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We don’t know about you, but when it comes to sleeping it feels like we’ve tried everything, but scientists may have found a pretty simple way to get you to fall asleep faster. A new study in the Journal of Experimental Research <\/em>has found a way to lessen anxiety which often disrupts sleep as people mentally review all the things they didn’t accomplish that day.<\/p>\n

It’s this reason that got psychologists at Baylor University thinking that a pre-bedtime journal could affect people’s ability to fall asleep. <\/p>\n

In the study, 57 people between the ages of 18 and 30 were monitored in a sleep lab where they were asked to complete a five-minute writing assignment. <\/p>\n

The group was split in two with one half being asked to write a “completed list”<\/em> describing everything they had accomplished in the last few days. The other group wrote a to-do list for the next few days. <\/p>\n

\"Writing<\/p>\n\n

As they slept, the researchers gathered data about their eye movements and brain wave activity. <\/p>\n

What they found was that those who wrote to-do lists before bed fell asleep nine minutes faster than those who wrote what they accomplished. In fact, the longer and more detailed the to-do lists were, the faster they fell asleep, however, the opposite wasn’t true for the those who wrote longer completed lists. <\/p>\n

The researchers concluded:<\/p>\n

“Therefore, to facilitate falling asleep, individuals may derive benefit from writing a very specific to-do list for five min at bedtime rather than journaling about completed activities.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Don’t think you can get away with it by merely going over it in your head, the act of writing things down seems to help people let go of their worries. <\/p>\n

If you’re still not sold on the idea, you can always try taking a hot shower, putting the air conditioner on and putting away electronics an hour before you want to sleep. <\/p>\n

Image: Getty<\/em><\/p>\n

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