can someone read my informative speech and tell me if its good or horrible ?

How many of you actually get the average 7-8 hours of sleep a night? Most of you like myself probably don’t. On average half of Americans about 48% say they don’t get enough sleep according to the bettersleep.org statistic. Even if you get sleep you might not be actually getting quality restful sleep. The body needs sleep because it’s the way it rejuvenates itself. Today I will talk to you about why getting the standard 7-8 hours of sleep a night is important. Second I will give you some tips on how to improve your sleeping habits. And lastly I will talk to you about 2 common sleeping disorders.
First the way you feel when you wake up has a lot to do with how well you slept. Getting sufficient sleep is a major key in protecting your mental and physical health, but also the quality of your life. As stated in the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute article, during sleep, your body is working to support healthy brain function and maintain your physical health. Therefore if you aren’t sleeping enough the damage from sleep deficiency can harm you over time or occur in an instant, just like a car crash. For example, ongoing sleep deficiency affects many aspects of your life like how well you think, react, work, learn, and even get along with others. You need to get enough sleep to be able to function throughout the day. Hence your daily routine significantly depend on how much sleep you are getting and the quality of that sleep. Which leads me to my next point on how you can change your bad sleeping habits.
Some of us may dread to change our sleeping habits because its too difficult or you don’t have time to do that. But I hope with these seven tips from helpguide.org changing your bad habits will be easier:
1. Stick to a sleeping schedule. Try going to bed and getting up at the same time every day, even on weekends, holidays and days off. Having consistency in your sleep helps reinforces your body's sleep-wake cycle and helps promote better sleep at night.
2. Pay attention to what you drink and eat. Try not going to bed either hungry or stuffed because you’ll end up uncomfortable. Also don’t drink too much because you’ll end up having to make that middle-of-the-night trip to the toilet. Which we all know is annoying. The main thing you should avoid is nicotine, caffeine and alcohol. Nicotine and caffeine have stimulating effects that take hours to wear off and will disturb your sleep. As some of you may know alcohol can make you feel sleepy at first, but it can disrupt your sleep later on in the night.
3. Create a ritual. This means to do the same thing every night to tell your body its time to wind down and relax. For example you can read a book, write in a journal, or take a warm bath, but things you should avoid are watching TV or have any screen time.
4. Get comfortable. Create an environment that is ideal for your sleeping needs, which can be using a fan if you don’t like the room to get hot, or using darkening shades if you love to sleep in complete darkness. The last thing you can do is change your pillows and if you can change your mattress. This will allow you to buy something that feels the most comfortable to you.
5. Limit your daytime naps. Having long daytime naps will interfere with your sleep at night, so if you really need to take that power nap in the middle of the day you should limit it to max 30 minutes.
6. Include physical activity in your daily routine. Physical activity will help you fall asleep quicker and help you enjoy a deeper sleep. But don’t do it too close to your bedtime.
7. Manage stress. We all always have so much to do with so little time, which then causes us to stress over the things we didn’t have time for. Some ways to manage that stress is to write what is bothering you or what you have to do on a piece of paper and put it away. This way you won’t be thinking about it throughout the night, which will cause you to get a restful sleep. Or you can try to do some yoga or any other activity that you know helps you relax and distress.
After learning about these 7 tips on fixing bad sleeping habits you still can’t manage to get 7-8 hours of sleep, you might be suffering from 2 of the most common sleep disorders. The first is insomnia, and according to the sleepfoundation.org insomnia is the most common disorder in America and about 40 million Americans suffer from it. Insomnia is when a person is having difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep. People who suffer from this sleeping disorder will experience fatigue, low energy, mood changes and decrease in work and or school. The second most common sleep disorder is sleep apnea. Sleep apnea as stated in sleepdex.org, is a dangerous sleep disorder because you struggle to breathe due to the fat cells that build up around your windpipes, which then can collapse. This prevents the flow of air to your lungs. You can stop breathing anywhere from 10 seconds all the way to a minute and this can happen to you many times throughout the night. About 18 million Americans suffer from sleep apnea, some of which aren’t even aware they suffer from it.

So in conclusion I hope I didn’t bore you too much with talking about sleep. But I would like to point out the mains points I talked about which is how important it is to get sufficient sleep. Second I spoke about 7 tips on how to get a better night sleep. And last on how you might be suffering from 1 of the 2 common sleep disorders. If you guys suffer from getting the average 7-8 hours of sleep a night, I hope you decide to try out some of the tips I talked about.

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can someone read my informative speech and tell me if its good or horrible ?

