Looking ahead at the month of November I see a very busy month. Managing school full time as well as work will have its challenges and so I want to prepare myself for the month to come. Due to my current job and trying to structure it around school, I often work very late hours which results in a loss of sleep. For the month of November I want to try and focus on sleep quality, managing my physical health and make an effort to give myself down time to recharge. Instead of doing a mid month reflection like I did for October I will be doing a beginning goal setting (this post) and a end of month reflection. I would like to compare both methods to see the pro’s and con’s of doing a mid month reflection!

  1. Get 8 hours of sleep every night: This one is going to be a hard one to achieve as my work hours sometimes do not allow me to have a full 8 hours of sleep.

Why sleep is important..

  1. Take care of my physical health: Other than excercise and nutrition I would like to learn about other ways I can take care of my body, whether that’s vitamins, or specific types of food, but things that will help my body feel its best.

I’m using the articles I referenced in my October Resolutions about women’s health to help achieve my health goals and needs

  1. Schedule down time: This will be the most important one I think. Because of how busy November looks, it will be very important that I schedule time for myself to recharge in order to manage the busy period!

Why downtime is essential for brain health…