Writing a To-Do List Before Bed Could Help You Sleep
By Brandon Specktor, Senior Writer | January 13, 2018 08:36am ET
A new bedtime to-do list, courtesy of sleep researchers at Baylor University:
1. Write a to-do list before bed.
2. Go to sleep.
3. Sleep better than all the non-list-writing people you meet tomorrow.
It sounds simple, but there's evidence that it just might work. According to a small study published in the January issue of Journal of Experimental Psychology, participants who took 5 minutes to write out a to-do list before bed fell asleep more quickly than participants who wrote about tasks they had already completed. The key, according to researchers, is in mentally "offloading" responsibilities before bedtime, theoretically freeing the mind for sound sleeping. [How to Sleep Better]
https://www.livescience.com/61422-journal-writing-sleep-better.html
