It’s probably true that getting enough sleep does help you think better and your brain probably thinks for you while you are sleeping. Here’s an interesting article about sleep and how your brain is still working while you are dozing off.

Dozens of intriguing studies over the past several years show clearly
that your brain is active—very active—during sleep. (Reference 1-7) It’s busy doing something miraculous, something that we can’t even come close to explaining.

Basically, your brain goes on automatic pilot. Without your being aware of it, something inside your head comes alive and starts mulling over all the things you learned that day. It sorts through them, organizes them, considers them, calculates them, decides what’s important and what’s not.

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Here’s a simple howto on becoming an early riser.

• Sleep before 12:00AM.

• When you get up, go walk, jog, or do some kind of exercise for just 10 minutes. When you do this, you will have a much more productive day as you warm up your body to get ready for the day.

• Get up at a regular time whether that be 5AM or 7AM even on weekends. By having a consistent wake up time, your body and mind will be more balanced and ready for anything.
• Try to sleep 5-6 hours for a month. This might be hard to at first, but once you get the hang of it, it will be piece of cake
• Think about early bird gets the fish…

And other helpful stuff for how to become an early riser:

• How to become an early riser via stevepavlina
• How to become an early riser via econsultant
• Comments from Become an early rise on 43 Things via 43things
• How to become an early riser via boingboing

Yes, this might just be the cure for your sleeplessness, the Salmon Shaped Pillow!

For those who still look strange at this pillow I can confirm that this is a pillow and not a fish.I don’t know how many people would buy a pillow like this, but I a fish pillow like this would be very funny in a pillow fight I think.You can purchase it for $21 from here.

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Also check out:

• Smart Pillow that helps you sleep better
• Snoozer Body Pillows
• Better Sleep Pillow products

Here’s a collection of how to sleep better articles we found on the web that might actually help you sleep better:

• How to Sleep better via Boing Boing
• 10 Tips for Better Sleep via Bettersleep
• How to Sleep better via BBC
• Dr. Orman’s Guide to Better Sleep via stresscure
• Tips for sleeping faster and better via to-done

And make sure to check out how well these animals sleep together.

Here’s a picture proving you need to wear something going to sleep just in case of fires…

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