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Oct 28, 2012 7:20 AM EDT
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Sleep: You're Doing It Wrong, But We Can Help

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Step Away From The iPhone

While it can be nice to be plugged in, 24/7, checking your work email obsessively before bed is not going to make it any easier for you to slide off into dreamland. "Instead of creating an environment of relaxing and shutting down, it becomes an environment where you are potentially stressing out about things that you are reading on the computer," says Dr. Arand. So, cart the TV, the phones, the computers, and all other distracting gadgets out of the bedroom, or at least turn them off, put them away, and let yourself shut down mentally.

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