Use the Military Sleep Method to fall asleep within 2 minutes, starting tonight

Getting good sleep is critical. A 2018 study found that people who sleep for five to six hours are 19% less productive than people who regularly sleep for seven to eight hours per night. People who sleep for fewer than five hours are nearly 30% less productive. Sure, they’re awake longer. But they actually get less done. That’s because other research shows that only getting six hours of sleep makes any task that requires focus, deep thinking, or problem-solving a lot harder. In fact, where attention and reaction time are concerned, only sleeping six hours is like drinking a couple of beers, and only sleeping four hours is like drinking five beers. Other research shows that sleep deprivation makes completing any activity that requires multiple steps—meaning pretty much anything you try to do—much more difficult. If that’s not enough, another study shows that lack of sleep causes increased activity in your brain’s reward centers specific to food. Eating a poor diet causes a lack of