Your everyday priority list can look like that if you haven’t been sleeping well lately. Especially if the holiday festivities and gatherings have emptied your internal energy battery. After all, that’s the busiest time of the year to spend with loved ones, extended family, and friends.

You may have grown to appreciate a more intimate holiday season where there’s value in not attending social gatherings that are not meaningful to you on a personal level. Still, the season brings family and friends together, and when you are graced with family traditions and deep friendships, you can find yourself in a whirlwind of holiday events that leave you somewhat sleep deprived or drained.

Restorative sleep cannot fall down your priority list because a thyroid condition alters your sleep quality and disrupts your circadian rhythm (that’s the internal clock your body follows to determine your sleep-wake up cycles).

More, better, restful sleep is an important milestone on your way to managing your energy levels and getting your life back. 

Allowing yourself to slow down and gracefully bow out of some engagements, to commit your time and energy to what you value doing the most. Maybe place new boundaries you would like to keep. Maybe establish a bedtime routine to restore your sleep schedule and realign your circadian rhythm. Definitely food for thought.

I still have so much to tell you.