Comments on: Sleep! One of the Most Important Ingredients to Getting Along Well With Others http://civilcivilservant.com/2009/12/18/sleep-one-of-the-most-important-ingredients-to-getting-along-well-with-others/ Putting the Civil back in Civil Servant Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:16:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: elf14 http://civilcivilservant.com/2009/12/18/sleep-one-of-the-most-important-ingredients-to-getting-along-well-with-others/#comment-130 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:19:52 +0000 http://civilcivilservant.com/?p=583#comment-130 Excellent points. I also switched to a less processed and more “real” food diet and feel pretty strongly that combined with exercise and all of the stress management tools…it’s the key to maintaining health. A couple of years ago, my sister got bad numbers back from cholesterol and triglyceride tests and sought my opinion because she knows I try to eat healthy. I told her: try to reduce as much as possible the amount of food you eat that comes in a bag or a box. Eat more real food.

]]> By: BeNice Creator http://civilcivilservant.com/2009/12/18/sleep-one-of-the-most-important-ingredients-to-getting-along-well-with-others/#comment-128 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:16:08 +0000 http://civilcivilservant.com/?p=583#comment-128 When I changed my eating habits (less-to-no additives, chemicals, caffiene, processed ickiness –though I still can’t afford organic), I instantly slept better. With the added comfort of having found my lifemate, I sleep like a baby. Deep, fast, instant sleep. Before these changes, it was so hard to fall asleep. I couldn’t calm my mind, I didn’t feel restful. But since I’ve eaten healthier–and in that way grown to respect myself more and be happier overall–I have found that I do sleep better. And truly, exercising regularly this last year has also helped!

Excellent post. Makes perfect sense. Afterall, if sleep-deprivation is used as torture, wouldn’t it make sense that true health is to get good, regular, full sleep? And no matter all the “I have to do such-and-such first” statements. If we aren’t at our best, how can we do our best? Everything in life can wait–but taking care of our health cannot.

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