How to repay your sleep debt
After several short nights, it's possible to reduce your sleep debt — but not in one marathon night.
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Measure your debt
Use our sleep debt calculator to estimate it over 7 nights.
Catch up gradually
- Add 30-60 min per night.
- Add a short nap.
- Keep stable hours.
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Weighted Blanket
A blanket filled with evenly distributed weight, popular for the calming, grounding feeling it gives during the wind-down before sleep.
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A light-based alarm clock that can time your wake-up to a lighter phase of your sleep cycle, pairing naturally with tools that estimate your sleep cycle timing.
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A contoured, fully opaque sleep mask that blocks light without pressing on the eyes — useful for naps, shift work, travel or an early sunrise in summer.
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