A consistent sleep schedule is vital for your best shot at success while traveling. However, when you’re traveling, sleep patterns will undoubtedly be disrupted.
No matter how many time zones or days you’re away, these four tips will help you be your best while managing your rest.
Operation sleep
Adjust your sleep to the time zone of the place you’re visiting. Three days before your trip, adjust your sleep time accordingly, but not all at once. Try to adjust your schedule by an hour or so each day to ease into the transition.
When you arrive, the switch in times will not feel as abrupt and you’ll be good to go.
Natural sleep aid
Traveling is both mentally and physically exhausting. Melatonin can help you regulate your sleep. Taking 10 milligrams of melatonin while you’re away from home. This supplement, which you can find at any grocery or drug store, will help supplement your natural melatonin levels and help you sleep.
Get sunlight
Your body needs to see the sun to adjust to proper sleep rhythms. Being stuck inside a conference room all day or lounging in the hotel room could make sleeping habits worse.
Try to get out in the late morning or early afternoon to get your mind and body acquainted with your new time zone and its environment.
Quick turnaround trips
If you are traveling fewer than two days, it’s best to keep the same schedule as you would at home while traveling.
Attempt to schedule business for the standard time you are awake, for whatever time zone you’re in and adjust meals and leisure accordingly.
This will help make it easier for you to return home with little to no interruptions in sleep.
Remember, there’s nothing like waking up from a good night’s sleep, just because travel interrupts your daily routine doesn’t mean that it has to affect your sleeping habits.
