If you feel that alcohol inhibit concentration then you've not tried insufficient sleep. Apart from hindering concentration insufficient sleep causes anxiety, irritability, and affect your ability to retain information, which all result in poorer productivity.
Meet anyone who is very productive at what he does and he will tell you the importance of being friendly with your bed and having a good sleeping habit.
Do Away With That Alarm Clock
If you rely on blaring alarm clock to wake you out of bed each morning, it's likely you are not getting enough sleep. According to Dr. Hawley Montgomery Downs, Sleep Research Laboratory director at West Virginia University, "The sign that you are getting enough sleep is that you don't need an alarm clock to wake up."
Get Proper Sleep
It's so good to get enough sleep, but is your 'enough sleep' a good quality one?
Dr. Downs quoted earlier says, " if you are sleep 10 hours a night and tossing and turning, or your legs are twitching all night, more sleep is not necessary going to be better. So it's good that your sleep is a quality one.
In a situation of having a sleep disorder that affects the quality of your sleep, it's best to seek help from a sleep specialist.
Keep a Regular Sleep Schedule
Aside from sleep/wake homeostasis, another body system that regulates your sleep is Circadian biological clock. Inconsistent sleep and irregular sleep hours can disrupt your body's biological clock which in turn can affect your productivity. Because of this it is very important to keep a regular sleep schedule.
Getting to bed at the same time every night allows the body's Circadian rhythm to become regulated, causing you to wake up feeling more refreshed.
Avoid Caffeine And Alcohol Before Bed
No doubt that alcohol may help put you to sleep, but taking it before bedtime can also cause you to wake up in the middle of the night, thereby suppressing REM sleep that is vital to consolidating memory and learning. So also is caffeine that can disrupt your sleep when taken six hours or less before bedtime.
Pay Attention To Your Sleep Environment.
Our environment is an important contributor to our good quality sleep. Light from a cell phone or television can cause changes in our body's internal clock, which in turn affect the quality of our sleep. So also is a noisy environment. So, you do well if you stick to a less noisy environment, keep your TV switched off, and do not sleep with your smartphones.
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