It’s time to be your
Best Slept Self ®
March 8-14, 2026
Every year, the National Sleep Foundation takes this time to reemphasize the important connection between your sleep and your health and well-being. We’re here to help you become your Best Slept Self. Because deep, rejuvenating sleep is what we toss and turn about.
Advancing sleep health for all
Why do we do it?
The connection between sleep and health is real. It impacts every one of us. That’s why we conduct our Sleep in America® Poll and release our findings to anyone who wants to know pretty much anything about sleep. During Sleep Awareness Week, we share valuable information on how people have been sleeping the past year while offering research-based advice on the benefits of quality sleep and how it affects health and well-being.
What’s the National Sleep Foundation all about?
Short answer? Your sleep. We’ve been studying and reporting on it for over 35 years. It continues to be what springs us out of bed in the morning. Need a sleep aid? Consider us your go-to for daily habits and routines that lead to a healthier night’s sleep.
See a renewed you after taking small steps each day and night that make a big difference in sleep health.
Discover NSF sleep resources
We break down our research results and translate all the scientific stuff into knowledge and advice you can apply to your daily sleep routine. You can start by reading some of our articles.
Our blog articles cover a wide range of topics that relate to sleep health.
The Connection Between Sleep Health and Flourishing
Each year, we survey Americans to find out the state of the nation’s sleep health. Over the five years since the start of the pandemic, NSF data consistently have shown the positive relationship between sleep, healthy sleep behaviors, and priorities in public health. Our 2025 poll sought to understand the critical connection between sleep health and various dimensions of well-being including happiness, productivity at work and home, goal achievement, and a fulfilling social life—collectively considered flourishing. In the context of widespread efforts to return to pre-pandemic norms, such as in-office work, the 2025 poll underscores the importance of healthy sleep for flourishing and well-being.
Good sleep helps
you flourish in life.
Flourishing means being happy, being productive
at home and at work, achieving goals, and having a
fulfilling social life.
Almost 9 in 10 adults (88%) with good sleep satisfaction are flourishing. Less than 1⁄2 of people (47%) with low sleep satisfaction are flourishing.
People who get the right amount of nightly sleep, 7-9 hours for most adults, are more likely to be flourishing.
When asked, over 7 in 10 people say they flourish when they get enough quality sleep.
Why is healthy sleep so important for flourishing?
People with poor sleep health were:
- 2X more likely not to be productive at home
- 2X more likely not to have a fulfilling social life
- 2.5X more likely not to be productive at work
- 3X more likely not to achieve their goals
- 4X more likely not to be happy
Good sleep helps people flourish in life. National Sleep Foundation is here to help anyone and everyone be their Best Slept Self®.
Check out the National Sleep Foundation’s full Sleep in America® Poll Report
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