【推荐2】Almost 40% of people surveyed in 13 countries have reported sleep issues over the past two years, according to the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. It’s normal to wake up at night, especially as you age, but negative news can activate your mind and make it hard to fall asleep.     1     The following tips can help, too.

Test your pillow.

If you bought your pillow in 2020, guess what? It’s already old. The National Sleep Foundation recommends replacing them every one to two years. A pillow past its prime can cause neck and shoulder pain—and restless sleep.     2     If you sleep on your back, look for a thinner pillow. If you sleep on your side, a thicker pillow is better.

Get active during the day.

    3     It can also increase the amount of time you spend in the deep stages of sleep at night. Try to stay active during the day by participating in activities that you enjoy. Just don’t work out too close to bedtime or it may further interfere with your sleep.

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Want to reduce those annoying nighttime trips to the bathroom? Cut back on peanuts and crisps. In a Japanese study, researchers followed 321 patients with high-salt diets and sleep issues for 12 weeks. When people cut down on salt, their average bathroom trips decreased from twice a night to once.

Tackle your troubles before dinner.

If you need an airing of grievances, don’t wait until nighttime. “Right before dinner is a good time to work things out,” says Ashley Mason, a professor at the University of California. If you start an argument after dinner, your quarreling can continue until bedtime.     5    

【推荐3】Are you ambitious? Do you want to be successful? I believe most young people have a dream.     1    

First, be passionate about what you do. If you do something primarily for love and not for other reasons, probably it will lead you to success. Take Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice, one of the most influential scientists in agriculture, for example. For more than 50 years, he devoted his life to rice production and his research has not only helped China find a way to remove hunger, but also contributed to world peace and social progress.

Second,     2     When Ma Yun first had the idea of quitting his job as a college teacher and starting up an online shopping company, everybody thought he was crazy. But he was confident that this company would be successful. Now Alibaba has not only become the biggest online sales company in the world, but also changed people's shopping habits as well.

It isn't just confidence. My third tip is: work hard. The "10,000-hour rule for success" states that you need to practise for a minimum of 10,000 hours. That's about six hours a day for five years. Bill Gates is a good example. For about five years, when he was a teenager,     3     His hard work gave him a big advantage over other people and he became one of the founders of Microsoft at the age of 20.

My tip number four is: set your goals high. At the age of five, Novak Djokovic decided he didn't want to be just a good tennis player, he wanted to be the best tennis player in the world. In2011, Djokovic, aged 24, won 3 major world championships and became the World Number One.

Finally, my last tip is: keep trying. Luckily for Harry Potter fans, the author J.K Rowling didn't listen to the negative comments from the 12 publishers who rejected her books.     4     Even the publisher who gave her a contract said she had no chance of making money in children's books. He was wrong and for the last 20 years, J.K. Rowling has been the author of the most famous children's books in the world.

    5     You can become successful, too! Follow the five secrets，and you are to succeed!