This means thinking about your personalized needs and preferences before you go to sleep, and preparing all the elements so that at the moment of bedtime you don’t have to think – you simply have to enter the stage you previously set and drift off to sleep. With this strong start behind you, we recommend a practice of priming your situation to prepare for sleep ahead of time. You’re well on your way to one key element of sleep: peace of mind. You’ve removed yourself from your daily routine, engaged your brain elsewhere, and reset your consciousness, occupying it with a new, more immediate set of needs such your day’s adventures, followed by the tasks of making camp, cooking food over a fire, and staying warm and dry. That type of attentiveness blocks out the train of daily thoughts that too often occupies our waking minds – the worrisome and mundane contemplations such as, “did I pay the cable bill?” or “am I a good child to my aging parents?” or “how will I prepare for next Tuesday’s meeting?” And you’ve ideally engaged in focused activity that took all your mental energy, such as climbing a big wall, navigating a dicey trail, or pushing past mental blocks in an endurance challenge. You’ve worked your body your muscles are in need of rest and repair. If you’re sleeping outside, chances are you’ve probably already checked one of the key boxes for restful sleep, which is activity and exercise.
Your sleep outside can – and should – be even better than your sleep at home. Sleeping Outside Can Be Your Best Sleep Ever When these sleep-preventing elements are removed, what’s left is peaceful, restful, rejuvenating sleep. We want to remove anything from the equation that would make you restless, whether it’s discomfort, insecurity, or overstimulation. One way of thinking about great sleep is that restful is the opposite of restless.
We’re here to share with you a complete guide of how to get restful sleep outside, an essential ingredient in preparing you to have the best possible adventure tomorrow. So it’s safe to say we know a thing or two about getting a solid forty winks at night. And when we’re not adventuring as a team, our spouses and partners have patiently put up with us sleeping on the bedroom floor or in the backyard, testing new sleeping bag and pad designs and understanding what equates to a great night’s sleep. As a team, we get out overnight at every opportunity, testing the gear and enjoying the accompanying camaraderie. Here at NEMO, we’ve been obsessing over sleep for 17 years, designing sleep systems that improve your outdoor sleep experience in any conditions.