Work deadlines. Dinners with friends. Household admin. New Netflix series. 24/7 emails. We all know sleep is important but, heavens, who has the time? In jam-packed 2023 eight hours a night feels increasingly like an indulgence.
“Even though modern life offers more opportunities for leisure and interaction – particularly with new audio-video platforms and social media – the length of each day remains the same,” says Dr Vicente Mera, of SHA Wellness Clinic in Spain, one of Europe’s leading medical spas. He says as we try to fit in more (whether on our phones, or in our schedules), our sleep suffers in turn. “As quality and quantity of sleep decreases, we feel tired and less efficient physically and mentally, with symptoms such as brain fog, chronic fatigue and daily drowsiness.”
