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on April 17th with a first guest you won't want to miss. Av How to Slate Plus segment. My name is Rosie Belson, and I've been producing

advice here at Slate for half a decade now. And during that time, I've learned a lot of tips. But it's

kind of hard to tell what really works unless you implement that advice into your life.

So, each month I've been digging through the how-to archives and pulling out some of our most

promising advice and putting it to the test. Last month, I did something new every single day

in order to feel present and make life exciting again. And this month, I've kind of done the opposite.

I'm going to put myself to sleep.

Or at least try to.

Over the course of the show, we've dedicated about five whole episodes to sleep,

and it's been mentioned in countless others.

The reason for that may be a little obvious.

Sleep is foundational, but it's also really

personal. What's affecting my sleep isn't necessarily what's affecting your sleep. For example,

I don't snore that much, nor do I currently share a bed. So having a partner hog the covers

isn't really something I'm struggling with. If that is you, we do have an episode for that.

Anyways, what we'll cover here is some foundations of sleep. And the first step I've learned

is just to do a little bit of information gathering. Figure out what patterns of sleep you have.

What are your potential issues? And also go back to your childhood because some of these habits are things that we've

picked up years ago and it's useful to understand where they come from. So I decided to call

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