How Buying an Alarm Clock Made Me a Good Sleeper
Who’s heard that it takes 21 days to form a habit? It’s an idea that’s been tossed around for years, popularized by books like The Power of Habit . It sounds simple, right? Stick with something for three weeks, and boom—you’re a whole new person. As someone who lives a life with very little margin (three kids in two years + and an executive job is no joke – yes, my hair is greying), the big changes just were never truly realistic. Somewhere along the way, I came across the quote “If you can get 1% better every day for a year, you’ll end up 37x better by the time you’re done”, and it gave me SO MUCH PEACE. 1%. I can do that. Yesterday, as I wandered up to bed at 9:15 PM with my phone plugged in downstairs and my sunset alarm on its daily set time of 5:30 AM, I had this moment of realization that “woah, I’m someone who actually prioritizes high-quality sleep” To understand why this was a grand realization, you must first understand that I am a recovering “sleep is for ...