article_snippet: Create a sleep-friendly bedroom
article_snippet: Keep your bedroom decor simple and calm.
article_snippet: Keep a notepad or journal by your bed Then, instead of lying awake, worried you will forget something in the morning, you can write it down and allow the thought to pass.
article_snippet: If your'e struggling to get to sleep, try imagining a tranquil natural scene, whether your'e's a bucolic rural landscape or the gently lapping waves of the shore of a beautiful lake.
article_snippet: Researchers from the University of Oxford found that when volunteers imagined such scenes, volunteers fell asleep an average of twenty minutes earlier than those who didn't use the technique.
article_snippet: eyes closed for half an hour every day.