The TikTok generation has repackaged a perennial preoccupation and given it their own spin<\/p>\n
Of all the health and wellness content online, sleep<\/a> is one topic we can\u2019t get enough of: when to do it<\/a>, how much is optimal<\/a>, what surface<\/a> best makes for somnolent bliss, whether it\u2019s better done alone<\/a>. Our obsession with getting enough shut-eye stems, I suspect, from the fact that so many of us feel tired<\/a> all<\/a> the<\/a> time<\/a>.<\/p>\n Akin to their cursed revival of low-rise jeans<\/a>, the TikTok generation have repackaged a perennial preoccupation and given it their own spin: sleepmaxxing. Co-opting its name from another online phenomenon (looksmaxxing<\/a>), the term refers to any number of hacks that purport to improve sleep.<\/p>\n Beginning the day with exposure to sunlight, to align the body\u2019s internal clock<\/p>\n Keeping consistent bed- and wake times, even on weekends<\/p>\n Limiting afternoon naps to no more than 30 minutes<\/p>\n Reducing caffeine intake later in the afternoon<\/p>\n Avoiding heavy meals right before bed<\/p>\n Reducing screen exposure before bedtime<\/p>\n Developing a calming pre-bedtime routine, such as reading, meditation, or deep breathing.<\/p>\n Donna Lu is Guardian Australia\u2019s science writer<\/p>\n Antiviral<\/a> is a fortnightly column that interrogates the evidence behind the health headlines and factchecks popular wellness claims<\/p>\n Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The TikTok generation has repackaged a perennial preoccupation and given it their own spin Of all the health and wellness content online, sleep is one topic we can\u2019t get enough of: when to do it, how much is optimal, what surface best makes for somnolent bliss, whether it\u2019s better done alone. Our obsession with getting … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}