our professional life has a major impact on our personal lives in ways more than one we work eight to 10 hours a day for a minimum of five days a week the pandemic and its repercussions have exacerbated the pace of our lives but on the bright side this might be the first time many organisations are talking about employee wellbeing stress at work and its impact on people the resultant burnout and its impact on performance its no longer cool to hustle while losing sleep because compromising on your sleep renders you incapable of performing better and hampers your decisionmaking ability among other problemsheres why sleep is importantwhy is it important to get a good snoozesleep is one of the five main components necessary to lead a healthy and long life seven to eight hours of sleep helps in rejuvenating your body and prepping it for the day ahead according to a study on the interplay between poor sleep and workrelated health employees who experience work overload are more likely to develop sleep problems poor sleep leads to decreased performance sick leave and accidentsas the pandemic pushed us towards remote and hybrid work models many employees complained of challenges with worklife balance and a significant increase in workload the uncertainty around work can result in unhealthy behaviours and lifestylesincluding lack of sleep standing for long periods of time lack of exercise and excessive work pressure workload and job insecurity are two significant job stressors that have a significant impact on employee sleep patterns many studies have found a correlation between insomnia and decreased job satisfactionworkplace and sleepthe quality of your sleep matters as much as the quantity research indicates that the quality of our sleep has a direct bearing on our wellbeing there are four stages of sleep three nrem nonrapid eye movement and the final stage rem rapid eye movement while in nrem 1 2 the body begins to slowly fade into sleep with your muscles relaxing and the temperature dropping in the nrem 3 stage a person goes into a deep sleep stage it is during this stage that cellular repair restoration and rejuvenation happens interestingly the last stage rem is when we dream this stage is responsible for our mental health functioning memory retention cognitive and emotional processing etcstress arising from the workplace can have a negative cognitive impact on sleep patterns lack of a good nights sleep can lead to problems at work including carelessness in decisions reduced attention span and unhealthy coping mechanisms like substance abuse and digital distractions prolonged use of digital devices keeps the brain awake for longer hours and delays sleepmoreover insecurity at work causes anxiety that can keep you awake at night or lead to very disturbed sleep anxiety also triggers physiological responses including racing heart palpitations shortness of breath and muscle tension amongst others anxious people also tend to wake up from sleep abruptly and frequently at night due to mental stress which in turn leads to