Can a 9pm bedtime cure me of my constant exhaustion?

Drinks at 8pm? Honey, behave. I’ll be getting my 40 winks

WORDS: KIMBERLEY BOND

I finish work at 5.30pm, race home, swiftly change into fitness gear and head down the road for my 7.30pm gym class. Afterwards, I walk back, leave soup to simmer on the hob and scratch shampoo into my scalp in the shower. Dinner guzzled and freshly washed, it’s now 9pm. Usually, at this time, I’d catch up with messages or stick on a Netflix series. Not tonight. I’m getting into bed, sans phone, to catch some Zzzs. My new regime, which I find myself hurtling through at breakneck speed, is the routine du jour of many in their 20s, who are increasingly hitting the hay as early as 9pm. Meanwhile, I’m in my 30s and rarely asleep before 11pm, spending most of my days bleary-eyed and knackered, grateful when Gen Z…

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Cosmopolitan UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2024/January 2025

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