Getting some use out of your body in the day makes it much easier to sleep<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nComing to terms with roommates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
If you’ve been landed with a noisy room-mate, the least productive thing you can do is try and just put up with them. People come in all shapes and sizes, but at the end of the day, everyone wants to be a good person. Sometimes, we just don’t realize when we’re doing wrong. The key to living with anyone<\/em> is communication<\/span>. If your roommate is doing something which makes your life harder, tell them so<\/strong>. To you, the 1am Netflix and cookie sessions may make getting to sleep impossible, but they may have come from a noisy household and are used to sleeping through foghorn levels of sound. The goal here is setting clear boundaries<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis doesn’t mean suddenly demanding lights out at 10pm. Instead, explain to your roommate how they are negatively affecting you. This works even better if you do two extra things. First, let them know how this makes you feel (frustrated, disrespected, upset – etc.). <\/em>Second, show them how you’ve already tried to fix it yourself (I’ve been using ear plugs and exercising, but it’s not helping<\/em>). The combination of both of these should help them empathize with you, and likely they’ll want to help. Offer to come up with some compromises, and make sure to thank them when they are more thoughtful in the future.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nIf you are new to staying with each other, it also may just need a little time. When you first move in you need to adjust to a new sleeping environment, which may happen naturally with some time. It’s incredible what people can sleep through when we’re used to noise! This is especially true if you’ve come from a quiet bedroom sleeping alone. That said, don’t put up with any bullshit! There’s a line between acceptable night-time noise and laughing maniacally at vine compilations on YouTube.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nIf some time has passed and communicating isn’t working, unfortunately the remaining action is to talk to your RA. Do not feel bad if you need to do this.<\/span> Your education (and future) are worth much more than the feelings of a self-centered roommate (provided you tried to fix it with them first!<\/em>). Seriously, don’t be afraid to kick-up a bit of a fuss if it means a better living situation for the rest of the year.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nMost Importantly..<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Come up with a routine, and stick with it! A big part of getting to sleep is your body being prepared to let it happen. Go to bed at (roughly) the same time every night, and follow the same order of steps as you do it. If every night you tidy up a little, prepare clothes for the next day, go through your bathroom routine, and climb into bed with a book – there will be no question for your subconscious about what’s about to happen. Routines are the best way to ‘talk’ to your subconscious mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following the same steps lets it know that\u00a0no, it’s not time to think repeatedly about that one thing you said to your crush, but instead it’s time to chill-out, rest up, and sleep well.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Are the party-goers in your dorm deserving of a guerrilla warfare campaign? Is your Game of Thrones watching roommate asking for a beheading? Sleeping well in college is one of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sleeping.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sleeping.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sleeping.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sleeping.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sleeping.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sleeping.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":715,"href":"https:\/\/sleeping.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions\/715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sleeping.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sleeping.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sleeping.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sleeping.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}