The Rationale Behind The 21-Day Early To Bed Early To Rise Challenge
Most of us have found ourselves unable to sleep on time at night, browsing social media on our smartphones or watching Netflix.
While the time when we go to sleep changes a lot, the time when we have to wake up often does not. This results in a lack of total sleep hours, which can develop into acute total sleep deprivation (SD) or chronic partial sleep restriction.
These conditions can lead to impaired long-term memory, attention, reaction times and other cognitive functions. You can read more about it in this study.
According to this study, it was found that sleep deprivation includes more health risks like hypertension, dyslipidemia, CVD, weight gain, metabolic syndrome, and T2DM. There is also evidence that sleep disruption may increase the risk of certain cancers and death in males and suicidal adolescents. In addition, long-term sleep disruption may also worsen the symptoms of a variety of gastrointestinal disorders.
Considering these risk factors, it becomes imperative that we try to improve our quality of sleep while we still can.
It is possible to improve our sleep by incorporating some healthy routines that I will cover further in this guide.
Details Of The 21-Day Early To Bed Early To Rise Challenge
What was the challenge?
Participants had to build a Sleep/Wake-Up Schedule with at least 7 Hours of Sleep.
In addition, they were required to create their Evening & Morning Rituals that'll them to Sleep Deep and Seize their day respectively.
What was the aim of this challenge?
The aim of this challenge was three-fold:
1) Help people set-up a Sleep Schedule- Sleep Early & Wake Up Early.
2) Help people 'Sleep Deep' with the help of an Evening Ritual.
3) Help people Build a Morning Ritual so that they can Seize the Day!
Why 21 Days?
Habits take time to build. Research has proven that it takes approximately 21 days to imbibe a habit.