Be More Patient
Did you resolve to be less snappish and more patient with your family and friends this year? Do you feel bad about raising your voice, or making snarky or sarcastic comments? Consider whether perhaps your impatience isn’t entirely a character flaw: did you know that lack of sleep has a profound effect on both your mood and your ability to control what you say? If you want to be able to watch your words more carefully this year, evaluate your sleep habits. If you routinely get less than 6 hours of sleep per night, you’re going to find it difficult to be patient no matter how much you want to.
Have More Willpower
Willpower is important for everything from making good food choices to being smart with your spending, but it’s also a finite resource. Being under-slept keeps the part of your brain responsible for willpower from recovering, and this makes it especially difficult to stick with your commitments. You want to be able to resist that doughnut at work, or keep putting your money in a savings account? Get to bed on time.
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