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    Do you have good sleep hygiene?

    Aug 11, 2021 5 minutes
    WORDS by BROOKE LE POER TRENCH

    I never should have pitched a story on good sleep hygiene (AKA a person’s sleep environment and the habits that exist around sleep). Mostly because I know just enough about this topic to be sure I have neither. On an average evening: I hop into my bed, which has a “home office” within spitting distance piled high with papers and charging computers (not good). I then snuggle under the covers with my phone (bad) and watch TV shows on it for hours (very bad) and then charge it next to my bed (terrible), but not before I take one last look at the news headlines (not great either).

    It’s safe to say my bedroom is not a sanctuary for sleep. And I’m not alone. According to data collected by The Adelaide

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