“Sleep moves the needle on almost every aspect of brain and body health. I think it’s very clear at this stage that there is no single tissue or major physiological system in your body and no operation of your mind that isn’t wonderfully enhanced by sleep when you get it — or demonstrably impaired when you don’t get enough.”

— Dr. Matt Walker via the Huberman Lab Podcast

These words are a powerful reminder: sleep is the bedrock of health. In our efforts to be productive, we can fight it, we can cheat it, and we can try to do without it. But we’d do much better to recognize its importance and consistently prioritize sleeping sufficiently and well.