By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern
I don’t know who your role model is, but my mom is definitely the person that I look up to the most. From keeping a house to raising kids, to managing the office for our farming operation, it seems as though she does it all. Despite her best intentions to wake up early and stay up late tackling her duties for the day all with a smile on her face, I know that she does get exhausted after a while. 
HealthDay recently published an article stating that based on a poll done by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), women are 1.5 times more likely to either never, or rarely feel rested upon waking up. Dr. Seema Khosla, medical director of the North Dakota Center for Sleep and chair of the AASM public awareness advisory committee attributes the lack of restfulness to the fact that women are almost always on the go, doing housework, pursuing their careers, and raising children.
Her remedy to this problem is actually very simple, as it ultimately comes down to prioritizing sleep. She suggests that this can be done by limiting screen time before bed, taking time to relax before bed, and always aiming to get between 7 and 9 hours of sleep every night.
While moms are amazing and we appreciate all of their hard work and everything that they do, it is just as important that they take the time to relax and get some rest.
Check out this post on Arizona Farm Bureau’s Fill Your Plate blog to see more articles that pertain to improving sleep!