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How you sleep sleeping these days?

You getting enough shut-eye?

Yeah, I mean I guess we could all be sleeping a little better, right?

I feel like I do it to myself.

I know you're not supposed to read the phone in bed.

It's just so hard.

But hey, New Year seems like a good time to get this whole slumbering thing under control.

I mean, sleep has a huge impact on our health. It helps our brains function, it supports

our immune system, protects against heart disease and diabetes, and without it, we would die.

Though for something so important,

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