Is your sleep disrupted during the night? I have a solution

I love to sleep, but after moving into an old apartment building in downtown Paris I was waking all through the night.

For more than 1 year I was suffering from disrupted sleep, and this was affecting all aspects of my life: 🥱

• Struggling to get up in the morning
• Difficulty focussing on hard mental tasks
• Impacting my mood
• Slowing my runs

It got so bad we were even contemplating moving house.

Well, I found a solution and want to share it with you.

Blocking out noise

The usual approach to stopping noise at night is to wear earplugs.

I tried this a few times but could not get comfortable with objects shoved in my ears. I tried falling asleep with Bluetooth earphones but invariably I would wake up when they fell out. 👂

I then recalled a tactic we used with our children when they were babies. If it worked for them, maybe this could work for me now?

White Noise

I discovered that playing white noise tracks during the night was the solution. Since starting this I have been sleeping like a baby. 👶The white-noise acts like an audio blanket, which does not block out external sounds but kind of smooths them out which is perfect for sleep. 🛏

The setup

Here are the steps to follow:

• Find a white noise soundtrack, I use Spotify.
• 🐦Avoid the tracks which overlay weird noises (like birds).
• It must last at least 8 hours or set up a looping playlist. 🔁

Then with your phone or a speaker next to your bed set it off and settle into a great night sleep. 😴