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Can't sleep? Besides the thoughts about the car payments and promotions and your future, not to mention your kids' futures (if you have kids), you worry about that 6 a.m. alarm, or 9 a.m. if you happen to work out of your home. You wonder how you'll get enough sleep to be rational, energized and coherent tomorrow. No, wait, it is tomorrow. It's 1 a.m. and you can't sleep.

It only gets worse. You won't sleep, because you're worrying about sleeping, which makes your body and mind even more restless. Worry, even more than caffeine, is the number-one sleep destroyer.

There are others, though, make no mistake. Take a look at our chart of sleep aids and sleep destroyers. You receive points or lose points for each one. See how you score.

Daily Life
  • You do relaxation techniques
        While in bed
    		•  +10
    +5
  • You exercise vigorously for two hours
        At 7 p.m.
    		•  +10
    -10
  • You take a bath before bedtime
    		•  +8
  • You get no physical exercise
    		•  -20
  • You read a relaxing book before bed
    		•  +15
  • You watch "Letterman" while in bed
    		•  -20
  • You smoke
    		•  -14
  • You drink beer before going to bed
    		•  -14
  • You drink tea
        The tea is one of six caffeine-filled beverages
    		•  +7
    -12
  • You take a short snooze when you're tired
        At eleven a.m.
    		•  +1
    -11
  • You can't sleep so you go online for five minutes
        You argue in a chat room about Al Gore
    		•  0
    -20
  • You eat a bedtime snack
        2 hours before bedtime
        30 minutes before bedtime
        30 minutes after bedtime
        The snack is a plate of chicken wings and Ore-
        Ida fries
    		•  +4
    +4
    -6
    -10
    -12
  • You make or take 2 or more late-night phone
        calls
    		•  -4

    Mental Life
  • You worry about family conflicts
    		•  -20
  • You worry about finances
    		•  -20
  • You worry about tests/homework
    		•  -20
  • You worry about your job/career
    		•  -20
  • You worry about your love life
    		•  -20
  • You worry about going to sleep
    		•  -100

     

     
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