Sleep

This one is a tricky topic for me personally, as I have three young girls and I therefore hardly ever get an uninterrupted good night's sleep. But I do know for sure that, having slept well the previous night, makes you the following day a whole different person. It makes you more patient, less achy and way less cravy for the foods and drinks that are less favourable for your health. And coming from the other ankle: You can't out-eat or out-exercise poor sleep.

No fancy sleep tracker needed.

The general recommendation for grown-up's is 7-8 hours of uninterrupted sleep every night, in an environment that enables good quality sleep (i.e. cool, dark, quite room). And it is commonly known in regards to babies and young children, but for grown-ups this is pretty much the same: making the hours we sleep follow an as regular as possible schedule is really helpful too.

And if you are one of "us" sensitive ones: Stop drinking anything stimulating (coffee and tea are the obvious ones (leave the fingers from energy drinks alltogether!), but also alcohol is not good), stop eating big heavy meals and stop doing all the physically as well as emotionally excessivly draining stuff (incl. everything involving screens) way before hitting the pillow. And sunshine in the morning as well as being physically active throughout the day definitively help too. Me personally, I like to do some light stretching and some reading (real book, light fare) on top as part of my nightly routine.