How To Sleep Smarter

<div class="ql-block" data-block-id= "block-fc3eb4eb-7384-4090-8a66-6a0e6250ae74">I hope you enjoyed yesterday's interview with Shawn Stevenson. Stevenson was instrumental in getting my health back after a severe bout of adrenal fatigue. My wife Elizabeth and I found his podcast, The Model Health Show, as I was pushing the boundaries on my health. My diet had become predictably unhealthy. Not in a dramatic way, and often, that can be the worst way. We can lull ourselves into thinking everything is just fine. </div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id= "block-dab8ce7c-f735-4a35-8821-96880d42f186"> </div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id= "block-27bb89ca-ca56-4465-acc7-e82d6a893ce0">In reality, though, we have become just a little more tired. We’re getting just a little less sleep. Our clothes are fitting just a little too tight. </div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id= "block-241104e9-7fca-4634-b888-157dd83c0f8f"> </div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id= "block-1367fbbf-0ef5-439d-b60c-dd4a1c74b13e">We don’t worry about the extra hours we are putting in. I have bills to pay and mouths to feed, right? It’s all honorable. How can you succeed without hard work? But it’s easy to run past the boundaries when you don’t know where they are. It’s even easier to stray when you don’t have any set boundaries. </div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id= "block-1297008b-75cb-48fb-afe8-cb68f2bec66f"> </div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id= "block-1e94afc9-1f4d-446f-a8f8-2a8630d2a68d">Looking back, I had few. </div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id= "block-1f892a3d-5112-4416-bf7b-fc4ec2d0bff1"> </div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id= "block-cf2a3ff6-a55c-467f-a679-598ed676d3c0">And it hit me. And hit me hard. </div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id= "block-d9caa0b4-0065-46fc-ae0c-093697bac44a"> </div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id= "block-8697c6cd-43f9-4f53-b2e0-42f5cddc173c">It seemed to happen overnight. I learned later that it was years in the making. One evening, I stayed up way too late watching