Sleep Diary
Week 4 of my intervention begun on the Monday 7th of January to the Sunday 13th of January.
During the last week of my intervention I partook in 30 minutes of meditation daily before my bed time. The reason was because there was a decrease in sleep duration betweens week 2 and 3. Although I had still met my goal of extending my sleep duration by at least 30 minutes, I wanted to ensure that this increase in sleep duration would be maintained within my last week. I felt a lot of stress and had a hard time relaxing, which I believe was the cause of the decrease in sleep duration. Meditating daily made me feel relaxed and overall cleared my mind which I found very relaxing.
Overall, my sleep duration was increased by over 30 minutes in weeks 2, 3 and 4 in comparison to week 1. This is not consistent with the literature as studies suggest that the sleep extension will increase sleep duration by 17 minutes by week 3 of the intervention and possibly 30 minutes by the end of the 4th week. However, this result has been extremely beneficial and I feel that I will be continuing this routine to ensure that I can maintain the results.
During the last week of my intervention I partook in 30 minutes of meditation daily before my bed time. The reason was because there was a decrease in sleep duration betweens week 2 and 3. Although I had still met my goal of extending my sleep duration by at least 30 minutes, I wanted to ensure that this increase in sleep duration would be maintained within my last week. I felt a lot of stress and had a hard time relaxing, which I believe was the cause of the decrease in sleep duration. Meditating daily made me feel relaxed and overall cleared my mind which I found very relaxing.
Overall, my sleep duration was increased by over 30 minutes in weeks 2, 3 and 4 in comparison to week 1. This is not consistent with the literature as studies suggest that the sleep extension will increase sleep duration by 17 minutes by week 3 of the intervention and possibly 30 minutes by the end of the 4th week. However, this result has been extremely beneficial and I feel that I will be continuing this routine to ensure that I can maintain the results.
Below is a breakdown of my bedtimes as well as my sleep duration estimations as reflected through the sleep app.
Summary
Intervention Week: 7th January 2018 - 13th January 2019
Bedtime:
- Monday 7th January 2019 - 10:30pm
- Tuesday 8th January 2019 - 10:30pm
- Wednesday 9th January 2019 - 10:30pm
- Thursday 10th January 2019 - 10:30pm
- Friday 11th January 2019 - 10:30pm
- Saturday 12th January 2019 - 10:30pm
- Sunday 13th January 2019 - 10:30pm
Sleep Duration:
- Monday 7th January 2019 - 5hours 30minutes
- Tuesday 8th January 2019 - 5hours 25minutes
- Wednesday 9th January 2019 - 5hours 45minutes
- Thursday 10th January 2019 - 4hours 45minutes
- Friday 11th January 2019 - 6hours
- Saturday 12th January 2019 - 5hours 40minutes
- Sunday 13th January 2019 - 6hours 20minutes
- Average = 4 hours 46 minutes
Screenshots of Sleep App:
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