Sleep well

One of the most important ways to increase effectiveness is productivity is maintaining a healthy and consistent sleep pattern. When we don't take care of our bodies and choose to sacrifice crucial periods of rest, we decrease our ability to stay focused and work efficiently.

I've had a really messed up sleep schedule for probably the past three years. Not only do I feel it has contributed to depression and anxiety, I feel like it has made me more prone to do things I ordinarily wouldn't have done. When you get caught in a spiral of self-destruction, it's much more difficult to get out of it when you're sleep deprived, compared to when you're mentally alert and awake.

Recently I bought a memory foam bed topper, and I have to say, it's really the bees knees (sorry). I just haven't had a better night's sleep in quite a while, and I feel like the memory foam has actually helped me achieve longer periods of deep sleep. Maybe you already sleep like a baby and you don't need a bed topper, but if you do, Costco is offering $40 off right now on their website:

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Productgroup.aspx?Prodid=11307126&search=memory%20foam&Mo=56&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-US&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&Sp=S&N=5000043&whse=BC&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogName:BC&Ne=4000000&D=memory%20foam&Ntt=memory%20foam&No=2&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1

Sorry for promoting such an expensive item, but it's sort of done wonders for me, and $40 off is $40 off. I think the long term trade off for better sleep versus money saved in this instance is one where we will have to take the hit to our wallets for potential gain in the future.

Anyway, my main point here is to do everything you can to maintain healthy sleep habits, because if you don't, you'll definitely start feeling incredibly unhealthy and unproductive in the future.

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