These Foolproof Methods Will Take Your Sleep Health to New Dreamy Heights
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These Foolproof Methods Will Take Your Sleep Health to New Dreamy Heights
We partnered with AHA Sparkling Water™ to help you celebrate all those little aha moments throughout your day.
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May 19, 2021
Annalise Mantz-Lowenstein
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Even if you're not big on sleeping on the ground, you have to admit there's something special about cooking over a campfire. For a low-key dinner, only serve food that can be cooked around a firepit, and let guests make their own. Sometimes, there's nothing better than hot dogs and s'mores. If you feel like getting fancy, take things up a notch with foil packet nachos or roasted banana boats.
Camping-Themed Cookout
Ask your friends to don their best garden party attire for an afternoon packed with lawn games. Set out a variety of games — everything from croquet to badminton to bocce ball — then rotate through each section tournament-style. The winner gets to brag about their skills all afternoon long!
Lawn Game Tournament
Channel nostalgia for the summers of your childhood with a tournament of all the games you'd play at a carnival. Race to blow the fastest bubble with old-fashioned bubble gum or guess the number of candy pieces in a jar. You can even set up carnival games, like a balloon wall target for darts or a ring toss.
Carnival Game Contest
After months and months stuck indoors, summer is calling. Beach days, camping trips, and all the other social occasions we've been dreaming of for so long are finally on the horizon — along with a fair amount of pressure to make this summer especially epic.
Kick off the season with something we've all become big fans of over the past year and a half: the backyard hang. Any of these four outdoor hosting ideas would be a perfect way to ease back into in-person socializing — and set the tone for a summer jam-packed with fun.
We partnered with AHA Sparkling Water™ to help you celebrate all those little AHA moments throughout your day.
Ask your friends to don their best garden party attire for an fternoon packed with lawn games. Set out a variety of games — everything from croquet to b dminton to bocce ball — then rotate through each section tournament-style. The winner gets to brag about their skills all afternoon long!
Lawn Game Tournament
Even if you're not big on sleeping on the ground, you have to dmit there's something special about cooking over a campfire. For a low-key dinner, only serve food that can be cooked round a firepit, and let guests make their own. Sometimes, there's nothing better than hot dogs and s'mores. If you feel like getting fancy, take things up a notch with foil packet nachos or roasted banana boats.
Camping-Themed Cookout
Get the drive-in movie experience without leaving your backy rd by setting up an outdoor projector. If you're lucky enough to have a pool, fill it with floaties for a dive-in movie; or, if you'd rather stay dry, lay blankets and pillows all over the l wn for cushy seating. Bowls full of buttery popcorn complete the experience.
Outdoor Movie Night
Channel nostalgia for the summers of your childhood with a tournament of all the g mes you'd play at a carnival. Race to blow the fastest bubble with old-fashioned bubble gum or guess the number of candy pieces in a jar. You can even set up c rnival games, like a balloon wall target for darts or a ring toss.
Carnival Game Contest
We partnered with AHA Sparkling Water™ to help you celebrate all those little AHA moments throughout your day.
From Movie Screenings to Lawn Game Tournaments, These Activities Will Make Your Summer Backyard Parties Ones to Remember
After months and months stuck indoors, summer is calling. Beach days, camping trips, and all the other social occasions we've been dreaming of for so long are finally on the horizon — along with a fair mount of pressure to make this summer especially epic.
Kick off the season with something we've all become big fans of over the past year and a half: the backyard hang. Any of these four outdoor hosting ideas would be a perfect way to ease back into in-person socializing — and set the tone for a summer jam-p cked with fun.
You’ve heard it before, and you’ll hear it again: don’t use your phone in bed. In fact, most experts say to avoid any screen time before bed, but who can really resist a TikTok scroll after a long hard day? Luckily, blue-light-blocking glasses exist. The blue wavelengths emitted by our electronics have been said to throw off our circadian rhythms and, as a result, our sleep suffers. Even if you struggle to put your phone down or turn off the TV at night, rocking a pair of these glasses can help put your sleep schedule back on track.
Lawn Game Tournament
Even if you're not big on sleeping on the ground, you have to admit there's something special about cooking over a campfire. For a low-key dinner, only serve food that can be cooked around a firepit, and let guests make their own. Sometimes, there's nothing better than hot dogs and s'mores. If you feel like getting fancy, take things up a notch with foil packet nachos or roasted banana boats.
