{"id":1735,"date":"2011-08-15T11:06:36","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T16:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/?p=1735"},"modified":"2011-08-22T11:32:51","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T16:32:51","slug":"ways-to-get-the-sleep-we-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/2011\/08\/15\/ways-to-get-the-sleep-we-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways To Get The Sleep We Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s something all of us have an opinion on: sleep. Sleep is a good, necessary thing, but how much of a good thing is enough?<\/p>\n<p>Ivan Walsh <a href=\"http:\/\/www.klariti.com\/productivity\/sleep-increase-productivity\/?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ihearttechnicalWriting+(I+Heart+Technical+Writing)\">on the klariti.com blog<\/a> for small business people has some cogent things to say about sleep. Indeed, they&#8217;re worth staying up for.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/4867465245_cdb8e5e330_m.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/4867465245_cdb8e5e330_m-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"4867465245_cdb8e5e330_m\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1736\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Which is better,&#8221; Walsh begins, &#8220;one extra hour in the morning or one (in) the evening?&#8221; Staying up an extra hour doesn&#8217;t at all mean you gain an extra hour of productivity. And you could well lose stamina tomorrow, he advises.<\/p>\n<p>How many of us could affirm that? Probably a lot. <\/p>\n<p>Good sleep habits, Walsh writes, begin with &#8220;going to bed at the same time every night.&#8221; That actually teaches your body to anticipate rest at that hour. &#8220;Soon it will demand you switch off at a given hour. You&#8217;ll also start to wake up at the same hour.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another big item is to clear your mind before hitting the sack. &#8220;Write down outstanding To Dos&#8221; Walsh urges. &#8220;This frees up space in your memory and removes the stress of trying to remember everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trying to remember everything can be a special affliction of technical writers, who have a lot to be thinking about in terms of content and organization. They&#8217;re also apt to be fearful of forgetting crucial details. So jot them down and then head to Oz. <\/p>\n<p>Walsh has a couple of other sleep-inducing pointers (that&#8217;s meant in the best sense, of course).<\/p>\n<p>We hope these have been helpful, encouraging reflections for you&#8230;Hey, wake up, guy, it&#8217;s time for work. \u2013 <em>Doug Bedell <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s something all of us have an opinion on: sleep. Sleep is a good, necessary thing, but how much of a good thing is enough? Ivan Walsh on the klariti.com blog for small business people has some cogent things to say about sleep. Indeed, they&#8217;re worth staying up for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1735"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1735"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1753,"href":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1735\/revisions\/1753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}