Because learning about your brain and sleep can be fun . . .
If you had the ideal life, you’d have enough money, enough love, enough fun—and be able to wake up naturally feeling great every day. You wouldn’t need an alarm clock. Getting jarred out of bed isn’t pleasant. Yet, for many, it’s necessary. If you’re not awakened that way, you’ll be late for the rest of…
If you take a medication, you can’t not take the medication for a week and then take seven days’ worth all at once. If you exercise, you can’t not exercise for a week and then do a week’s worth of push-ups, sit-ups, and jumping jacks all at once. It’s the same thing with dream journaling.…
Reminder dreams serve as a reminder to do something you forgot. I’m not a fan of them. When you or I have one, it means we’ve screwed up by forgetting something in some way. But it’s usually better to have them than to not have them. You only have to have a plan for dealing…
Dreams can help you make good decisions in any number of areas. Deciding who to marry is no exception. As we sleep, we mull over the events of the day, processing information. Paying attention to your dreams sheds light on this information. By analyzing and understanding your dreams, you understand more about yourself and more…
They’ve called it “sleeping fitfully.” They’ve also called it “tossing and turning.” When you do it most nights and see a doctor about it, you might come away with a diagnosis for “Restless Legs Syndrome.” RLS is described as a strong urge to move your legs throughout the night when you’re trying to sleep. People…
“I just don’t sleep enough. But I’ve never met someone very successful who, at the end of their life, says: ‘I wish I slept more.’” Robert Herjavec—entrepreneur and shark on ABC’s Shark Tank Why brag about not taking care of yourself? Going around tired, showing poor judgment, having less energy…
Sure, you can study your dreams, but you can’t scientifically study your dreams. Your dreams are still worth studying, just as it’s worth looking at your face in a mirror every morning. The mirror shows you a reflection of your external self. The dream shows you a reflection of your interior self, potentially an even…
Did someone or some situation affect you so much that they inspired a dream that night? If so, there are two big questions to ask. Answering them can save you aggravation and improve communication. Living your life, meeting people, and encountering troubling situations during the day trigger dreams at night. When you figure out what…
A religious man was stuck on top of his roof. Floodwaters surrounded him and are getting higher. Another man comes by in a rowboat. “Get in, get in!” the man says. The religious man replies, “No, I have faith in God; he will grant me a miracle.” Later, a motorboat comes by. The guy at…
Did you learn something new today? If so, you may find yourself reviewing it in a dream you have tonight. It doesn’t matter what it is: abstract knowledge taught in school; a task that you’ll have to do for your job; something that’s useful to know for a hobby. Whatever it is, you may find…
If you’re someone who hits the snooze button on the alarm clock or your phone repeatedly, stop it. Any sleep you might get after the alarm goes off is bad sleep. You never have any time to go through the stages of the sleep cycle. What that means is your brain isn’t getting any maintenance…
Recently, I started a new job. My dreams focused on the new job, on worldwide events, and on my family. One dream, in particular, noted how all of these things were changing around me and how I was changing too. I could see how my environment and the people around me were shaping me. It’s…
When the Vatican released the white smoke at the conclusion of the conclave, I couldn’t wait around a TV to see who the new pope would be. I had somewhere I had to be. It was announced while I was on my way. The exact moment the world found out it was to be Leo…