Part 6 - Cocktail party pitch and North Star check
After brainstorming chapters, the next step is to create the Table of Contents.
To create a Table of Contents, you are putting the chapters in order and adding thesis statements.
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Why is sleep important? Support the position by demonstrating all the negative effects of a lack of sleep.
- Chapter 2: Sleep environment - Identify all the factors in the sleep environment that will contribute to good sleep
- Chapter 3: Evening routine - Establishing the habits and best practices for the 2-3 hours before going to sleep.
- Chapter 4: Sleep Stages 101 - A brief primer on sleep stages and how lack of certain types of sleep stages affects performance.
- Chapter 5: Morning routine - Establishing the habits and best practices in the 1-2 hours after waking up in the morning.
- Chapter 6: Circadian rhythm and timing - Identifying your chronotype to determine the best timing of sleep for you and incorporating environmental factors
- Chapter 7: How light affects sleep - Sunlight = good. Blue light = bad.
- Chapter 8: How eating and drinking affects sleep - How food, supplements, and drinks and the timing of ingestion affects sleep.
- Chapter 9: How exercise affects sleep - The types of activity that affect sleep and how heart rate variability and recovery affect exercise.
- Chapter 10: Sleep tracking - Recommendations for tracking sleep (Oura Ring)
- Chapter 11: Optimum sleep when traveling - Tips for how to get optimum sleep on the road (yes it’s possible).
- Chapter 12: Solutions for common sleep issues - A list of common sleep issues and potential solutions (can’t fall asleep, can’t stay asleep, can’t get out of bed in the morning) not including sleep disorders.
- Conclusion - Wrap up and Better Sleep Check List