How many of you actually get the average 7-8 hours of sleep a night? Most of you like myself probably don’t. On average half of Americans about 48% say they don’t get enough sleep according to the bettersleep.org statistic. Even if you get sleep you might not be actually getting quality restful sleep. The body needs sleep because it’s the way it rejuvenates itself. Today I will talk to you about why getting the standard 7-8 hours of sleep a night is important. Second I will give you some tips on how to improve your sleeping habits. And lastly I will talk to you about 2 common sleeping disorders. 
First the way you feel when you wake up has a lot to do with how well you slept. Getting sufficient sleep is a major key in protecting your mental and physical health, but also the quality of your life. As stated in the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute article, during sleep, your body is working to support healthy brain function and maintain your physical health. Therefore if you aren’t sleeping enough the damage from sleep deficiency can harm you over time or occur in an instant, just like a car crash.  For example, ongoing sleep deficiency affects many aspects of your life like how well you think, react, work, learn, and even get along with others. You need to get enough sleep to be able to function throughout the day. Hence your daily routine significantly depend on how much sleep you are getting and the quality of that sleep. Which leads me to my next point on how you can change your bad sleeping habits. 
Some of us may dread to change our sleeping habits because its too difficult or you don’t have time to do that. But I hope with these seven tips from helpguide.org changing your bad habits will be easier:
1.	Stick to a sleeping schedule. Try going to bed and getting up at the same time every day, even on weekends, holidays and days off. Having consistency in your sleep helps reinforces your body's sleep-wake cycle and helps promote better sleep at night. 
2.	Pay attention to what you drink and eat. Try not going to bed either hungry or stuffed because you’ll end up uncomfortable. Also don’t drink too much because you’ll end up having to make that middle-of-the-night trip to the toilet. Which we all know is annoying. The main thing you should avoid is nicotine, caffeine and alcohol. Nicotine and caffeine have stimulating effects that take hours to wear off and will disturb your sleep. As some of you may know alcohol can make you feel sleepy at first, but it can disrupt your sleep later on in the night.
3.	Create a ritual. This means to do the same thing every night to tell your body its time to wind down and relax. For example you can read a book, write in a journal, or take a warm bath, but things you should avoid are watching TV or have any screen time. 
4.	Get comfortable. Create an environment that is ideal for your sleeping needs, which can be using a fan if you don’t like the room to get hot, or using darkening shades if you love to sleep in complete darkness. The last thing you can do is change your pillows and if you can change your mattress. This will allow you to buy something that feels the most comfortable to you.  
5.	Limit your daytime naps. Having long daytime naps will interfere with your sleep at night, so if you really need to take that power nap in the middle of the day you should limit it to max 30 minutes. 
6.	Include physical activity in your daily routine. Physical activity will help you fall asleep quicker and help you enjoy a deeper sleep. But don’t do it too close to your bedtime. 
7.	Manage stress. We all always have so much to do with so little time, which then causes us to stress over the things we didn’t have time for. Some ways to manage that stress is to write what is bothering you or what you have to do on a piece of paper and put it away. This way you won’t be thinking about it throughout the night, which will cause you to get a restful sleep. Or you can try to do some yoga or any other activity that you know helps you relax and distress.
After learning about these 7 tips on fixing bad sleeping habits you still can’t manage to get 7-8 hours of sleep, you might be suffering from 2 of the most common sleep disorders. The first is insomnia, and according to the sleepfoundation.org insomnia is the most common disorder in America and about 40 million Americans suffer from it. Insomnia is when a person is having difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep. People who suffer from this sleeping disorder will experience fatigue, low energy, mood changes and decrease in work and or school. The second most common sleep disorder is sleep apnea. Sleep apnea as stated in sleepdex.org, is a dangerous sleep disorder because you struggle to breathe due to the fat cells that build up around your windpipes, which then can collapse. This prevents the flow of air to your lungs. You can stop breathing anywhere from 10 seconds all the way to a minute and this can happen to you many times throughout the night. About 18 million Americans suffer from sleep apnea, some of which aren’t even aware they suffer from it.

So in conclusion I hope I didn’t bore you too much with talking about sleep. But I would like to point out the mains points I talked about which is how important it is to get sufficient sleep. Second I spoke about 7 tips on how to get a better night sleep. And last on how you might be suffering from 1 of the 2 common sleep disorders. If you guys suffer from getting the average 7-8 hours of sleep a night, I hope you decide to try out some of the tips I talked about.

anonymous · Answer

It is not boring (to me) and it is a good speech.