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Get rid of screen time for 3 hours before bed. Also, I highly recommend the book "Why we sleep" Edit: you can also experiment woth wearing socks (by changing

Get rid of screen time for 3 hours before bed. Also, I highly recommend the book "Why we sleep" Edit: you can also experiment woth wearing socks (by changing limb temperature you influence blood flow and heat dissappation

b_tterc_p 8y ago
Socks is one of the surprisingly good suggestions
- raducu 8y ago
  Socks on or off?
  - zuzuleinen 8y ago
    On
methodover 8y ago
THREE hours? What the heck do you do for that nearly 20% of your waking life? I guess you buy a lot of books, or visit the library a lot. I personally like reading but not so much that I want to do it for three hours every flipping night.
- kbouck 8y ago
  The concern is not the act of reading, but rather the additional exposure to light suppressing melatonin production. Melatonin plays an important role in the sleep/wake cycle. Avoiding unnecessary light for a period of 3 hours prior to sleep gives the body a chance to run it's shutdown scripts by producing enough melatonin, etc. https://www.foundmyfitness.com/episodes/melatonin-insulin-response https://www.foundmyfitness.com/episodes/melatonin-insulin-re...
  - Joakal 8y ago
    Would putting all monitors in warm/night mode be sufficient?
- thatoneuser 8y ago
  Not op but I really enjoy my famous midnight walks. Walking also let's your body dump excess energy and so maybe you could get away with 1-1.5 hours only. Works well enough for me.
- loco5niner 8y ago
  I'll take the opposite approach: What does your life look like if you can't spend 3 hours away from a screen? There's a whole world of opportunity out there.
- dTal 8y ago
  I honestly thought this comment was joking at first! In fact I'm still not certain... is it really so difficult to imagine doing something other than stare at a screen for 100% of your waking life? What do you think people did for the entirety of human history? You could be writing, or drawing, or playing an instrument, or listening to music, or baking cookies, or taking a stroll, or playing darts, or building a model rocket, or literally any activity ever. I don't mean to condescend, but man.
fileeditview 8y ago
I know it's not the same but for those that won't do this (for such a long period) at least activate/install some kind of night mode. It automatically adjusts the warmth of your screen color depending on time/daylight. In the evening (or early morning) it will transition the colors to a warmer (red) tone. This helped me a lot. I really tire easier while sitting in front of the screen. E.g. Gnome has this out of the box. It's called "night light".
rimliu 8y ago
Was there not a news just a few days ago about the research finding that screen time has no effect?
- swsieber 8y ago
  Maybe? There's been lots of research saying it does though, and I don't think I'd regret a decision to have less screen time before bed. You might be thinking about the article about screen time and children, developmentally.

b_tterc_p 8y ago

Socks is one of the surprisingly good suggestions

raducu 8y ago
Socks on or off?
- zuzuleinen 8y ago
  On

methodover 8y ago

THREE hours? What the heck do you do for that nearly 20% of your waking life? I guess you buy a lot of books, or visit the library a lot. I personally like reading but not so much that I want to do it for three hours every flipping night.

kbouck 8y ago
The concern is not the act of reading, but rather the additional exposure to light suppressing melatonin production. Melatonin plays an important role in the sleep/wake cycle. Avoiding unnecessary light for a period of 3 hours prior to sleep gives the body a chance to run it's shutdown scripts by producing enough melatonin, etc. https://www.foundmyfitness.com/episodes/melatonin-insulin-response https://www.foundmyfitness.com/episodes/melatonin-insulin-re...
- Joakal 8y ago
  Would putting all monitors in warm/night mode be sufficient?
thatoneuser 8y ago
Not op but I really enjoy my famous midnight walks. Walking also let's your body dump excess energy and so maybe you could get away with 1-1.5 hours only. Works well enough for me.
loco5niner 8y ago
I'll take the opposite approach: What does your life look like if you can't spend 3 hours away from a screen? There's a whole world of opportunity out there.
dTal 8y ago
I honestly thought this comment was joking at first! In fact I'm still not certain... is it really so difficult to imagine doing something other than stare at a screen for 100% of your waking life? What do you think people did for the entirety of human history? You could be writing, or drawing, or playing an instrument, or listening to music, or baking cookies, or taking a stroll, or playing darts, or building a model rocket, or literally any activity ever. I don't mean to condescend, but man.

fileeditview 8y ago

I know it's not the same but for those that won't do this (for such a long period) at least activate/install some kind of night mode. It automatically adjusts the warmth of your screen color depending on time/daylight. In the evening (or early morning) it will transition the colors to a warmer (red) tone. This helped me a lot. I really tire easier while sitting in front of the screen. E.g. Gnome has this out of the box. It's called "night light".

rimliu 8y ago

Was there not a news just a few days ago about the research finding that screen time has no effect?

swsieber 8y ago
Maybe? There's been lots of research saying it does though, and I don't think I'd regret a decision to have less screen time before bed. You might be thinking about the article about screen time and children, developmentally.