Sleep is the 'chief nourisher in life's feast'. It heals and restores the body, facilitating growth and playing a major role in maintaining general health and vitality. Sleep also assists mental function - helping everything, from memory storage and retention to enabling new learning and development. It really can make a big difference in how productive and successful you are in life.
Spend more hours in bed!
Set your alarm later. How many times do you hit the snooze button on your alarm in the morning? Many people set their alarm for half an hour before they really intend to get up. Set the alarm for when you need to get up rather than when you should get up and benefit from the extra zzzzz's;
Cool off your love affair with the TV, the arch enemy of sleep. Late night TV programmes, not only keep you out of bed, they can actually keep you awake. If there is a late night programme you really want to see, it's worth taking two minutes to set it to record so you can record it and watch it at a decent hour;
Have dinner earlier. No one likes going to bed just after they've eaten, but these days many people are not eating until after 8pm - which tends to result in a later bed time. Try to have dinner a little earlier, so it's natural to turn in;