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full potential. Sleep is the mind’s time to rest and ing work-life balance. Being healthy is important WELLNESS HEALTH AND
recharge. When we get proper sleep, memories, for your work performance and your everyday
emotions and new information are processed and life in general.
can be filed away for our minds to retrieve later
on. Sleep is also the time emotional processing I can agree that we all have things going on in
takes place. Have you ever noticed that when you our lives which can hinder us actually getting
miss out on sleep you tend to be more sensitive, enough sleep even if we wanted to. But, sleep
easily irritated or impulsive? is important. Remember your HEALTH is your
WEALTH.
How does sleep help with work/life balance?
Lack of sleep can lead to detriments in job per-
formance, productivity, career progression and
satisfaction, and an increase in job-related acci-
dents, absenteeism, and counterproductive work
behaviors. Therefore, getting sufficient sleep can
positively influence our cognitive abilities, boost
productivity and ability to concentrate. Taking
care of your physical health is crucial to achiev-

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