Making Coffee to Launch Your Day (Also a Review of the American Press)

How to Sleep Better (and Worry Less)

Getting restful sleep is an important cornerstone to developing good habits. It is so important that I recommend getting rest as one of the first steps before setting out on building any other habits. Without it, maintaining and creating habits becomes a more formidable obstacle than it already is. There are many issues that may disrupt sleep. I will not be addressing all of them, but one of the major obstacles is worry. The great adversaries to sleep are worry and anxiety. Consider how busy our lives are with the responsibilities of school, work, and keeping up with friends and family, and the minor distractions that fill the gaps in between. I picture the day as a jar filled with these huge rocks of responsibilities that are filled in with the sand and pebbles of small errands and distractions. If we were to critically examine our day, there is very little time (if any) for silence. And this is the challenging part of falling asleep: it is the only time where you are alone with your thoughts, in a sort of noisy silence. This silence can be very daunting to some, as our minds are forced into reflecting, thinking, and