There are many things you can do to get a better sleep, more restful and restorative, every night. There’s avoiding sugar-rich food and caffeine, giving yourself a relaxing massage and practicing a bedtime routine. Sleep experts also suggest assessing the current state of your mattress and replacing it with a new one if it has become too uncomfortable for you. Here’s another activity you can do to help you drift off to sleep faster: making a to-do list. Now, it may sound like you’re gearing yourself for an anxiety attack, but recent studies have found that writing down what you need to do in the next few days can actually help send you to dreamland more quickly. A few extra minutes of sleep is a welcome change for those who may be sleep-deprived, plus making a list of tasks does help in keeping you focused throughout the week. 5-minute task Researchers from Baylor University’s Sleep Neuroscience and Cognition Laboratory conducted a study in which they tasked university students to complete a 5-minute writing assignment before undergoing an overnight sleep study. Participants were randomly assigned to either write about what they needed to remember to do in order to complete a task…