sleep

Getting a good night's sleep is one of the most important things you can do for your overall health and well-being. If you are having trouble sleeping, read this wikiHow to learn how to sleep better.

Add gentle sounds. Use a white noise generator that generates various soothing sounds—surf, wind, steam—these are sounds that have no shape, and they can help your brain to de-focus on right now.

• White noise has been shown to not only help people fall asleep more quickly, but also it can disguise other noises that may wake you during the night.
• White noise or natural sound machines are often wonderful. But if you cannot afford one, a fan can make soothing noise. So can a radio tuned to "between stations", where it creates static. Make sure that the radio isn't too loud.^[2]
• Repetitive or ambient music is very good for falling asleep. What's especially important is that there be no dramatic shifts in the dynamics of the music. Ambient music, such as that produced by Brian Eno, is ideal.^[3] Just be sure that the music stops or fades out in about an hour, or it could keep you from experiencing really deep sleep.
• Turn your phone off, or to silent mode (if you use its alarm), so you will not be disturbed with texts, phone calls, and notifications. If you know that you have to be somewhere go to bed earlier.