- Avoid all screens / blue light at least a half hour before bedtime - No phones in the bedroom - Eliminate light sources in the bedroom.. blackout curtains h

- Avoid all screens / blue light at least a half hour before bedtime - No phones in the bedroom - Eliminate light sources in the bedroom.. blackout curtains help a lot. - No coffee after 2pm - Lessen your daily stress as much as possible. (everyone is different so this is tough to generalize) .. one thing that also really seems to help is listening to something while falling asleep. especially, and probably most importantly, something that you've already listened to many times before. i'm a very light sleeper, and i thought this would never work for me, but it totally does. I know friends that fall asleep with episodes of futurama or the office playing in the background. I usually choose foreign language audio books that I've listened to many times. The listening takes your mind off whatever is keeping you awake, and the fact that you've listened to it many times before keeps you from needing to pay active attention. These days I don't even set my audible sleep timer for more than 15 minutes. - Last tip is to make sure you have a routine. If you're not going to bed and waking up at the same time every day, it's difficult to develop a rhythm that your body will adjust to.