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What happened when I tried the Emma ‘Switch Off to Switch On’ challenge
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Today (17th March) is World Sleep Day, and this year’s theme is: Sleep is Essential for Health. After a long day, sleep is necessary to help you rest, recover and perform your best the following day. But late night scrolling, delayed bedtimes and saggy old mattresses can sabotage your sleep, resulting in a disturbed or restless night.
Personally, I love my sleep but I’m also guilty of staying up to watch one moreNetflixepisode and having a late night Instagram scroll. So, whenEmmaasked me to take their ‘Switch Off to Switch On’ challenge, I was excited to give it a go.
I decided to give this sleep challenge a try for 5 days to reduce my anxiety, get a better night’s sleep and wake up feeling ready to take on the day… and this is what happened.
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5-day sleep challenge: how did it go?
I decided to start this challenge on a Sunday so I could enter a new week feeling rested and prepared. I’ve been enjoying ‘Sunday resets’ this year, where I do important tasks around the house and take time for myself to relax and rejuvenate so it seemed fitting to start a sleep challenge on this day. I had my first ‘switch off’ moment when I went for a long run, enjoying the fresh air and nature, before I set up a new addition to my bedroom: a sunrise lamp.
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The next few days I tried to concentrate on doing things in the evening that I knew I’d enjoy and would help me relax and stay off my phone. Running, listening to music rather than scrolling through Instagram and reading before bed were all things I found easy to fit into my routine and made unwinding after a long day much easier.
(Image credit: Emma)
(Image credit: Emma)
On the final night, I wanted to avoid my phone entirely and decided to try something creative. I did a quick journaling exercise –I’d tried journaling every day for a monthearlier in the year and found it very therapeutic. After that, I did some watercolour painting which was fun and relaxing – I didn’t touch my phone once that evening.
5-day sleep challenge: Verdict
Switching off and avoiding technology in the evening definitely helped me relax, sleep better and reduce stress and anxiety. Not scrolling on your phone is a simple thing to avoid doing but consciously remembering to put it down and do something else is a big feat, especially considering we spend an average of 47 minutes a night scrolling and 51% of people say that using their phone is the last thing they do before bed, according to Emma’s research.
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