Camping-Themed Cookout
Ask your friends to don their best garden party attire for an afternoon packed with lawn games. Set out a variety of games — everything from croquet to badminton to bocce ball — then rotate through each section tournament-style. The winner gets to brag about their skills all afternoon long!
Outdoor Movie Night
Get the drive-in movie experience without leaving your backyard by setting up an outdoor projector. If you're lucky enough to have a pool, fill it with floaties for a dive-in movie; or, if you'd rather stay dry, lay blankets and pillows all over the lawn for cushy seating. Bowls full of buttery popcorn complete the experience.
Carnival Game Contest
After months and months stuck indoors, summer is calling. Beach days, camping trips, and all the other social occasions we've been dreaming of for so long are finally on the horizon — along with a fair amount of pressure to make this summer especially epic.
Kick off the season with something we've all become big fans of over the past year and a half: the backyard hang. Any of these four outdoor hosting ideas would be a perfect way to ease back into in-person socializing — and set the tone for a summer jam-packed with fun.
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Annalise Mantz-Lowenstein
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July 13, 2021
You’ve heard it before, and you’ll hear it again: don’t use your phone in bed. In fact, most experts say to avoid any screen time before bed, but who can really resist a TikTok scroll after a long hard day? Luckily, blue-light-blocking glasses exist. The blue wavelengths emitted by our electronics have been said to throw off our circadian rhythms and, as a result, our sleep suffers. Even if you struggle to put your phone down or turn off the TV at night, rocking a pair of these glasses can help put your sleep schedule back on track.
Wear Blue Light Glasses
You’ve heard it before, and you’ll hear it again: don’t use your phone in bed. In fact, most experts say to avoid any screen time before bed, but who can really resist a TikTok scroll after a long hard day? Luckily, blue-light-blocking glasses exist. The blue wavelengths emitted by our electronics have been said to throw off our circadian rhythms and, as a result, our sleep suffers. Even if you struggle to put your phone down or turn off the TV at night, rocking a pair of these glasses can help put your sleep schedule back on track.
Lawn Game Tournament
Every well-adjusted adult will tell you that the most important investment you’ll ever make in your home is your mattress. While they’re not wrong, spending that much money isn’t exactly budget-friendly for everyone, but that doesn’t mean your journey to better sleep should come to halt. Instead, start small, and take a closer look at your pillow selection.
For some people, this may involve determining whether they prefer something firm vs. plush, but it could also mean reevaluating your pillow’s shape. If you’re an avid side cuddler, you might want to consider a pillow you can snuggle up to (U-shaped pillows feel like one big hug for your joints and shoulders). If you can’t even think about falling asleep unless you’re flat on your stomach, a slimmer memory foam pillow will do wonders for your neck and back pain, but if you’re all about sleeping like a starfish, a wedge or cervical pillow could be your best option for pain-free sleep.
Optimize Your Pillow Selection
As you already know, the park can be unpredictable — if it rained the day before, or sprinklers went off, or even if a dog surreptitiously peed, the grass can often be damp. Rather than bring a blanket that’s going to get wet spots and soak through to your clothes, look for one that’s made with a water-resistant material. Extra points if it folds up neatly for optimal storage.
To make sure everyone is comfortable during your hang, bring some larger floor pillows and supportive b ck pillows that you don’t mind getting a little dirty. Jute is a great material to use, as is polyester canvas — especially if it has a weather-proof coating.
Create a Bedtime Routine
So much about our everyday routines has had to change in the past year. While gyms were closed, we regrouped and built at-home routines that swapped out cardio machines for live streams. When salons were out of commission, we bought boxes of dye in bulk and discovered just how shockingly good (or not good) we were at coloring our own hair. But the one part of our routines we thought we wouldn’t have to worry about was our sleep — turns out, we were wrong.
According to recent research, at least 36 percent of people have reported an increase in sleep disturbances at night. Whether you’ve been struggling with falling asleep, staying asleep, or just waking up in the morning and feeling like, well, you actually slept, we’ve found the methods that just might improve your sleep health, so you can enjoy going to bed again.
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July 26, 2021
From Movie Screenings to Lawn Game Tournaments, These Activities Will Make Your Summer Backyard Parties Ones to Remember
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Annalise Mantz-Lowenstein
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July 26, 2021
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July 26, 2021
Lawn Game Tournament
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July 26, 2021