How to Adjust to New Sleep Patterns While Traveling
Your body works best when you sleep and wake up on time. When you travel over several time zones, your biological clock gets confused. That is when your body feels jet-lagged and you can face sleep disorders. Recommended Read: Sleep Well While You Travel Here are some tips to adjust to new sleep patterns that might help you while traveling. • Are you traveling east or west? You should try and adjust your body clock a couple of weeks before your travel date. This should be a gradual process. If you are traveling towards the west, try sleeping later than usual and it would be the exact opposite if you are traveling east. • Adjust your watch according to local time Once you board the flight, reset your watch with the local time of the place you are going. • Sleepless during flight Keep yourself engaged and try not to sleep much on board. This will ensure that you get some travel sleep later. • Keep yourself hydrated Drink plenty of water and stay away from caffeine and alcohol, if you want to have great travel sleep. • Take a nap not more than 2 hours after arrival It is best to stay up, but if you need to rest, set an alarm and sleep for 2 hours after arrival.