The amount of sleep depends on how awake the patient is the next day. Regular exercise each morning or afternoon can help with sleep. Limit alcohol consumption, especially after dinner. Avoid tea and wine, especially in the afternoon or evening. Take time in the evening to process problems or thoughts in your head, at least one hour before bedtime. Write down things to do or difficulties for the next day that will not make these problems more and more annoying. Eating small amounts of food before going to bed can help you sleep. Make the bedroom as quiet and dark as possible and, at the same time, keep it at the right temperature. If you cannot fall asleep quickly, get up immediately, go to another room, and do some relaxing activities to avoid feeling discouraged. If you wake up in the middle of the night, don’t look at the clock and continue to turn in and go to sleep. Get up regularly in the middle of the week and on weekends. There should be no napping or snoozing during the day, otherwise you will be less likely to sleep at night and less likely to want to sleep. If the patient realizes that napping or snoozing will interfere with difficulty falling asleep or waking up at night, and the patient wants to, napping or snoozing is still possible. It is generally recommended that older adults who need to nap or snooze during the day can have no more than one hour of napping or 20 minutes of relaxation in lieu of a nap. Choose a nap or snooze time within 8 hours of waking up in the morning. Do not worry about sleeping a few hours every night, as long as the daytime alertness and mobility is good, indicating that enough time has been slept.