. Many people become so involved in their work that they fail to distinguish between their time to relax and disconnect from emotional burdens and that which should be devoted to work.

The people who suffer most from this phenomenon are perhaps those who hold management positions at work or who have their own business. The same happens with telecommuters or those who have many facilities to adjust their working hours at their convenience. In these cases a lack of discipline is evident, where once they have the freedom to work at the times they deem convenient, what happens is that they fail to organize themselves to separate work time from rest time.

Respect your rest, eliminate external stimuli.

Following the line of avoiding mixing work and rest, you must keep in mind that it is important to respect your relaxation time. The period of time you have to rest should not be used to answer phone calls or read emails. Your body and mind need that rest time and if you deny them you will only be contributing to a state of stress that will end up affecting your performance during the day.

If you have important matters to attend to, adjust your time so that they are reviewed when you are active. Establish a maximum time where you will cease all kinds of tasks that require work on your part, from that moment on you are in your rest tim