Morning,

This comes to you after the first solid night sleep I've had in a long while! Like yourself it's staying asleep for me. I often wake up somewhere between 2am and 4am and then struggle to get back off for a few hours. If I'm working the next day that can mean only getting 4 hours sleep, if not working I can get 7 but it's very broken.

Also, following listening to those podcasts I want to get into a solid sleep routine and create a better sleep environment. The latter might be a bit difficult with the wife as she likes to watch TV and doesn't like it to be pitch black so we have a night light on the landing; she also doesn't like the door closed. I'll be trying a blackout night mask and have already adopted ear plugs 😀

My average has increased over the school holidays due to not having to get up. Before that I was averaging 6hrs 25ish a night. That increased to around 7hrs 15 mins over the holidays. I adopted some of the guidance last night and slept 8hrs 15mins and I don't recall waking up. OK, one night doesn't equal a new average but it is the first time I've slept like that in years.