Once a year it is held, sometimes fasting is indeed the right time to keep the heart and mind to remain calm and devoted to worship. Considering you have to endure hunger and thirst for almost a day, focus and concentration will definitely be more easily disturbed when the stomach is empty. One example of frequent loss of focus is hallucinations that make you see objects that are similar to food. Test your focus with the picture below.
Sponge or Bika ambon?
Camphor or mint candy?
Shrimp paste or brownies?
Chamois or Roll cake?
Where’s the one who was fooled by the photos above? Failure to focus may not be because you are hungry, other factors can also influence such as chaotic sleep schedules. When fasting Friends must definitely adapt again to disturbing hours of sleep because of the meal. There are many ways to keep your friends’ sleep patterns uninterrupted and stay enthusiastic about their morning activities. Here’s how you can do it:
1. Sleep early
Do you usually sleep at 10? During the fasting month make it a habit to sleep one hour early. And if you know you should sleep at 9.30, stop any burdensome activities at 9.15, or sooner if you can. If we do not get used to sleeping faster during the fasting month, then the hours of sleep can be reduced by an average of 40 minutes because of the intervening time. According to research in the Journal of Sleep Research, this will reduce the duration of the deep sleep stage or REM (rapid eye movement) which makes it easily weak and sleepy during the day.
2. Arrange the food consumed before going to bed
What is consumed can affect the duration of sleep Friends, you know. Try to avoid caffeine, smoking, spicy foods, foods that are too coconut milk. The stimulatory effects of nicotine and caffeine take hours to completely disintegrate so that this can mess up the quality of sleep.
3. Diligent in exercising Regular physical activity can improve sleep quality, even during the fasting month.
Exercise only in portions, dear friends, don’t be too intense and too close to bedtime. Recommended, exercise in the morning. If the cyclone is not possible, exercise should be done about four to five hours before bedtime and give about one hour to recover from physical activity before bedtime.
4. Sleep the same as regular hours at the weekend.
Surely many people think that when it’s time to sleep longer. This assumption is precisely wrong and can also confuse Friends bedtime. Sleep and wake up rules at the same time must also continue to be applied during holidays huh. When you are accustomed to sleeping regularly, your body will get used to and there is a regular sleep schedule every day. The body becomes lighter, warmer, and the hormone cortisol is also released, giving energy to activities. If we suddenly change it, it will disrupt the body’s metabolism.
Cheer up, Friends! Surely you can fastimg until the day of victory coming. Hopefully tips from Sleepzilla help you have a perfect sleep schedule, so you can go through the day with more focus. Guaranteed, you will never again differentiate shrimp paste with new brownies or lime with mint candy.