Feed your brain the idea diet
Bedtime routines for better mental health.
Hello dear friend,
I used to waste a lot of time before going to bed scrolling through social media.
This can be terrible for your mental health, especially when you see all your friends posting pictures of the parties they’ve been to or all the amazing places they’ve visited while you’re cooped up inside your house.
It took me a lot of willpower to leave my phone on a table far away from my bed before lying down to sleep. Instead, I took a book or an e-reader and spent the time before falling asleep reading.
I call this the “idea diet.”
Instead of filling my brain with the mindless negativity of social media, I was spending time getting creative ideas into my head. Those 15 minutes I spent reading helped me relax at the end of a long, tiring day and put me in a good mood.
For a lover of reading, books are like those friends who offer you a warm hug when you are at your lowest. They don’t judge or ask questions but are there with you. And sometimes, that’s all you need.
How you can do this:
Ditch your phone.
Yes, it will be difficult because it’s never easy to break out of a habit.
If you struggle, you can set the alarm for a few minutes and use the time until it rings to read.
Take a paperback or an e-reader with you to bed. It can never hurt to pick up a book, even if you are not a reader.
When you read non-fiction, it is as if you are absorbing the life experiences of the greatest leaders, entrepreneurs, and thinkers of all time.
Even if you read fiction, it can help you get better at the language. No matter what your day job is, having good communication skills always helps.
“Reading is like a superpower. And when you can relate books to each other (combining what you learn from Old Man and the Sea with the latest book on Bitcoin, for example), then it’s as if you’ve read an exponential number of books.” — James Altucher
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That’s all from my end today. I’ll see you again soon. Till then, stay strong. Keep smiling and be awesome.
With love,
Anangsha.