We need more sleep

About 72% of Texans get fewer than seven hours of sleep a night.

• That's not great.

Why it matters: Experts say sleeping seven or more hours is crucial for your health, writes Axios' Carly Mallenbaum.

Zoom in: Gabby Thomas, a two-time Olympic sprinter who relocated to Austin after finishing at Harvard in 2019, researched disparities in sleep disorders during her master's program at the University of Texas Health Science Center.

• "The biggest takeaway for me is that sleep is a public health crisis and as a society, we don't recognize that," Thomas told Spectrum News last year. "So while I do prioritize my own sleep so that I can be one of the best runners in the world, it's also because I'm very aware of the consequences of not getting good sleep now later in life."

By the numbers: Americans get less than 6 1/2 hours a night on average, according to a study that tracked the sleep of Apple Watch users from February to June 2022.

• Although data of Apple users might not reflect the general population, the "fact that we don't get enough sleep [is] clear across the board," says Karin Johnson, a sleep medicine specialist and professor of neurology at UMass Amherst.

💭 Asher's thought bubble: Having three kids aged six and under means you're very much on the wrong side of that seven-hour recommendation.

🏆 Pro tip: We endorse napping for people of all ages.

The bottom line: Get some rest this week.